Madagascar

The Malagasy authorities called meetings of wholesale buyers of Malagasy [...]

NEW START FOR KRAOMITA

Sofremines has just started a feasibility study on Kraomita Malagasy's long-standing project to mine the chromite deposit at Bemanevika. Surveyed [...]

FLAMING FLAMCO FURY

Money does not always buy happiness and US$3 million does not seem to have brought much luck to Flamco International, [...]

THE BUDGET NOUVEAU HAS ARRIVED

Madagascar's Finance Bill for 1995 was tabled in the national assembly on December 6, theoretically leaving the chamber until December [...]

RASOLOSOA DOLIN

Madagascar's government promoted nine army colonels to the rank of general, including general (engineers) Rasolosoa Dolin, who has also been [...]

MONEY NEEDS FOR 1994-1996

The World Bank has calculated Madagascar's gross cash needs for the period 1994-1995 at around US$5.2 billion, including $1.2 billion [...]

CALL OF THE WILD

Madagascar's two main parliamentary opposition groups (Manandafy Rakotonirina's MFM and ex-prime minister Guy Razanamasy's Fihaonana) are now into their third [...]

REJIGGING ADB FUNDS

The African Development Bank (ADB) is to allocate US$50 million to Madagascar which has become available following the re-allocation of [...]

DEBTS AGAINST CONCESSIONS

Several specialist companies have begun buyback operations on Malagasy commercial debt at very sharp discount rates, in order to negotiate [...]

Shirt manufacturer New Island Clothing (a joint venture of the [...]

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1995 A KEY YEAR

The first invitations to tender are expected to be issued in 1995 for Madagascar's electricity project dubbed "Energie II" while new impetus has been given to reforms in the oil sector although investment in the refinery branch has been shelved.

REFINERY DITCHED IN IDA PROJECT

A consultancy will be chosen from a short list by the end of January to carry out three studies forming [...]

NEW AMBASSADORS

Several of Madagascar's ambassadorial posts have been changed recently: former Malagasy ambassador to Italy Appolinaire Andriantsiafajato has been posted to [...]

After their anti-government meeting in the capital on November 5, [...]

COMMENT BY SOMAPECHE

The management of Société Malgache de Pêcheries (SOMAPECHE) has contacted The Indian Ocean Newsletter regarding the Editorial published in ION [...]

OPPOSITION ON THE OFFENSIVE

Two opposition parties, the MFM headed by opposition MP Manandafy Rakotonirina and Fihaonana headed by ex-prime minister Guy Willy Razanamasy, [...]

TRIBULATIONS OF A ZAFY COUNSELLOR

The Mauritius-based Indian Ocean representative of the British company Powerfab, Albert Lindsay, has filed a legal complaint in the trading [...]

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THE UNHEAVENLY TRIPLETS

The strong-arm wrestling going on between the unheavenly triplets who rule Madagascar (head of state Albert Zafy, prime minister Francisque Ravony, national assembly president Richard Andriamanjato) has doubtless hit its peak. One day after a long discussion with premier Ravony, [.

PAUL BARRETT

Paul Barrett, who is the chairman of the Tropical Africa Advisory Group (TAAG) and currently vice chairman of SmithKline Beecham, [...]