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Francis Soler
MOZAMBIQUE Editor in Chief
Guebuza set for a second term
Nothing would seem to be able to stop President Armando Guebuza running for a new presidential mandate at the end of 2009. He is, nevertheless, taking the precaution of neutralising the big names from the previous regime of Joaquim Chissano, so that they do not get in his way. (...)   [699 words]   [$11,2]
SOMALIA
Al-Shabaab at the gates of Mogadishu
  The Al-Shabaab Islamist militia is closing in on Mogadishu. All signs are that it could regain power in the city in what looks like a replay of the events in 2006. (...)
POLITICS & POWER
MADAGASCAR
Radavidson back in the fold
   Since he was ousted from the government a few months ago, the former Minister for Finance and later for Education, Benjamin Andriamparany Radavidson, has regained his religious fervour, in the Eglise de Jesus Christ de Madagascar (FJKM, Protestant), the same Church as President Marc Ravalomanana.  (...)  [224 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Nairobi    The head of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Francis Atwoli is pulling all the stops for this Kenyan trade union organisation to get a radio and television station by April 2009. (...)  [95 words]   [$2,1]
Antananarivo    Following his appointment as chairman of the board of the State-owned company Jirama (water and electricity distribution) on 13 November, the youthful general secretary of the Madagascar Action Plan (MAP), Andry Ralijaona, will soon take up residence in a magnificent company villa. (...)  [99 words]   [$2,1]
Victoria    The head of the Italian computer company Ridat is a wily fox. (...)  [53 words]   [$2,1]
Port-Louis    Following the article entitled “Patrice Legris having doubts” (ION 1249), the latter sent The Indian Ocean Newsletter an email on 20 November in order to add certain “factual details”. (...)  [126 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Ruto and Odinga at loggerheads
   The report on responsibility for the ethnic clashes at the beginning of the year has split the ODM leadership. William Ruto and Raila Odinga are now looking for new political alliances ahead of the 2012 presidential election.  (...)  [299 words]   [$7]
SOMALIA
Race to the presidency in Puntland
   Several leaders who have had brushes with the President of Puntland are taking advantage of the forthcoming presidential election in January to stand against him.  (...)  [191 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Sambi’s order reigns on Mohéli
   President Sambi has replaced the directors of all the State companies and administrations in Mohéli. Ali Saïd sees it as an “administrative coup d’état”.  (...)  [181 words]   [$7]

ON THE LINE
MAURITIUS
The Freemasons on Rodrigues get a temple
    The small island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius, will soon have a Freemasons temple. (...)  [133 words]   [$2,1]
SEYCHELLES
All is not well in the Seychelles opposition
    The Seychelles National Party (SNP, opposition) is having problems with its female finance officials. (...)  [201 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Azeb Mesfin has made some enemies in Ethiopia
    The animosity between Azeb Mesfin, the wife of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, and certain personalities in the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF, ruling coalition) such as Sebhat Nega, is still going strong. (...)  [221 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
EU representative in Mauritius is on the way out
    ? The German national, Claudia Wiedey-Nippold, head of the European Union (EU) delegation in Port Louis since 2005, is to leave her functions in September 2009. (...)  [41 words]   [FREE]
COMOROS ISLANDS
The Comoros are not yet in post-conflict mode
    The tension with the executives of the autonomous islands of Mohéli and Ngazidja brought on by the recent decisions of the President of the Union of the Comoros Ahmed Abdallah Sambi (see p. (...)  [176 words]   [$2,1]
SOMALIA
Al-Shabaab at the gates of Mogadishu
   The Al-Shabaab Islamist militia is closing in on Mogadishu. All signs are that it could regain power in the city in what looks like a replay of the events in 2006.  (...)  [275 words]   FREE
ETHIOPIA
The carrot and the stick for the Oromo
   While claiming he is willing to negotiate with the Oromo Liberation Front rebels, the Ethiopian Prime Minister is making life hard for the legal Oromo opposition.  (...)  [320 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
Down with the FRUD rebels!
   Ismaël Omar Guelleh has changed his attitude to the Afar rebels still present in the north of the country. He had previously ignored them, but now he denounces them as Eritrea-backed “terrorists”.  (...)  [337 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS CIRCLES
TANZANIA
SAA takes ATCL to court
   The breakdown in 2006 of the partnership between South Africa Airways (SAA) and Air Tanzania Company Ltd (ATC) stood a strong chance of ending up in court.  (...)  [293 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
KENYA
TransCentury Ltd
 [127 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
Energo Mozambik Lda
 [118 words]   [$2,1]
SEYCHELLES
East African Exploration
 [160 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Madagascar Mineral Fields
 [175 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Sunday Express
 [182 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Cisco Systems
 [151 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
I. Messina Moçambique
 [70 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Brink’s Madagascar
 [152 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
A very bitter IMF representative
   Pierre Van Den Boogaerde, the IMF’s representative in Antananarivo, has made some very scathing remarks in private about President Marc Ravalomanana’s policies.  (...)  [331 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Siemens’ contract contested
   The process to award the contract for the installation of a computerised security system at the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) is being contested by a bad loser.  (...)  [161 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Currimjee pulls a master stroke
   The development of the economic activity zone around the Mauritius International Airport has just been attributed to the Currimjee Jeewanjee Ltd group.  (...)  [132 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Daily on a tightrope
   For the last few days the Madagascar Tribune has only been published in its electronic version. A conflict between the management and the owner of the title has brought the paper to its knees.  (...)  [219 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Jolts at the top of Le Matinal
   A serious internal crisis is shaking up the management of the daily Le Matinal. It pits the CEO against the marketing manager and could affect the paper’s future.  (...)  [377 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
B. de Rothschild’s hunting ground
   The owner of a hunting concession in the Niassa national park, Benjamin de Rothschild is funding studies on the husbandry of wild animals. The AFD is also involved.  (...)  [352 words]   FREE

WHO'S WHO
SEYCHELLES
France Albert René
   The former President of the Seychelles, France Albert René, who is still chairman of the Seychelles People’s Progressive Front (SPPF, ruling party), has lost none of his zip, in spite  (...)  [147 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Jérôme Roux
   The person in charge of Exploration and Production for Total in Madagascar, Jérôme Roux, will soon lead the company’s first exploration mission in Madagascar since it signed the agreement  (...)  [220 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Panja Ramanoelina
   The Malagasy Minister for Agriculture Panja Ramanoelina has just noticed that his popularity rating with President Marc Ravalomanana is not as high as he had thought.  (...)  [150 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Tanil Somaiya
   While he is involved in various shady trading contracts with the Tanzanian government, the businessman Tanil Somaiya does not know what he can do to straighten out his image.  (...)  [213 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Dennis Onyango
   Two officials in the office of Prime Minister Raila Odinga are said to be behind the last-minute change in the choice of Odinga’s spokesman.  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]

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