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Francis Soler
MOZAMBIQUE Editor in Chief
Portuguese companies wipe the board
Portuguese companies have been on the attack in Maputo since the beginning of the year, and not only in their prime sectors of the construction and banking industries. Cramped by a home market in a state of crisis, many of them have looked abroad for contracts to maintain their level of activity and profitability. (...)   [689 words]   [$11,2]
SOMALIA/EUROPEAN UNION
Somalia: Ana Gomes kicks up a fuss
  True to her reputation as a “firebomber”, the Portuguese Socialist MP Ana Gomes had explosive words for EU policy on Somalia. (...)
POLITICS & POWER
DJIBOUTI
The health minister is protected
   The Minister for Health Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil and several members of his staff are directly in the sights of an investigation into his ministry’s squandering of United Nations aid to Djibouti to fight AIDS.  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Maputo    The former opposition MP Maximo Dias is not only the lawyer for certain controversial people, like the businessman Mohamed Bachir Sulemane and the former financial director of Aeroportos de Moçambique (ADM), Antenor Pereira. (...)  [108 words]   [$2,1]
Antananarivo    The Belgian entrepreneur and lecturer in computing at University College Ghent, Wim de Bruyn, was in Madagascar from 14 to 25 July to look at the market. (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
Port Louis    Fabrice David could join the local politics fray while he is in Port Louis to receive the posthumous award of the highest distinction given by the Republic of Mauritius on behalf of his father, the late James Burty David. (...)  [117 words]   [$2,1]
Moroni    During his Bastille Day speech on 14 July, the French Ambassador to the Comoros, Luc Hallade, threw a stone in the pond of the local elite. (...)  [59 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
Bomb attacks stoke the police forces
   The recent spate of deadly bomb attacks in Kampala perpetrated by Somalian Al-Shabaab Islamists, have brought to light the disorganised state of the Ugandan security services.  (...)  [281 words]   [$7]
KENYA
A journalist deprived of his column
   The popular but controversial journalist Mutahi Ngunyi is paying for his support for a “No” vote.  (...)  [157 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Malazarivo struggles to appoint heads
   The new Minister for Communication is finding it difficult to get Cabinet approval for his choice of nominees.  (...)  [232 words]   [$7]

ON THE LINE
DJIBOUTI
USAID disappoints Djibouti opposition
    The opposition in Djibouti took a dim view of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programme to support the democratic process in Djibouti to lead to holding free and credible elections in 2011 (see p. (...)  [178 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Zaza would like to be a super-minister in Madagascar
    The Deputy Prime Minister under the previous regime, Zaza Ramandimbiarison, is finding it hard to fulfil his present functions of chief of staff to the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV. (...)  [228 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
Navin Ramgoolam’s new advisor in Mauritius
    The former head of the communications unit of Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam during his first mandate (1995-2000), Alain Gordon Gentil (AGG) could be about to go to work for him again. (...)  [76 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Charles Njonjo still has plans in Kenya
    In spite of his advancing years – he is 90 – the former Attorney General, Charles Njonjo still has plenty of energy. (...)  [117 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
London mulls a permanent military base in Kenya
    According to a British source in a private security company, the UK military authorities are considering the possibility of installing a permanent base in Kenya. (...)  [160 words]   [$2,1]
SOMALIA/EUROPEAN UNION
Somalia: Ana Gomes kicks up a fuss
   True to her reputation as a “firebomber”, the Portuguese Socialist MP Ana Gomes had explosive words for EU policy on Somalia.  (...)  [246 words]   FREE
ERITREA/ETHIOPIA
EPRDF bolsters Eritrean opponents
   The Ethiopian government is working at setting up a united front of Eritrean opponents in order to step up the heat on the regime of Issayas Afeworki.  (...)  [324 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Monja believes in his lucky star
   The ex-Prime Minister would like to be back in his post ahead of the elections. He would then resign three months before the presidential election to run as a candidate.  (...)  [377 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS CIRCLES
KENYA
Transcentury goes all out for energy
   It is now quite some time that the Kenyan company Transcentury has wanted to invest in the energy sector and has been trying to get its hands on the Shell service stations in Kenya  (...)  [315 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
REUNION ISLAND
Réunibail
 [122 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Ophir Energy
 [122 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
BICM
 [224 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
Sinohydro Corp.
 [90 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Green Fields
 [74 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
Media Capital
 [101 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
Bank of Africa
 [125 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Zain Madagascar
 [158 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Nyota Minerals
 [130 words]   [$2,1]
ZIMBABWE
Von Pezold family takes case to ICSID
   The von Pezold family has asked the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to arbitrate in its conflict in Harare.  (...)  [276 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Rajoelina's rainmakers
   Ministers, Andry Rajoelina’s advisors and members of the HAT have become intermediaries for obtaining contracts for friendly companies.  (...)  [424 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Clampdown on black hotels
   The Seychelles Licensing Authority wants to control the private individuals who rent their villas to tourists without paying State taxes.  (...)  [251 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Agriterra restarts maize production
   Compagri, a subsidiary of Agriterra, closed its doors a few months ago because of a badly managed labour dispute. It has just reopened with a new team at the helm.  (...)  [229 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Corrupt officials at the TRA
   Corruption at the port of Dar es Salaam is nothing new. What is new, on the other hand, is the discovery of complicity inside the Tanzania Revenue Authority.  (...)  [196 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Semlex has a good client in Ma-Mwe
   Semlex, the company owned by the Belgian Albert Karaziwan, is on to a good thing in the Comoros: multiple contracts with the State-owned water and electricity company Ma-Mwe.  (...)  [184 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
CANADA/DJIBOUTI
Thomas Cormier
   The Canadian Thomas Cormier is to head a team of consultants from the small American company Democracy International which will implement a programme to strengthen the political process  (...)  [146 words]   [$7]
CANADA/MADAGASCAR
Richard Randriamandranto
   Since he recently returned to Antananarivo, Richard Randriamandranto has represented the think tank Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) there.  (...)  [176 words]   [$7]
FRANCE/MADAGASCAR
Jacques Blache
   The Frenchman Jacques Blache, a former special advisor to the chairman of the Sacem (the company in charge of collecting and distributing royalties for musicians and composers) has  (...)  [196 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Najib Balala
   The Minister for Tourism, Najib Balala, a former friend of the Prime Minister Raila Odinga but with whom he is now at loggerheads, is seriously thinking of leaving Odinga’s party,  (...)  [191 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Chirau Ali Mwakwere
   After a spell of several months in the doldrums (ION 1280 ), the former minister for transport, Chirau Ali Mwakwere is hoping to find his place in the government after the ministerial  (...)  [220 words]   [$7]

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