According to well-informed sources, the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki, who has recently managed not only to end the long isolation of his country but also to establish it as a key regional player, ...

In the meantime, Rajaonarimampianina had been bold and far-seeing enough to stand in the presidential election under the colours of his own political movement, the Hery Vaovao hoan'i Madagasikara ...

The former commandant of the Comoros Islands gendarmerie and head of the utility Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures Mahamoud Mradabi has just founded a new political party in Moroni called Mouvement ...

The Mauritius council of ministers last week finally named Ghislaine Henry as the country's new ambassador to Madagascar, more than a year after having earmarked her for the post (ION 775). Ms. Henry ...

President France Albert René's appointment of his young wife, Sarah René, as member and vice chairman of the board of the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) has stirred fresh criticism of the ...

The former governor of Tanzania/s central bank, the Bank of Tanzania, Idris Rashid whose contract expired last July, has not taken long to find a new job. He has become director general of Akiba ...

Renamed Hadin Kai, the military operation fighting terrorism in northern Nigeria welcomed its new intelligence director this week. Brigadier General Adebayo Adekola took up the post in Maiduguri, the ...

Jean-Louis Billon is a case apart in Ivory Coast. He is heir to the leading private sector group, SIFCA, which was founded by his father, Pierre Billon, but is reputed to scorn networking in a country ...

Ever since 23 December, when a man bound for Dubai via Addis Ababa was arrested at Antananarivo's Ivato airport with a diplomatic bag containing 53kg of gold ingots, there has been no sign of Julien ...

The tender call for the installation of a second submarine cable link to Mauritania was launched in August and has attracted two foreign firms and one local company.

After waiting since last July, the Algerian government has finally named Amine Kherbi rather than Mohamed Salah Dembri as Algeria's ambassador to Washington. The Bush administration reportedly ...

Nearly two years after winning the tender for the Makelele gas block in Lake Kivu, US company Symbion Power has still not finalised its contract with the Congolese authorities. The project in question ...