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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A lot of changes at the top have occurred at the West African Portland Cement Company Plc (WAPCO) since it was taken over by Lafarge when the French group bought its parent company, Blue Circle ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The four Belgian military personnel who were still working in Niger returned home in December. Brussels had maintained a ...

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 ...