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N°1360 Paris, 07/12/2013 Subscribe  | Country Channels Francis Soler COMOROS ISLANDS Editor in Chief A financial scandal drops a bombshell Sacking the minister for PTT and transport, Rastami Mouhidine, for corruption on 27 June did not suffice to bring an end to the financial scandal involving many other dignitaries. The resulting political tsunami obliged President Ikililou Dhoinineto announce a government reshuffle on 10 July. (...)     FREE ARTICLE IOG hounds former friend Boreh   President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) doesn't skimp when it comes to wreaking revenge on his former friend, the businessman Abdurahman Boreh. (...)    POLITICS & POWER DJIBOUTI IOG hounds former friend Boreh     President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) doesn't skimp when it comes to wreaking revenge on his former friend, the businessman Abdurahman Boreh. (...)    BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Nairobi    The CORD alliance which campaigned for Raila Odinga in the presidential election on 4 March is trying to devise a plan B if its candidate for Senator of Makueni, Kethi Kilonzo, were to be permanently blocked from running in the next by-election. (...)    Antananarivo    Transition President Andry Rajoelina aka TGV, who has lost many of his allies, is trying to increase his influence by recruiting from other political movements. (...)    Djibouti    President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) carried off a major advertising blow on 26 June, on his way home from the independence ceremonies. (...)    ETHIOPIA HMD wants to control his rivals     Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (HMD) has eliminated two leaders of the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) in the ministerial reshuffle on 4 July. (...)    SOUTH SUDAN/FRANCE Gilles Assouline in a bad way     The investment fund that the Frenchman Gilles Assouline wanted to set up in Juba via the British company GPS3 Investments Ltd may never see the light of day. (...)    MADAGASCAR Lalao Ravalomanana's ally     The wife of a former minister has resurfaced alongside Lalao Ravalomanana, the wife of the ousted president and presidential candidate. (...)    ON THE LINE ETHIOPIA/FRANCE Pascal Canfin goes to Ethiopia     It is now barely a year since Hailemariam Desalegn took over from the late Meles Zenawi as Prime Minister of Ethiopia. (...)    MADAGASCAR List of targets for sanctions being drawn up in Madagascar     According to our sources, the International Contact Group(GIC) in charge of Madagascar, is currently drawing up a list of people to be subject to international sanctions. (...)    MADAGASCAR GLNM to cast its net wide in Madagascar     The Grande Loge Nationale de Madagascar (GLNM) headed by Grandmaster Alain Soumoudronga(ION 1328) has decided to pull out all the stops in response to the competition from the arrival last year of the Grande Loge écossaise de stricte observance (Gleso). (...)    KENYA NSIS to continue going it alone in Kenya     The topic that most divides the Kenyan security services at the moment is the government decision to gather the headquarters of all the different agencies under a single roof. (...)    KENYA Those Kenyatta has left behind     Four months into Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency, a number of people who helped him to the top are giving up hope of getting an official post in return. (...)    SOMALIA A very embarrassing prisoner     The Somalian government doesn't know what to do with the radical Islamist leader Hassan Dahir Aweys whom it arrested at the end of June. (...)    UGANDA Yoweri Museveni versus Elly Tumwine     An increasing number of members of military High Command fear that President Yoweri Museveni really wants to push his son onto the political scene. (...)    BUSINESS CIRCLES MOZAMBIQUE Seabrooke's allies in gas sector     Two of the Australian businessman Gary Denham Seabrooke's partners in the mining company Pedra Investimentos SA, which was founded in Maputo in December 2012, are moving more into (...)    COMPANIES Delonex Energy    EAST AFRICA     KenolKobil    KENYA     MB & Associés    ETHIOPIA     Trans Indian Mining Lda    MOZAMBIQUE     Lingamo Baycity SA    MOZAMBIQUE     Globalwatt    MADAGASCAR     Tullow Oil    UGANDA     Djibouti Oxygen    DJIBOUTI     MOZAMBIQUE Rush into catering     The growth of mining and energy projects has led to a boom in life bases, and corporate fast food and catering services. (...)    MAURITIUS Two families dominate top business     Three companies owned by the Lagesse and Dalais families are in the island's top ten. (...)    COMOROS ISLANDS Vitol chalks up its third contract     The Swiss-British trading company Vitol has just won its third contract to supply oil products to Moroni – much to the dismay of its four rivals. (...)    TANZANIA Obama, Symbion Power's rep     The American emergency power generator company Symbion Power, hopes to be the main beneficiary of Barack Obama's recently launched Power Africa Initiative. (...)    MADAGASCAR CSBF dithering on BNI sale     The banking and financial supervisory committee (CSBF) has not yet been able to meet to decide on the sale of 51% of BNI. The decision may finally be made by its chairman alone. (...)    SOMALIA Simatech's man in Mogadishu     A Somalian former minister is acting for Simatech Shipping, which is establishing its port activity in Mogadishu. (...)    UGANDA IFC takes good care of Umeme     The company Umeme Ltd in charge of electricity distribution has called for credit to finance a third of its $440 investment programme. (...)    WHO'S WHO MADAGASCAR/CANADA Al Njoo Kok Kiong     The Canadian businessman of Chinese-Indonesian extraction and joint founder of the Calgary (Canada) based company Nations Petroleum, Al Njoo Kok Kiong, 57, has just been appointed (...)    MADAGASCAR/MAURITIUS Patrick Leloup     The dual French-Malagasy national Patrick Leloup, special advisor to Transition President Andry Rajoelina better known as TGV, would seem to be distancing himself from the latter. (...)    MOZAMBIQUE Joao Americo Mpfumo     The former commander of the Mozambican air force, Joao Americo Mpfumo, a representative of the military old guard of the ruling Frelimoparty, has become an important intermediary in (...)    ETHIOPIA/FRANCE Marie-Jeanne Capuano     The French woman Marie-Jeanne Capuano recently won a contract with the Ethiopian embassy in Paris for her public relations company Eurofuture. (...)    COMOROS ISLANDS Soilih Abdallah Rafik     The new commander in chief of the National Gendarmerie of the Union of the Comoros, Soilih Abdallah Rafik, 44, is a man of many superlatives. (...)

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