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Francis Soler
COMOROS ISLANDS Editor in Chief
FINANCIAL SCANDAL
The purchase by the Comoros Islands state of over 350 vehicles and machines (tractors, mini-buses, lifts and cement-mixers etc), from Italy a few months ago, has brought to light a hitherto discreet mechanism for political funding. The vehicles and machinery were addressed to the minister of finance, Said Abdallah M'Changama, on behalf of the State, by Italian company, Inter-Trade, part of the Lombardini group. (...)   [1121 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS
ZIMBABWE
DEBATE OVER PRESS FREEDOM
   The Zimbabwean council of ministers recently discussed measures to restrict the independent press, that has upset some ministers whose professional competence came in for open criticism.  (...)  [285 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
P.M. OPPOSES TELE FREE DOM PROJECT
   Mauritius' Prime Minister, Aneerood Jugnauth, said on April 14, that he is firmly against opening Mauritian hertzian waves to foreign television, and that his government "would not accord this liberty to foreigners.  (...)  [451 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
   Radio Addis Ababa reports that the OLF and the EPRDF signed an "immediate cease-fire agreement" on April 15, brokered by the United States and the provisional government of Eritrea.  (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]
ERITREA
   The provisional government of Eritrea has passed a nationality code.  (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
BASHIR AND ZENAWI ADVISE GOULED
   According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, during talks in Djibouti on April 7, between head of the Sudanese junta, Omar Hassan al Bashir, and Djiboutian President, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, the former advised the latter to dialogue with the opposition to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Djibouti.  (...)  [199 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
DECISIVE BATTLE AT NGANGALA
   Sudanese government forces won a major victory at Bahr al Ghazal after breaking through the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) defence front on the Tonj-Rumbeck road, and after taking control of the town of Yrol on April 11.  (...)  [494 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
SOUTH AFRICA
DEREK AURET
   Following in the footsteps of South African minister of foreign affairs, "Pik" Botha and the director general of the same ministry, Neil van Heerden, the new deputy director general of African affairs, is the country's third most important figure in its diplomatic corps, Derek Auret.  (...)  [168 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
SHIRIN AUMEERUDDY-CZIFFRA
   The new Mauritian ambassador to Paris is expected to present her credentials soon to the French authorities. A long-standing member of the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), part of the current government coalition, she was first elected to parliament as the member for Rose Hill in 1976, while she was also mayor of Beau Bassin.  (...)  [231 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
ROBERT RABEMANANTSOA
   General of the flying squad, he is the first air force member to become chief-of-staff of the Malagasy army. He replaced Claude James Rasamoely, who retires.  (...)  [121 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS
MADAGASCAR
   Economic growth was down by 6% in Madagascar last year.  (...)  [70 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
FUNDS TO BUILD SCHOOLS
   The African Development Fund (ADF), affiliated to the African Development Bank (ADB) is to lend the Mozambican government aid to help cover the costs of a 27 million dollar programme  (...)  [220 words]   [$7]
SOUTHERN AFRICA
FRENCH DIRECTORS' VENTURE FORTH
   Postponed since March, a delegation of French company directors to Botswana and South Africa is due to leave France on April 28 and return on May 8.  (...)  [334 words]   [$7]
KENYA
   According to the Daily Nation, the company, Goldenberg International, that has exclusive export rights of gold and precious stones from Kenya, is involved in a dispute with the Central  (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS PRODUCTION STUDY
   Madagascar's government is considering a feasibility study for an agricultural inputs production plant on the western coast of the island using natural gas from West Manambalo and  (...)  [391 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
FOREIGN BANKS HOVER
   Four foreign banks have contacted the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) to inquire about the new legislation governing the banking sector in Tanzania, with a view to setting up local branche  (...)  [391 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
FULL AID FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN
   The International Development Association (IDA) a World Bank affiliate, has granted a 150-million dollar credit to Ethiopia and has reallocated an unused line of 81 million dollars  (...)  [547 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
FINANCIAL SCANDAL
   The purchase by the Comoros Islands state of over 350 vehicles and machines (tractors, mini-buses, lifts and cement-mixers etc), from Italy a few months ago, has brought to light a  (...)  [1121 words]   [$11,2]
ZIMBABWE
AIR ZIMBABWE GOES INTO AUTOMATIC PILOT
   According to some Air Zimbabwe officials, the candidature of Pakistani Waqar azim Daoudpota (ION N°520) for the post of general manager of the company has been vetoed after strong  (...)  [310 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
UNREALISTIC INVESTMENT PROJECT
   A large number of foreign investment projects are rejected by the government in Mozambique because they consider them too vague or because their feasibility studies, submitted to the  (...)  [151 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
BANKING PROJECT ON THE LINE
   The project to set up a joint venture between the Standard Bank of South Africa and Mauritius Commercial, to establish a commerical bank in the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo,  (...)  [316 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
ETHIOPIA
AHMED DINI
   Diplomatic spokesman for the Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie (FRUD) in Ethiopia recently met Issayas Afewerki, president of the provisional government of  (...)  [62 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
MANANDAFY RAKOTONIRINA
   Co-president of the Economic and Social Recovery Committee in Madagascar, Manandafy Rakotonirina said last week, that the IMF and the World Bank were conditioning their aid on an "adjustment  (...)  [57 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
DANIEL ARAP MOI
   The local Kenyan press reports that President Daniel arap Moi, in an address made in Meru in the east of the country on April 15, that observers from the Commonwealth countries will  (...)  [54 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
NAZNU VIRANI
   The Ugandan millionaire of Indian origin based in London was arrested last week, in connection with the inquiry into the bankruptcy of BCCI.  (...)  [46 words]   [$2,1]
SEYCHELLES
BERNARD CAREY
   Onetime mercenary, this British national, who took part in an attempt to invade the Seychelles in 1981, was expelled from the archipelago on April 15, three days after his arrival  (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
MOUMIN BAHDON FARAH
   Djibouti's foreign minister is due to arrive in Bonn, Germany, for an official visit on April 29.  (...)  [22 words]   [FREE]
SEYCHELLES
JAMES MANCHAM
   The former Seychelles President, today, leader of the opposition Democratic Party arrived in mahe on April 12 and held a press conference the next day calling for "national reconciliation"  (...)  [37 words]   [FREE]
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