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N°1361 Paris, 07/26/2013 Subscribe  | Country Channels Francis Soler MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief TGV lurches his way out of the road map The prospect of a presidential election, supposed to be an obligatory step in the road map to exit the political crisis, is constantly fading away. So much so that it is now not even certain that the election will be held this year. (...)     FREE ARTICLE Sumbana family in black gold   The public limited company Galana Distribution Moçambique S.A., created in Maputo in late June to carry out activities of production, refining and distribution of oil and chemical products, has close ties to Galana Terminais Moçambique SA, founded in 2010 to build combustible products storage (ION 1298). (...)    POLITICS & POWER DJIBOUTI Negotiations at a standstill     There has been an exchange of letters during the last few weeks between the government and the Union pour le Salut National (USN, opposition) with the aim of starting negotiations. (...)    BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Moroni    Much maligned and even thought to be on the way out in the 13 July ministerial reshuffle, Siti Kassim was finally the only member of the outgoing team to keep her job. (...)    Antananarivo    The former minister for national education (2009-2011) Julien Razafimanazato, who is one of the 41 candidates in the forthcoming presidential election, was almost unable to attend the cocktail given by the French ambassador François Goldblatt at his residence in Ivandry to celebrate Bastille Day on 14 July. (...)    Port-Louis    Freemasons don't always spend their time discussing forbidding subjects. The members of the Grande Loge de Maurice (GLM) were recently brought out of their torpor by an anonymous posting on Facebook and discussion forums, entitled "An incestuous Solomon snubbed by a lady". (...)    MADAGASCAR Learner candidates' campaign plans     Although the date for the next presidential election is constantly being put back, certain candidates are already starting to think about their pre-election advertising. (...)    DJIBOUTI Rachad Farah, the South's candidate     After failing to get the support of Paris for his candidacy as director general of Unesco, Djibouti's ambassador to France has gone on a tour of Asian countries. (...)    UGANDA Salim Saleh more powerful than ever     Since the defection of General David Sejusa, the President's brother and advisor, General Salim Saleh, has been constantly increasing his power. (...)    ON THE LINE TANZANIA Korean evangelists go on the attack in Tanzania     A medical vessel worth 2.56 billion shillings ($1.6 million) is being built at the Kamanga Ferry Ltd shipyard in Mwanza on behalf of Christian Life World Mission Frontiers(CLWMF). (...)    KENYA TNA tightens its belt in Kenya    The party of President Uhuru Kenyatta, The National Alliance (TNA) is painfully getting over the presidential campaign. (...)    ERITREA Eritrea would indeed like to take money from Egypt     The Eritrean President Issayas Afeworki's insistence that any financial aid from Egypt to Ethiopian armed opposition groups should transit via Asmara is highly suspect in the opinion of many of his opponents. (...)    KENYA London worried about how it is seen in Kenya     The British government does not appreciate the stance taken by certain Kenyan leaders, who claim that the United Kingdom is funding a sort of "Arab spring" in Kenya. (...)    COMOROS ISLANDS Ikililou Dhoinine's nationalist line in the Comoros Islands    During the Union of the Comoros national holiday celebration on 6 July at the presidential palace in Moroni, President Ikililou Dhoinine gave his own gloss on his official trip to France at the end of June. (...)    KENYA Kenyatta wants to keep eye on Odinga     President Uhuru Kenyatta is worried that Raila Odinga could already be preparing his come-back in the elections in 2017. (...)    ETHIOPIA EPRDF takes idea from Chinese CP     The ruling coalition EPRDF is planning to change its internal structure to unify its various components and bolster its links with the State even further. (...)    SOMALIA Glitterati Iftar in Nairobi     Several Somalian dignitaries attended a dinner to break the fast in Nairobi, which could be a first step in an alliance between rivals to the current regime in Mogadishu. (...)    KENYA Eugene Wamalwa's come-back     Eugene Wamalwa could finally get a post in the new administration after being out in the long grass for several months. (...)    BUSINESS CIRCLES MOZAMBIQUE Sumbana family in black gold     The public limited company Galana Distribution Moçambique S.A., created in Maputo in late June to carry out activities of production, refining and distribution of oil and chemical (...)    COMPANIES Today Publishers Ltd    SEYCHELLES     Onstream Oilfield Services    MOZAMBIQUE     Symantec    MAURITIUS     Ecobank    SOUTH SUDAN     Art'com    MADAGASCAR     Micro Banco Fides Moçambique    MOZAMBIQUE     MFM Lamey Group    SOUTHERN AFRICA     Malagasy Minerals    MADAGASCAR     Oceana Fisheries    SEYCHELLES     MOZAMBIQUE Dignitaries' sons in the world of business     While the parents are ministers working together in the Frelimo government, what is more natural than the offspring should be in business together! (...)    MOZAMBIQUE Venture capital company in real estate     FPXA Holdings AG, based in Basel, Switzerland, has found two local partners to join it in its entry in the property market in Maputo. (...)    MAURITIUS Anand Appanah in real estate     The former director of the demised Mascareignes Academy of Economics, Law and Management (MALEM), Anand Appanah, is converting into property development. (...)    MAURITIUS The Terra group's contradictions     An independent electricity producer's anti-pollution campaign has put its colleagues ill-at-ease. (...)    SOMALIA Security companies mushrooming     The Canadian group Garda and the American company Bancroft, which works for Amisom, are by no means the only private security companies in Mogadishu. (...)    MADAGASCAR Sale of BNI still not a done deal     Those opposing the sale of Credit Agricole's stake in BNI to a consortium consisting of Ciel Investment, Bank One and the businessman Hassanein Hiridjee won't let go. (...)    WHO'S WHO KENYA Eddy Njoroge     While his near namesake Joseph Njoroge, the former Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Power & Lighting Co.(KPLC), has just been made the general secretary of the ministry for oil and (...)    MADAGASCAR Lucien Rakotoarivo     In view of his good results, the sales director of Autodiffusion (the agent for Toyotaand Chinese vehicles), Lucien Rakotoarivo, was recently promoted to Managing Director of this (...)    UNITED NATIONS/SEYCHELLES Alain St Ange     The Seychelles minister for tourism, Alain St Ange, is campaigning to be elected to the executive council of the World Tourism Organization(UNWTO), the United Nations agency responsible (...)    COMOROS ISLANDS El Anrif Said Hassane     Until his appointment as the new Comoros Islands minister for foreign relations during the government reshuffle on 13 July by President Ikililou Dhoinine (ION 1360), El Anrif Saïd (...)    MADAGASCAR Charles Rabemananjara     The former Prime Minister under President Marc Ravalomanana, retired gendarmerie General Charles Rabemananjara, broke his lengthy silence – he has kept a low profile for several y (...)

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