In mid-November the Indian company KEC International, which has been making big dents on the African market (AI, 19/10/20), won the tender for the construction of a 77km-long electricity transmission ...

Libya's new ambassador to Paris, Mohamed Harari, is expected to shortly take up his functions. Named some time ago, he is awaiting the departure of his predecessor, Abdessalam El Mazoughi. A farewell ...

The cancellation last week of the decree appointing Armand Ralaidovy to be coordinator of the World Bank health project known as Cresan was not enough to pacify the Bretton Woods institutions. Two ...

The corporate brand and communication manager (since 1995) of Shell on Mauritius has been chosen by the government as board chairman of Export Processing Zones Development Authority (EPZDA), taking ...

Prime minister Navin Ramgoolam on November 24 suspended Raj Dayal as police commissioner after a long-running dispute (ION N° 787) and appointed a special inquiry commission headed by former chief ...

Killed, along with his two bodyguards, last week in a hotel in Beni (Democratic Republic of Congo) where he had just arrived, major Reuben Ikondere, the second-in-command of the UPDF force in DRC, may ...

Since the victory of the Labour Party/Mouvement Militant Mauricien coalition in December's general election, Marie France Roussety has been trying to become the Mauritian ambassador to France. Her ...

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 ...

Jimnah Mbaru has been head of the Dyer & Blair investment bank, which today is highly prosperous, since 1983. He also has a substantial portfolio of shares in other flourishing companies. Born in 1947 ...

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 ...

US oil major ExxonMobil is cautiously moving forward in the Angolan part of the Namibe Basin. On 6 November, it obtained permission from the authorities to extend the initial exploration period on its ...

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, ...