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Francis Soler
KENYA Editor in Chief
Settling scores on all levels in parastatals
There is nothing new in the tendency Kenyan ministers have to appoint people from their own ethnic group or their political allies to head the State companies under the control of their ministry. But this tendency is now taking on a particular intensity as the general election is looming on the horizon of 2012. (...)   [722 words]   [$11,2]
COMOROS ISLANDS
President Sambi favours Dhoinine
  The President of the Union of the Comoros is making more and more calls to vote for his candidate in the second round of the presidential election on 26 December. (...)
POLITICS & POWER
SOMALILAND/ETHIOPIA
Secret security pact
   The Somaliland Minister for Home Affairs, Mohamed Abdi Gabose, who was a member of the delegation accompanying President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud known as Silanyo on his recent official visit to Ethiopia, had a long meeting in Addis Ababa on 19 November with the Ethiopian Minister for Federal Affairs, Shiferaw Teklemariam.  (...)  [213 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Nairobi    According to a source in the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS), a deputy minister and two MPs are on the list of politicians banned from obtaining visas for the USA because of the conditions under which they obtained their wealth. (...)  [143 words]   [$2,1]
Addis Ababa    The Washington based lawyer Steven Sarfatti wrote to Elias Kifle, the editor of the online publication Ethiopian Review on 30 November, to ask him to remove articles posted on 18 and 19 October attacking his client Eyaya Arega. (...)  [131 words]   [$2,1]
Mamoudzou    During the recent debate in the French Parliament on the principle of turning Mayotte into a departement, the Parti Socialiste (PS, opposition) stance was hardly any different from that of the government. (...)  [115 words]   [$2,1]
SUDAN
Darfur rebel chief’s tour of Africa
   Abdel-Wahid Mohamed al-Nur is being intransigent with Khartoum but weak militarily. He is nevertheless trying to round up his troops.  (...)  [321 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
South African ambassador's close shave
   A case of bad timing for the South African ambassador. His initiatives to revive the dialogue between the Madagascan opponents almost cost him his post.  (...)  [187 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA/FRANCE
Nicolas Sarkozy to visit Jacob Zuma soon
   The French President is planning to go on a private visit to South Africa during which he is tempted to combine business with pleasure.  (...)  [156 words]   [$7]

ON THE LINE
MAURITIUS
Why did Ramgoolam drop Ramdaursingh ?
    The chairman of the board of the State Bank of Mauritius (SBM), Rajah Ramdaursingh will not be renewed in his post when his mandate expires at the end of the year. (...)  [218 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
The Comoros elections claim a collateral victim
    The Secretary General of the Ministry for Transport, Abdillah Mouigni, was the person to carry the can for the presidential party’s internal divisions in the first round of the election. (...)  [223 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Mekele, a dangerous regional capital in Ethiopia
    Armed robbery is taking a worrying turn in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray Regional State, even though the latter is under the strict control of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF - hard core of the Ethiopian governing coalition). (...)  [154 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Meles Zenawi's security advisor's directives
    Tsegaye Berhe, the new advisor to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on security matters, held his first meeting wearing this hat in Addis Ababa last week. (...)  [175 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
LRA still not eradicated in Central Africa
   About 400 LRA rebels, only half of who are Ugandan, have set up in the Central African Republic.  (...)  [178 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
President Sambi favours Dhoinine
   The President of the Union of the Comoros is making more and more calls to vote for his candidate in the second round of the presidential election on 26 December.  (...)  [325 words]   FREE
UGANDA
Leadership tribunal against Bukenya
   Vice President Gilbert Bukenya, contested by the conservative wing of the government party, could fall victim to the fight against corruption.  (...)  [265 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
The Protestant Church rears its head
   The new head of the FFKM for the next three years is a Protestant curate who is snubbed by the current regime because he supports the previous President.  (...)  [143 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS CIRCLES
DJIBOUTI
The next bank will be Russian
   Two small Russian banks linked to the magnate Vladimir Antonov have filed a request for authorisation to start banking activity in Djibouti.  (...)  [263 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
KENYA
Dimken Kenya Ltd
 [96 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Hisense TV
 [86 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Solidis
 [128 words]   [$2,1]
SEYCHELLES
Air Seychelles
 [227 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
Nantulo Minas
 [126 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
Carlsberg
 [78 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Varun Mines & Metals
 [119 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
BGI
 [157 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
EEPCO
 [140 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
The Intertek affair is back
   Two French advisors to the President of the HAT, Andry Rajoelina, this week revived a project that had caused an uproar when it was first mooted some months ago.  (...)  [261 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Improved security in Mombasa port
   An Israeli company is to install an integrated security system for the port of Mombasa.  (...)  [194 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Safaricom CEO overshadowed
   Bob Collymore, the new CEO of Safaricom, is furious about being in the shadow of his predecessor, Michael Joseph.  (...)  [172 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Galana group’s heavyweight allies
   The Galana group, which has two subsidiaries in Madagascar, has joined forces with the Sumbana family to set up in Maputo.  (...)  [201 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Flora EcoPower at war with Saïd Idriss
   The commercial dispute between the Franco-German company Flora EcoPower and the Harar-based trader Saïd Idriss, is turning into a fist fight.  (...)  [309 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Gamma group blows its own trumpet
   The Gamma group has invested in a new weekly magazine – a way of campaigning in favour of its controversial incinerator project.  (...)  [204 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Retaj to run the Le Moroni hotel
   The Madagascan businessman Hassim Amiraly is to relinquish the management of this hotel in February 2011.  (...)  [158 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
REUNION ISLAND
Younousse Omarjee
   The future looks rosy for the treasurer of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP, government party) on Reunion Island, Younousse Omarjee.  (...)  [132 words]   [$7]
SOMALILAND
Mohamed Nur Hersi
   On 15 November, President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud known as Silanyo appointed a replacement for his chief of national security, Hussein Hassan Guleid known as Kenyati, whom he had obliged  (...)  [236 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Mohammed Nyaoga
   A well-known lawyer in Nairobi, Mohammed Nyaoga, who is a partner in the law firm Mohammed Muigai Advocates, is one of the promoters of the introduction in Kenya of the digital pay  (...)  [139 words]   [$7]
KENYA/NETHERLANDS
Uhuru Kenyatta
   The Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, had the idea of going to the headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague (The Netherlands) last week to  (...)  [218 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Alfredo Massinga
   The former Deputy Minister for Fisheries who was sacked in 2005, Alfredo Victor Rafael Massinga, is very loyal in business.  (...)  [102 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Armando Ndambi Guebuza
   The son of President Armando Guebuza is well-suited for business, just like his father. Armando Ndambi Guebuza, 33, has added to his collection of companies in which he already owns  (...)  [99 words]   [$7]

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