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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia
No secretariat in Somalia

It is taking longer than originally planned to set up [...]

Subscribers only 02.12.2005

Somalia
Avoiding piracy in Somalia

The World Food Programme (WFP) is looking into alternative ways [...]

Subscribers only 02.12.2005

Spotlight | Kenya
President Kibaki plays his last card

The day after the constitutional referendum on 21 November, when his side was resoundingly defeated by partisans of voting No, President Mwai Kibaki surprised everybody by playing one of his last cards. An unprecedented fact in Kenya, he sacked the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2005

Ethiopia, United States
Plea to appoint an ambassador to Addis Ababa

Eight US congressmen wrote to President George W. Bush on 14 November asking him to appoint an ambassador to Ethiopia [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2005

Mayotte island
Empty coffers in Mamoudzou

The first assistant to the mayor of Mamoudzou (Mayotte), Mchindra Said, sent a "note to suppliers" on 14 November to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2005

Ethiopia
The opposition disoriented

The government is trying to decapitate the opposition with profuse arrests.

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2005

Uganda
The carrot and the stick

After imprisoning the FDC's leader, the government is now seeking to negotiate with moderate elements of this opposition group.

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2005

Tanzania
CCM in oil refinery business

A company with ties to the CCM is planning to build an oil refinery with an American partner.

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Mayotte island
The media on the boil

There are new press titles aplenty. Every political stream wants to have its own mouthpiece.

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Kenya | fisheries
A new parastatal body in Kenya

As well as the Kenya Geothermal Energy Development (KGED) which depends on the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (Kengen), the Kenyan [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Madagascar, Morocco
Nour’aly Naza’aly

The honorary consul of Morocco in Antananarivo, Nour’aly Naza’aly is preparing for a visit by a delegation of Moroccan entrepreneurs [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Tanzania | ifc
An end of year present for Barclays in Tanzania

The International Finance Corporation (International Finance Corporation, part of the [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Kenya | PAPC
A ports conference in Kenya

The Kenya Ports Autorithy (KPA), backed by the Kenyan ministry [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Tanzania | ttc
A new general manager in Tanzania

The Tanzania Cigarette Company (TCC), subsidiary of Japan Tobacco International [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Kenya | IOC
Interested in buying BP's activity in Kenya

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), which was already interested in [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Uganda
Edgar Tabaaro has just been appointed...

Edgar Tabaaro has just been appointed director general of the [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Africa
The Italian ambassador to Zambia...

The Italian ambassador to Zambia, Tullio Guma, has just been [...]

Subscribers only 25.11.2005

Sudan
Philip Ward

The British firm White Nile which is disputing ownership of block B in southern Sudan with France’s Total, has just [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.11.2005

Sudan | sudapet
New Exploration License

Africa Energy Intelligence understands the state-owned oil company Sudapet has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.11.2005

Sudan
An Indian Power Plant

Bharat Heavy Electrics Ltd. (BHEL) has penned an agreement with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.11.2005

Kenya, Uganda
Japheth Ratemo Getugi

The energetic ambassador of Kenya to Rwanda, Japheth Ratemo Getugi, has been transferred to Uganda where he has just presented [...]

Subscribers only 18.11.2005

Norway, Uganda
Bjorg Schonhowd Leite

The new ambassador of Norway to Uganda, also accredited in Rwanda and Burundi, Ms Bjorg Schonhowd Leite, already knows Africa [...]

Subscribers only 18.11.2005

Uganda
Twaha K. Kaawaase

A new chairman of the financial markets regulator, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has been appointed, replacing Leo Kibirango. He [...]

Subscribers only 18.11.2005

Kenya | Rift Valley Railways
A South African CEO in Kenya

The consortium which won the contract to operate both the [...]

Subscribers only 18.11.2005

Uganda
Four more ambassadors to Uganda...

Four more ambassadors to Uganda, in addition to those of [...]

Subscribers only 18.11.2005

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