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The Indian Ocean Newsletter /Archives

Archive n° 1170 - 02/25/2006

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]

Archive n° 1170 - 02/25/2006

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