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Francis Soler
KENYA Editor in Chief
Grand Coalition risks imploding
The government coalition formed less than a year ago, in March 2008 by President Mwai Kibaki and his rival who became Prime Minister Raila Odinga, is already in danger. Kibaki lit the blue touch paper on 2 January when he signed a bill into law that strengthened the control of the media. (...)   [746 words]   [$11,2]
SOMALIA
The inter-Islamist war has begun
  The retreat of Ethiopian troops from Somalia will fuel the power struggle between the various Islamist factions – which appeals to the strategic planners in Addis Ababa. (...)
POLITICS & POWER
COMOROS ISLANDS
Abdoulwahab vs Bashar Kiwan
   Ever since the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros controversially passed the nationality bill on 27 November 2008, the President of the autonomous island of Ngazidja, Mohamed Abdoulwahab, has not regained his cool.  (...)  [214 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Nairobi    There were a few surprises in the list of donors to the William J. (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]
Addis Ababa    Ever since he abandoned his communist principles a long time ago, Meles Zenawi has been looking for a new ideological frame of reference. (...)  [109 words]   [$2,1]
Addis Ababa    Elias Kifle, the publisher of the web site Ethiopian Review, caused something of a stir among the Ethiopian Diaspora in the United States when he named the Eritrean President Issayas Afeworki “Man of the year for Ethiopians”. (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
Nairobi    Two former ministers could have trouble in getting over the controversy that has been raised by the new Kenyan act on the media. (...)  [121 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA
Afars used as attack intermediaries
   Asmara-backed Ugugumo rebels waged an attack on Ethiopia on 20 December. A little later, Ethiopia-backed RSADO rebels attacked an Eritrean military post.  (...)  [421 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
The MMM gets ready for elections
   Even though he doesn’t really believe that an early general election is likely to happen this year, former Prime Minister Paul Bérenger is nevertheless readying his party for the possibility.  (...)  [358 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
LRA still not crushed
   The tripartite military operation in north-eastern DRC has succeeded in destabilising the LRA, but has not eliminated this Ugandan rebel movement altogether.  (...)  [330 words]   [$7]

ON THE LINE
SEYCHELLES
Private sector at the top of the Seychelles Tourism Board
    The government of Victoria is quietly withdrawing from the Seychelles Tourisme Board (STB), making way for operators from the private sector, who will subsequently pick up the tab for marketing the islands’ tourist activity. (...)  [234 words]   [$2,1]
SOMALIA
One warlord can hide another in Somalia
    As soon as Somalian President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned, another former warlord was at the starting blocks to succeed him. (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Paris gets poor payback from the Comoros
    France played a decisive role in getting approval for the Comoros post-conflict plan by the administration board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 15 December. (...)  [179 words]   [$2,1]
ERITREA
Internet closely monitored in Eritrea
    Eritrean secret service agents arrested three youths at the end of December in the Hollywood Internet Café in Asmara. (...)  [75 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
Thirty Malagasy scholarship students in Moroccan mess
    The thirty young Madagascans who won a scholarship to study in Morocco have still not been able to enrol at the university since they arrived in October 2008. (...)  [193 words]   [$2,1]
SOMALIA
The inter-Islamist war has begun
   The retreat of Ethiopian troops from Somalia will fuel the power struggle between the various Islamist factions – which appeals to the strategic planners in Addis Ababa.  (...)  [349 words]   FREE
MOZAMBIQUE/UGANDA
The European Union's pets
   African countries do not all get the same treatment from the European Commission. Only seven of them will receive budgetary aid under the 10th EDF.  (...)  [262 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS CIRCLES
MAURITIUS
Ramgoolam’s back to the wall
   Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has decided to play for the highest of all stakes over solving the serious crisis in Air Mauritius.  (...)  [335 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
TANZANIA
Peak Resources
 [118 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
Kassar International
 [131 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
Leopard Tours Ltd
 [148 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Madagascar International Services
 [149 words]   [$2,1]
ZIMBABWE
Rainbow Unlimited GMBH
 [130 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
Banque des Mascareignes
 [199 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
State Bank of Mauritius
 [131 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA/SUDAN
Transborder Enterprises
 [102 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Dignitaries active in business
   Now that the EPRDF has been in power for almost two decades, its leaders have had time to accumulate wealth. We make a roundup – by no means exhaustive - of their activity.  (...)  [355 words]   FREE
DJIBOUTI
Medef to go on the offensive in March
   Paris appears to be taking an interest in Djibouti for reasons that go further than merely its strategic and military value. It could become an entry point for the regional market.  (...)  [269 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Phil Edmonds redeploys
   The former cricketer has put his unsuccessful experience in the oil exploration sector behind him. He has now turned to the agriculture sector in Mozambique.  (...)  [145 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Sirama’s former CEO resurfaces
   After going through a bad patch, Sirama’s former CEO Zaka Rakotonirainy has just gone into the property business with some new partners.  (...)  [284 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Alain Moyon goes into hotels
   The French businessman Alain Moyon has several projects up his sleeve, in spite of his legal conflict with the head of Funigold, Mamimiana Rasolondraibe.  (...)  [283 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
The Tiko group's plans
   The company owned by President Marc Ravalomanana is working on two projects for expansion by acquiring stakes in large local firms.  (...)  [164 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
ETHIOPIA
Sigurd Illing
   When he retired as a European Union (EU) top official two years ago and left his post as EU representative in Uganda, the Bavarian Social Democrat Sigurd Illing had planned to go back  (...)  [139 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Vaithunasamy Ramadoss
   The Seychelles casino magnate Vaithunasamy Ramadoss is never very far from controversy. The lottery that his company Inter Lotto organised at the end of last year was no exception  (...)  [231 words]   [$7]
ERITREA/FRANCE
Nafi Hassan Kurdi
   Just two years in his post, the Eritrean Ambassador to France, Ahmed Dehli, has been recalled to Asmara.  (...)  [164 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Nick Gatheru Wanjohi
   The person who replaced Hyslop Ipu in the post comptroller of the State House (see p.1), Nick Gatheru Wanjohi, is a longstanding advisor to President Mwai Kibaki.  (...)  [174 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Charles Rabemananjara
   As well as being sidelined by President Marc Ravalomanana, Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara may also be suffering from health problems.  (...)  [132 words]   [$7]
KENYA
James Karanja Nyoro
   The Rockefeller Foundation’s managing director for operations in Kenya, James Karanja Nyoro, was delighted to learn in Nairobi this week of his appointment as informal advisor to President  (...)  [101 words]   [$7]

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