The honorary consuls active in the country are in the process of creating an association to better coordinate their ...

Last year, the head of state ordered the arrest of a Congolese businessman who was involved in a dispute with a Chinese gold ...

To counter the terrorist groups operating in the northeast of the country, Brigadier-General Adebayo Adekola has been ...

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 ...

The current professor of sociology at Addis Ababa University, Andargachew Tesfaye, has been appointed chairman of Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO). This human rights organization set up in 1991 ...

Head of state Robert Mugabe has named a new director general of Zimbabwe's secret service, the Central Intelligence Organization, to replace Elleck Mashingaidze, who retired in November on health ...

One of the rare Luo leaders of an opposition party other than National Democratic Party (NDP, Luo domination), Joe Aketch Donde who battles for months against the increase in interest rates knew his ...

The company Jubilee Platinum, quoted on the London Stock Exchange, has recently set up a subsidiary in Antananarivo, called Mineral Resources of Madagascar (MRM). 15% of MRM shares are owned by local ...

Kenya's former secretary to the government and head of the Kenyan civil service (until unexpectedly replaced by Dr. Richard Leakey in July) took up his new functions this week as Kenyan permanent ...

With no consensus among its members, it is the head of state Joaquim Chissano who has named Jamisse Taimo chairman of Comissao Nacional de Eleiçoes charged with organizing the general election in ...

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 ...

According to documents obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the former Comoros minister for Equipment, Energy, Post and Telecommunications, sent three letters simultaneously on September 20 to ...