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Southern Africa and Islands

Madagascar
President’s man on Kraoma board

The Malagasy president has placed one of his friends at the top of the national mining company Kraoma, much to the disapproval of certain of his aides.

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2014

Seychelles
Officials rent from "pirates"

Some officials in the Seychelles foreign affairs ministry are at the centre of an underground market for renting cars for foreign delegations.

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2014

France, Mozambique
Delicate timing for Nyusi in Paris

The Frelimo candidate for the general election in mid-October, Filipe Nyusi, is keen to have as much support in Europe as he has in China.

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2014

Madagascar
Antananarivo

Malagasy President Hery Rajaonarimampianina was invited to France on 15 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2014

Madagascar
Antananarivo

The head of the Sodiat group, Maminiaina Ravatomanga, has finally [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2014

Comoros islands
Moroni

The Comorian Djanfar Salim Allaoui used his trip to France [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2014

Comoros islands
Comoros ambassador to Unesco has no fixed abode

Appointed ambassador of the Comoros to Unesco in Paris since [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.2014

Comoros islands, France
Mayotte still topic of debate between Moroni and Paris

The meeting of the Haut conseil paritaire (HCP) between France [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.2014

Mozambique
Tax cuts denied to coal miners

The president of the Autoridade Tributaria de Mocambique handed down his verdict in early July. Indeed, Rosario Fernandes ruled out [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

Zimbabwe
Raptor Resources ventures into nickel

A low-profile American firm listed on the U.S. small companies OTCQB exchange and 53%-owned by the equity fund Russell International [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

Namibia
Forsys starts feasibility study on Norasa uranium

The French are only now beginning to discover the "affair within the UraMin affair," namely the €900 million that Areva [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

Namibia
Patrick Sagaspe

According to our sources, Patrick Sagaspe, who holds dual Franco-American citizenship and lives in Rhodes Island in the U.S., is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

Mozambique
Jacinto Veloso

A reserve general, pillar of the ruling Frelimo party and a former minister of the interior and international cooperation, Jacinto [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

Mozambique
Jindal tries its hand at trading

After putting down roots in various foreign countries in recent [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

South Africa
Rockwell Diamonds bounces back

Business is picking up for Rockwell Diamonds after flat-lining for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

Namibia
Windhoek wants more diamonds

Namibia is putting pressure on its partner De Beers in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

Namibia
Windhoek

Isak Katali, Namibia’s mines minister, met with officials from the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2014

Spotlight | Mozambique
The persons who call the shots in gas

The giant gas discoveries in Mozambique's Rovuma basin (180 TCF) are being overseen by a handful of influential men and women. Still relatively inexperienced, Mozambique's government is placing its trust in a small circle of key executives while the majors [.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2014

Mozambique
ENH seeks fuel self-sufficiency

In the space of just two weeks, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) has showcased two independent projects to build gas [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2014

Angola, South America
Bogota moves on Kwanza

The state-run Colombian oil company Ecopetrol has just acquired its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2014

Zimbabwe
Chinese finance Kariba

Extension work on Zimbabwe's Kariba South power station is to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2014

Mozambique
Matthew Gilbert

A partner in the London law firm Maples and Calder, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2014

Angola
Hercules Offshore

The oil rig operator Hercules Offshore announced last month in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2014

Comoros islands, France
Robby Judes

Robby Judes, from Guadeloupe, will soon replace Philippe Lacoste as the French ambassador to the Union of the Comoros. Judes [...]

Subscribers only 04.07.2014

France, Madagascar
Patrick Rakotomalala

When she met members of the Malagasy Diaspora in France last year, Haleh Bridi, then Indian Ocean director of the [...]

Subscribers only 04.07.2014

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