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Francis Soler
KENYA Editor in Chief
The last contingent of Kibaki's old guard
The combined effects of the disclosures by the former anti-corruption Czar John Githongo and diplomatic pressure by certain Western countries (United States, United Kingdom) have obliged President Mwai Kibaki to let go several of his ministers involved in shady deals. (...)   [723 words]  [$8.2]
Ramgoolam coming to Paris soon
   Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam of Mauritius will finally be coming to Paris in the last few days of March. He has been in power since July 2005 and this will be his first official visit to France. (...)  [278 words]  [$4.7]
POLITICS AND POWER BROKERS
TANZANIA
Chief of police under fire
   With just two months to go until he retires, the chief of police has been the subject of strong criticism. But Kikwete will have to wait a little longer before replacing him.  (...)  [352 words]  [$4.7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
maputo
Guebuza going to Lisbon again
 [72 words]  [$1.5]
antananarivo
Casals' last opinion poll
 [139 words]  [$1.5]
Moroni
Paris to bankroll the poll
 [102 words]  [$1.5]
Khartoum
Small contingent from France
 [87 words]  [$1.5]
ZIMBABWE
The Mujuru clique breaking up
   Solomon Mujuru’s manoeuvres to make his wife President Robert Mugabe’s heir apparent is starting to cause concern to certain of his partisans.  (...)  [378 words]  [$4.7]
ETHIOPIA
Lukewarm success for UEDF
   Response was lukewarm for the UEDF’s call to hold a joint conference of all the political parties and create a joint task force to organise it.  (...)  [322 words]  [$4.7]
MADAGASCAR
Ebert foundation supports CDE
   The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung has renewed its partnership for 2006 with the Club Développement et Ethique whose chairman is Serge Zafimahova.  (...)  [233 words]  [$4.7]

DIPLOMACY
AFRICA/UNITED STATES
A Republican at African Affairs
   The feminisation of the Bureau of African Affairs of the US State Department is continuing since the appointment of Jendayi Frazer to its head in June 2005.  (...)  [244 words]  [$4.7]
DJIBOUTI
Guelleh prepares for Comesa
   President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh signed a long decree on 21 January to set up a national organisation committee for the 11th summit of Heads of State and of governments of countries from the Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), to be held in Djibouti in November 2006.  (...)  [388 words]  [$4.7]
MOZAMBIQUE/PORTUGAL
Cahora Bassa still stalled
   In spite of pressure from the Mozambican government, the matter of handing back to Mozambique the majority of the equity of Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB, the firm operating the dam of the same name) was not settled before the presidential election in Portugal last month.  (...)  [237 words]  [$4.7]

ORGANIZATIONS
cpj
Delegation going to Ethiopia to find out how journalists are treated
 [131 words]  [$1.5]
SADC
An American study on air navigation in southern Africa
 [153 words]  [$1.5]
undp
Study grants coveted by commissioners in Madagascar
 [106 words]  [$1.5]

WHO'S WHO
SOMALIA
Mohamud Hassan Ali
   The Mayor of Mogadishu and governor of the surrounding area of Banaadir, who had been appointed to this post in April 2005 by Somalian Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, should soon return to Somalia to try to take up his duties there.  (...)  [161 words]  [$4.7]

APPOINTMENTS & MISSIONS
DJIBOUTI
Three new non-resident ambassadors...
 [66 words]  [$1.5]
DJIBOUTI
The new head of the Force Nationale de Police ...
 [78 words]  [$1.5]
SOUTHERN AFRICA
The German President Horst Koehler...
 [56 words]  [$1.5]
SOUTH AFRICA
Lazarus Zim is to leave his post of CEO of Anglo American South Africa...
 [73 words]  [$1.5]
HORN OF AFRICA/SWEDEN
Marika Fahlen
   The Swedish government this week appointed Ambassador Marika Fahlen, 60, as special envoy to the Horn of Africa. She will be in charge of coordinating Swedish efforts to solve the conflicts in this region, in Sudan, Somalia as well as Ethiopia and Eritrea.  (...)  [180 words]  [$4.7]
ZIMBABWE
   Arthur Mutambara¸ a professor from the Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) of the University of South Africa (Unisa) has joined the Zimbabwe opposition and will run for the presidency of the faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC, opposition) headed by its Secretary General Welshman Ncube.  (...)  [202 words]  [$4.7]
GERMANY/MADAGASCAR
Alphonse Ralison
   The Malagasy Ambassador to Germany is a newcomer to the world of diplomacy. Better known for his nationalistic stance in the employers’ federation Fivmpama of which he was the chairman for five years at the end of the 1990s, Alphonse Ralison has just taken up the post of Ambassador in Berlin.  (...)  [193 words]  [$4.7]
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
SEYCHELLES
Savy and Pool are happy
   The Seychelles government is still refusing inhabitants of Silhouette Island (the third largest in the archipelago) the right to acquire houses on the island.  (...)  [334 words]  [$4.7]

COMPANIES
Samsung electronics
A CEO for Africa-Middle East
 [80 words]  [$1.5]
CITIBANK
New executive for Kenya
 [89 words]  [$1.5]
MADAGASCAR
Company to develop Madagascar goes into liquidation
 [134 words]  [$1.5]
BICM
New Directors in Madagascar
 [71 words]  [$1.5]
KENYA
NOCK wants to buy Somken
   The State oil company has made an offer to acquire the Kenyan independent company’s 45 service stations.  (...)  [383 words]  [$4.7]
MAURITIUS
Erna Low advertises Anahita
   A London based property company is to start selling the apartments and villas in the Anahita Mauritius project.  (...)  [256 words]  [$4.7]
TANZANIA
Eight on the short list for NIC
   Eight companies are on the short list out of the 22 which expressed an interest in the privatisation of the National Insurance Corporation.  (...)  [201 words]  [$4.7]
AFRICA
Mayfair Mining sets south tack
   A mining company already present in Zambia is strengthening its team to try its luck in Madagascar, Tanzania and Mozambique.  (...)  [296 words]  [$4.7]
AFRICA
Medef on all fronts
   The international branch of the French employers’ federation is to step up its initiatives on Africa during the next few months.  (...)  [236 words]  [$4.7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Amiraly to run Royal Itsandra
   Hassim Amiraly has taken over the management of the Royal Itsandra.  (...)  [191 words]  [$4.7]
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