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Francis Soler
SUDAN Editor in Chief
COHEN AND SAHLOUL HEAD ON
In response to a certain number of reservations expressed over the deployment of US troops in Somalia (silence from Kenya, denunciation in Sudan, Ethiopia's call "not to harm the pride of the Somali people"), Herman Cohen, the United States deputy secretary for African Affairs, was sent last week to several capitals in the Horn of Africa (Nairobi, Khartoum, Addis Ababa, Asmara and Djibouti Ville). (...)   [984 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS
DJIBOUTI
BIPARTITE ELECTIONS
   Just ahead of legislative elections in Djibouti slated for December 18, delegates from the Parti du Renouveau Démocratique (PRD) in the national electoral supervisory commission, contested, on December 16, the indelibility of the ink to be used to mark those members of the electorate having already cast their vote, claiming that it "vanishes with a little water.  (...)  [201 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
EMIGRANTS RETURN FROM GERMANY
   The provisional Eritrean government and the German government, signed an accord last week, on the return of tens of thousands of Eritrean refugees currently living in Germany.  (...)  [104 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
BAD REPORT ON CULTURAL FOUNDATION
   The audit ordered by the European Commission of the Foundation for Cultural Cooperation between the ACP and the EEC, from consultants Patrick Chapuis, André Huybrechts, Philippe Queyrane and André Doye of Industrial Promotion and Cooperation International is far from rosy.  (...)  [550 words]   [$7]
SOMALIA
RECYCLED CIA FIRM TRANSPORTS FOOD
   The World Food Programme has contracted Southern Air Transport (SAT), based in Miami, Florida to carry supplies of food aid to Somalia.  (...)  [385 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
COHEN AND SAHLOUL HEAD ON
   In response to a certain number of reservations expressed over the deployment of US troops in Somalia (silence from Kenya, denunciation in Sudan, Ethiopia's call "not to harm the pride of the Somali people"), Herman Cohen, the United States deputy secretary for African Affairs, was sent last week to several capitals in the Horn of Africa (Nairobi, Khartoum, Addis Ababa, Asmara and Djibouti Ville).  (...)  [984 words]   [$11,2]
SOUTH AFRICA
FUTURE PORTFOLIO SHUFFLE
   The distribution of ministerial portfolios for an interim government in South Africa, that would be formed after constituent non-racial elections, appears to have been discussed already between the African National Congress (ANC) and the government of F.  (...)  [275 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
NAVY FOLLOWS ARMY WITH NEW CHIEF
   After having replaced the finance minister at the head of the Seychelles army, following opposition criticism and pressure from the Commonwealth mission (ION N°552), President France Albert René has dismissed Paul Hodoul from his post as commander in chief of the Seychelles navy.  (...)  [137 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
   The United Nations Security Council decided on December 16 to extend the United Nations Operation in Mozambique to eight thousand people (military, police and civilians) to supervise the application of the Rome peace accords of October 1992.  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
POLLS GIVE MOI AROUND 30%
   Two recently published polls in Kenya show that incumbent President Daniel arap Moi is likely to win less than a third of votes in the presidential election on December 29, at the same time as the general election.  (...)  [404 words]   [$7]
KENYA
   A group of observers from the International Republican Institute (IRI) in the United States said this week in Nairobi that they fear "the procedure for the general elections on December 29 will be notably rigged by the government to the advantage of the ruling party.  (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
FRANCE/TANZANIA
GEORGES ROCHICCIOLI
   France's former consul general to London (1987-1991) and to Dakar (1984-1987), Georges Rochiccioli has been nominated as ambassador to Tanzania replacing Bernard Lodiot, although it seems he would have preferred the French embassy in Brazzaville.  (...)  [196 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
AL FATEH ORAWA
   Adviser to the Sudanese President on security matters, al Fateh Orawa is on his way to becoming the top man in the regime's security services.  (...)  [304 words]   [$7]
FRANCE/MADAGASCAR
JEAN FAURE
   The president of the France-Madagascar friendship group in the French Senate, Jean Faure, chaired a meeting on December 9 to debrief the observation mission (Marcel Bony) sent to the first round of the presidential elections in Madagascar from November 22 to 27.  (...)  [109 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS
ZIMBABWE
FINANCING NEEDS FOR 1993-1995
   In the next three years, the Zimbabwe government will need 3.2 billion dollars (US) in foreign aid (1.4 billion dollars in 1993, one billion in 1994 and 740 million dollars in 199  (...)  [265 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
CENSUS RESULTS 1992
   Early results from the 1992 Census in Zimbabwe (final results will be published in the first quarter of 1993), show that there are more people living in Zimbabwe than the majority  (...)  [191 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
MEATY EC AID PACKAGE
   The committee of the European Development Fund (EDF) has allocated 2.25 million Ecus (abut three million dollars) to madagascar to finance a pilot project to build seven abattoirs  (...)  [133 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
BUSY TIME FOR FRENCH COMPANIES
   French electricity company, EDF-International is currently negotiating an electrification contract for Kayelitsha township (1,000 households per day), telecommunications firm, Alcatel  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
MAPUTO REORGANISES ITS CORRIDORS
   The Mozambican government has given the go-ahead for the three main ports and railway networks in the country (Nacala, Beira and Maputo corridors), managed by subsidiaries of the State  (...)  [409 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
FRANCE SETS THE PACE
   Business contacts look promising between France and South Africa for next year. A delegation from the Paris Chamber of Commerce (CCIP), from the Hauts de Seine north of the French  (...)  [411 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
   China has rescheduled a 190 million loan to Tanzania and Zambia for the construction of the TAZARA railway.  (...)  [43 words]   [FREE]
COMOROS ISLANDS
FRENCH TUNA TRAWLER
   Bénéteau shipyard in Noirmoutier (France), has launched a new 25-metre tuna trawler called Le Montpellier, that is on its way to Reunion Island, but that will fish in the waters of  (...)  [190 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
   While the government in Kampala is negotiating debt rescheduling agreements with Italy and Great Britain, it is having problems with its German debt talks.  (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
   The Ethiopian National Bank, that had earmarked 75 million Birr (about 15 million dollars) in foreign currency to private importers and SMEs has received 485 applications for this  (...)  [49 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
PARIS RESCHEDULES DEBT
   In accordance with the Paris Club decision of June 1992, an agreement was signed between France and Uganda last month in the French capital to reschedule nearly 55.  (...)  [577 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
   Iraq has pledge to aid Sudan develop its Unity, Higlig and Adar oil fields in south-Kordofan, to reach production of 70,000 barrels per day, according to an official Sudanese sour  (...)  [35 words]   [FREE]
MOZAMBIQUE
INTEREST IN MOATIZE COAL
   South African firm Transnatal and Brazilian company Compana Vale Rio Doce (CVRD) have both shown interest in coal to be mined in Moatize in Mozambique's Tete region, reputed for bits  (...)  [165 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
ETHIOPIA/SWITZERLAND
FASIL NAHUM
   Fasil Nahum an official in the Ethiopian EPRDF ruling from in Addis Ababa, recently accompanied a delegation of Ethiopian dignitaries to Switzerland.  (...)  [58 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA/MAURITIUS
ARVIND RADHAKRISHNA
   The representative of the Mauritius Export Development Investment Authority (MEDIA) in South Africa recently said he would like the Mauritian government to obtain preferential customs  (...)  [43 words]   [FREE]
EAST AFRICA/FRANCE
GREY MEINZEL
   The Eastern Africa regional representative of the French engineering firm, Pont-à-Mousson recently convened a seminar in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on security for water  (...)  [49 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
ENEAS COMICHE
   Presenting his 1993 budget plan to the Mozambican parliament, the finance minister said that GDP had fallen by 1.  (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
ERITREA/ITALY
ALI MOUSSA
   The representative of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) in Italy this week criticised the report made by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros Ghali, that  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/SOMALIA
GEORGES KIEJMAN
   While representatives of the United States administration say their forces do not have a mandate to disarm local factions in Somalia, French junior minister for foreign affairs, Georges  (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
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