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Francis Soler
MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief
Business as usual in spite of political logjam
The four political groupings in Madagascar had still not reached an agreement this week on how to share out the ministerial portfolios of the future national unity government. Nevertheless, this political logjam does not stop certain businessmen from showing initiative in this difficult economic and political situation, to steal a march over their rivals, build bridges with the new political leaders and try to obtain decisions in their favour. (...)   [701 words]   [$11,2]
TANZANIA
Head of Tanesco in a tight spot
  An audit report is embarrassing for Idris Rashid just as the question of renewing his mandate at the head of the Tanzania Electric Supply Company is being raised. (...)
POLITICS & POWER
COMOROS ISLANDS
Army chief stands up to Sambi
   General Salim Amir, chief of the general chief of the Armée Nationale de Développement (AND), does not take matters of hierarchy and military discipline lightly.  (...)  [278 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Nairobi    The former comptroller of the State House, Matere Keriri has been hired as an advisor by the firm Lake Turkana Wind Power, which is encountering difficulties in getting its ambitious wind farm project off the ground in Kenya. (...)  [81 words]   [$2,1]
Antananarivo    Louis Ranjeva, the brother of the former Malagasy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marcel Ranjeva, but more particularly the former manager of the Manakara branch of the Banque Centrale de Madagascar involved in an embezzlement affair, is leading the high life in Saudi Arabia. (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]
Antananarivo    The African Development Bank (ADB) last week informed the Malagasy Minister for Foreign Affairs that Sylvie Condé would no longer be its resident representative in Antananarivo as from 1st December. (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
Maputo    According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the work on the partial refurbishment of the residence of the speaker of the Mozambican National Assembly, should begin before the end of the year. (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]
Maputo    N'Naite Chissano, the son of former President Joaquim Chissano, has upped his stake in the firm Imobilaria X Lda, to 50%. (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA
Nelson Mandela's legacies
   Few of the former South African President's descendants have the capacity to take on his political legacy. But his three daughters will share his financial heritage.  (...)  [385 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Every reform has a political cost
   James Michel would like to apply the IMF reform programme without provoking any erosion in his popularity ahead of the 2011 election. A juggling act!  (...)  [303 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Odinga may reshuffle his team
   Raila Odinga is considering replacing certain ministers from his party with whom he is in open conflict.  (...)  [250 words]   [$7]

ON THE LINE
ETHIOPIA
DFID is to help improve security in Ethiopian election
    Ethiopia’s international donors don’t want the same thing to happen in the 2010 general election as occurred in 2005, namely the government’s brutal repression of a movement contesting the results. (...)  [158 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
French TV company investigates land sales in Ethiopia
    Ethiopia will have pride of place in one of the first reports on the new programme Terre d’enquête. (...)  [129 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
The army is increasingly torn in Djibouti
    It's war between the former Afar rebels of the Front pour la Restauration de l’Unité et de la Démocratie à Djibouti (FRUD) who had been incorporated into the Djibouti army following the peace agreement in 2001, and a section of the other Issa/Mamassan servicemen, the same ethnic grouping as President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. (...)  [213 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
Museveni’s shadows in Uganda
    The Minister for Security and Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement (NRM, ruling party), Amama Mbabazi and the advisor to President Yoweri Museveni for international affairs, Moses Kizige, are at the moment very active in paving the way for his re-election in 2011. (...)  [94 words]   [$2,1]
SEYCHELLES
Part of the opposition more relaxed in the Seychelles
    The Seychelles government party has not missed an occasion to emphasise the warm welcome the Seychelles National Party (SNP, opposition) Member for Parliament, Bernard Georges, had reserved for President James Michel when he visited the electoral constituency on 21 October. (...)  [142 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
IOG ready for a third mandate
   The decisions taken by President Ismail Omar Guelleh one after another show that he is readying to amend the constitution so he can run for a third mandate.  (...)  [258 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Elections dividing everybody
   The difficult negotiations between the government and the Medrek opposition about the 2010 elections are creating divisions on both sides.  (...)  [194 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Are MMM and LP wheeler dealing?
   Supporters of an electoral alliance between the Labour Party and the MMM are spreading rumours that secret negotiations are under way. Pure lobbying!  (...)  [233 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS CIRCLES
KENYA
Chinese to build JKIA terminal 4
   Five of the seven foreign companies that bid for the contract to build terminal 4 and a car park at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) are Chinese.  (...)  [263 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
EAST AFRICA
Fanisi Capital
 [80 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
ARIO Madagascar
 [70 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
Sab Mozambique
 [138 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
Austral Africa
 [151 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Suriz Madagascar
 [65 words]   [$2,1]
SEYCHELLES
Pam Golding Property
 [91 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Madamobil
 [104 words]   [$2,1]
EAST AFRICA
Nokia Siemens
 [63 words]   [$2,1]
SOMALIA
Somafone
 [118 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Blue Shield Insurance
 [123 words]   [$2,1]
SUDAN
GGSC
 [79 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
ETC’s promissory notes
   Unable to meet its deadlines, Ethiopian Telecommunication Corp. has had to issue more than twenty promissory notes to the Chinese company ZTE.  (...)  [224 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Kikwete and the 88 Queensway Group
   The Tanzanian President has asked China Sonangol International to relaunch ATCL.  (...)  [188 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Bheenick-Sithanen conflict turns sour
   A new skirmish occurred this week between the finance minister and the governor of the central bank.  (...)  [207 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Adriano Maleiane joins Tongaat Hulett
   The former governor of the Mozambique central bank, now a financial consultant, has joined the board of the South African company Tongaat Hulett.  (...)  [236 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Head of Tanesco in a tight spot
   An audit report is embarrassing for Idris Rashid just as the question of renewing his mandate at the head of the Tanzania Electric Supply Company is being raised.  (...)  [284 words]   FREE
MOZAMBIQUE
Riversdale courted from all sides
   The Australian mining company Riversdale, which is active in South Africa and Mozambique, is arousing strong interest from steel producers.  (...)  [162 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Sodirex in a bad way
   The Honorary Consul in Antananarivo of Greece and Cyprus, Panayotis Taloumis, must be sorry he bought the firm Sodirex a few years ago.  (...)  [171 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
MADAGASCAR
Serge Lucien Rajoelina
   The father of the Transition President, Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, is not the only person who took advantage of the situation, by taking up a seat on the board of the Chinese oil  (...)  [161 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
Kadra Mahamoud Haid
   As well as the children she has had with President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (ION 1273), Kadra Mahamoud Haid also has an influential family network of her own.  (...)  [191 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA/UNITED KINGDOM
Demissie A. Demissie
   For a few weeks now, The Eastern Africa Association (EAA), a London based association of foreign companies operating in East Africa, has had a new resident representative in Ethio  (...)  [99 words]   [$7]
FRANCE/ETHIOPIA
Laurent Ben-Kemoun
   The profile of the brand new second counsellor to the French embassy in Addis Ababa in charge of domestic policy and press relations is very particular indeed.  (...)  [199 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES/SUDAN/QATAR
Robert McFarlane
   Last month Robert McFarlane, the former National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan, was accused by the media in Washington of discreetly lobbying on behalf of the Sudanese  (...)  [126 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Francis ole Kaparo
   Two years after he had to leave his post, the former Speaker of the National Assembly, Francis ole Kaparo, is preparing his return to politics ahead of the 2012 general election.  (...)  [154 words]   [$7]

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