ON THE LINE

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1280 - 27/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Berlin to open an embassy in Djibouti The German authorities have become fed up with running their country's participation in the fight against terrorism and marine piracy off the coast of Somalia from their embassy in Ethiopia. (...)  [140 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1280 - 27/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE American ambassador to leave his post in Kenya in June According to a source at the US embassy in Nairobi, the American Ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, is expected to leave his post in June. (...)  [230 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1280 - 27/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Doubts about the number of voters in Ethiopia The exact number of people truly registered on the electoral lists for the next general election is a closely guarded secret in Ethiopia. (...)  [159 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1279 - 13/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Serge Ranaivo thinking of his future in Madagascar The minister for youth and sport, who is a friend of the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT) Andry Rajoelina, no doubt knows that he doesn’t have a future as a member of the government. (...)  [139 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1279 - 13/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Djibouti opposition remobilizes The Alliance Républicaine pour le Développement (ARD, the political party of the late Ahmed Dini) will hold a meeting in Djibouti on 25 and 26 February to try to inject fresh impetus into the opposition for the 2011 election. (...)  [135 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1278 - 30/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE A government propaganda publication in Kenya The Kenyan ministry of information and communication is due to launch a weekly magazine this week to counteract coverage hostile to the government in the private media. (...)  [139 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1278 - 30/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Paris appreciates the current Prime Minister of Madagascar The present Malagasy Prime Minister, Camille Vital, would seem to have the confidence of the French authorities, even though he had been appointed unilaterally by the Transition President Andry Rajoelina. (...)  [170 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1278 - 30/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Azali is starting to annoy Sambi in the Comoros After the meeting with President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, that was held at his request on 6 January, former President Assoumani Azali went out on a crusade against the current President’s plan to extend his mandate beyond May 2010. (...)  [148 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1277 - 16/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Kenyans advised to take care in South Sudan The Kenyan consulate in Juba has discreetly asked Kenyans resident in South Sudan to leave the area by the end of March. (...)  [128 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1277 - 16/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Nothing is ever sure in Madagascar Last week the Joint President of Transition, Fetison Rakoto Andrianirina and the Speaker of the Transition Congress, Mamy Rakotoarivelo had a working dinner with the French Ambassador Jean Marc Châtaigner. (...)  [83 words]  [$1.8]   THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1280 - 27/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Is Camille Vital on the way out in Madagascar? The Prime Minister Camille Vital is still angry because this week he had a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs imposed on him in the person of Vice Admiral Hyppolite Raharison Ramaroson, who detests him. (...)  [104 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1280 - 27/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Philippe Leclerc’s account to TGV in Madagascar Philippe Leclerc, the chairman of Orizon Finance and advisor to Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), has gone to Antananarivo to give his account of the approaches he made to the Venice Commission (ION 1279). (...)  [116 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1279 - 13/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE José Socrates goes on a rep's trip to Mozambique Re-elected in the September 2009 election, but without a majority in Parliament in Lisbon, Portugal's Socialist Prime Minister José Socrates is to go on a real trade rep to Mozambique from 3 to 5 March. (...)  [148 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1279 - 13/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE President Sambi draws a blank at the AU It was in vain that the Comorian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Djaffar, made his efforts in the wings of the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa at the beginning of February, to try to stop his country from being listed among the African countries in crisis. (...)  [229 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1279 - 13/02/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Madagascar contacts the Venice Commission A representative of the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina, accompanied with the Frenchman Philippe Leclerc, are expected to go Strasburg on 12 February to contact the European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission. (...)  [94 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1278 - 30/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Life-size French military exercise Djibouti Going under the name Djalelo Gris, the latest military exercise of the 13th DBLE (the Foreign Legion) based in Djibouti, was not without a certain degree of realism. (...)  [175 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1278 - 30/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Southerners are still in charge of Mozambique The appointment of Veronica Macamo to the post of Speaker of the Mozambique Parliament under the Frelimo (government party) banner further strengthens the stranglehold the elite from the South has on the country’s institutions. (...)  [92 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1277 - 16/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE The Frelimo triumvirate in the Mozambican Parliament The Frelimo (ruling party) MPs finally elected the lawyer Veronica Macamo this week to take over from Eduardo Mulémbwe as Speaker of Parliament in Maputo. (...)  [232 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1277 - 16/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE Heightened tension between Libya and Djibouti The Djibouti authorities did not appreciate at all that Libya voted against resolution 1907 at the United Nations Security Council on 23 December. (...)  [132 words]  [$1.8] THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1277 - 16/01/2010 POLITICS & POWER/ON THE LINE William Ruto verging on paranoia in Kenya The Minister of Agriculture, William Ruto, would seem to be sure that his name is on the list of politicians accused of serious violations of human rights during the post-election crisis in 2007-2008, drawn up by the commission chaired by Judge Philip Waki. (...)  [195 words]  [$1.8]