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Francis Soler
MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief
TGV bracing for a gloomy southern winter
Things are going from bad to worse for the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, who has gone into a headlong rush while the country’s economic and financial situation is deteriorating. (...)   [727 words]   [$11,2]
DJIBOUTI
Djibouti: No opposition agreement in sight
  The fragmented state of the opposition is playing into President Guelleh’s hand for the 2011 election. (...)
POLITICS & POWER
KENYA
William Ruto a press baron
   The Minister for Higher Education, William Ruto, will be the next politician to have media punch. He is a member of Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s party ODM, but is on bad terms with him.  (...)  [269 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Antananarivo    A Madagascan entrepreneur in the construction industry, Serge Raharinosy, is preparing the forthcoming visit to Antananarivo of a group of executives from the Autoritat Portuaria de Barcelona. (...)  [131 words]   [$2,1]
Addis Ababa    The mayors of several towns close to the capital will very probably not recover their posts in the new administration that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is forming now that he has won the elections. (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
Nairobi    The CEO of the Nation Media Group (NMG), Linus Gitahi is dreaming that he will one day be at the head of a veritable university of medicine. (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]
Dar es Salaam    The next Ambassador of Tanzania to France will be a woman. (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Kibaki wants to counter Church “No”
   The Kenyan President has given three retired religious leaders the task of persuading serving Christian dignitaries to switch to the “Yes” side in the referendum.  (...)  [227 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
UPDF hunts the LRA in CAR
   The Ugandan LRA rebel movement is reorganising in the east of the Central African Republic where thousands of Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers are on their tracks.  (...)  [255 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
Tendai Biti is Tsvangirai's pet hate
   Morgan Tsvangirai would like to divest himself of his rival Tendai Biti. But the latter is too appreciated by international donors.  (...)  [163 words]   [$7]

ON THE LINE
DJIBOUTI
Africom more cautious in Djibouti
    Whether it is worried about the safety of its staff or as a result of budget restriction, the United States African Command (Africom) has decided to cut back on trips to Djibouti considered non-essential. (...)  [173 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
EPRDF wants to coax the Afar rebels in Ethiopia
    Ethiopian army security officials have, for several weeks, been trying to persuade the last remaining militants in the Eritrean-backed Afar rebel movement Ugugumo to give up their armed struggle and join civilian life. (...)  [174 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Sambi hedges his bets in the Comoros
    President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has accepted the deal for a way out of the crisis put forward by the African Union (AU). (...)  [163 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
One of TGV’s advisors is keeping a low profile in Madagascar
    The French-Malagasy dual national Patrick Leloup, economic advisor to the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, is out in the long grass at the moment. (...)  [123 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Amos Kimunya stacks the deck in his favour in Kenya
    There would seem to be no end to the intrigues in the State-owned Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). (...)  [128 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
Djibouti: No opposition agreement in sight
   The fragmented state of the opposition is playing into President Guelleh’s hand for the 2011 election.  (...)  [390 words]   FREE
MAURITIUS
MSM places its men
   The party of the finance minister Pravind Jugnauth wants to place its leaders and sympathisers in the various State institutions controlled by its ministers.  (...)  [283 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Equipment from India goes AWOL
   The mysterious disappearance in Moroni of telemedicine equipment donated by India is creating a diplomatic incident between the two countries.  (...)  [307 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS CIRCLES
REUNION ISLAND
Caillé weighs heavy on Sorefi
   The majority of banks and financial institutions on Reunion Island had a very bad year in 2009. Société réunionnaise de financement (Sorefi) was no exception:  (...)  [256 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
MADAGASCAR
BGFI Bank
 [136 words]   [$2,1]
REUNION ISLAND
Groupe Hersant Media
 [109 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Telecom Malagasy
 [150 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
Djibouti Air
 [166 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
MEGA Microfinance
 [138 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Air Service Comores
 [134 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
Rogers
 [72 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
AEL Mining Services
 [100 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
White Wind Ltd
 [130 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR/MAURITIUS
Kumar Gunness speaks for Iqbal Rahim
   Iqbal Rahim was once again nowhere to be seen during the general meetings of the two Galana companies in Mauritius at the end of June.  (...)  [253 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Brink’s gets a one month reprieve
   Brink’s contract to provide airport security assistance has been revoked and should have ended on 30 June. But the company gained an additional month.  (...)  [228 words]   [$7]
SOMALILAND
Gallice signs a security deal
   A representative of the French firm Gallice Security went to Hargeisa in mid-June to sign an agreement in the security sector.  (...)  [187 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Airline gets another audit
   An American consulting company has just carried out the third audit on Air Seychelles.  (...)  [233 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
A 5-star hotel cuts prices
   Local small hoteliers consider the prices charged by the Ephelia Constance Resort too low, constituting unfair competition.  (...)  [246 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
Total ready to get to work
   Total is keen to begin operations in Uganda as soon as Kampala gives the green light for Tullow to acquire Heritage’s stakes in oil search blocks.  (...)  [228 words]   [$7]
UGANDA/KENYA
Beer will flow by the gallon in Arua
   EABL is planning to install a brewery in northern Uganda from which it will supply South Sudan.  (...)  [170 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
KENYA
Maina Kiai
   Maina Kiai has just founded an NGO in Nairobi called Info-Action (IA), two years after he left his post of chairman of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHCR).  (...)  [139 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Raymond Matiba
   A new political dynasty could be taking shape in the Central Province. After much hesitation, Raymond Matiba, the eldest son of the veteran politician Kenneth Matiba, finally decided  (...)  [220 words]   [$7]
FRANCE/CANADA/MADAGASCAR
Benoit Debray
   The Frenchman Benoit Debray has gone back to the oil sector, where he spent more than two decades, culminating as head of the firm Géoservices from May 1999 to November 2009.  (...)  [146 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
Abatte Ebo Adou
   The joint founder two decades ago of the Front pour la Restauration de l’Unité et de la Démocratique (FRUD, armed Afar rebel movement), Dr Abatte Ebo Adou, is now devoting his time  (...)  [176 words]   [$7]
BELGIUM/KENYA/SOMALIA
Jan Mutton
   The Belgian Ambassador to South Africa, Jan Mutton, will just have the time to outline the priorities of the Belgian presidency of the European Union (EU) at a seminar held by the  (...)  [163 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Mohamed Bachir Sulemane
   The business activities of Mohamed Bachir Sulemane (MBS) have suffered badly since the United States denounced him as a “drugs baron” (ION 1287).  (...)  [102 words]   [$7]

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