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Francis Soler
ETHIOPIA Editor in Chief
OPPOSITION CONFERS IN ADDIS ABABA
Apparently quite ready to negotiate secretly with its armed opponents and holding the reins of power in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has refused to participate in the conference for peace and reconciliation organised by opposition groups in Addis from December 18 to 22. (...)   [725 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS
ETHIOPIA
   The stance of the Ethiopian government towards Ethiopian Democratic Union (EDU) is seen as a decisive test of its stance towards the opposition as a whole.  (...)  [164 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
OPPOSITION CONFERS IN ADDIS ABABA
   Apparently quite ready to negotiate secretly with its armed opponents and holding the reins of power in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has refused to participate in the conference for peace and reconciliation organised by opposition groups in Addis from December 18 to 22.  (...)  [725 words]   [$11,2]
MADAGASCAR
WESTERN-STYLE SCRAPS
   The Malagasy government has stepped up security measures at Antseranana (ex-Diego Suarez) where it fears to see a campaign of destabilisation put on by the federalist supporters of ex-president Didier Ratsiraka.  (...)  [767 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
VERY CONTESTED ELECTIONS
   Distorted by grave incidents, the second round of balloting in the Comoros' general election on December 20 was one great, big, huge mess.  (...)  [497 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES
   The Mauritius foreign minister, Swaley Kasenally, announced on December 17 that following a meeting with his British opposite number Douglas Hurd, an agreement will be signed between the two countries in January 1994 covering the administration of fishery resources in the Diego Garcia zone (ION N° 602).  (...)  [115 words]   [$7]
SOMALIA
TALKS ON UN-HELD SNA PRISONERS
   The Somali National Alliance (SNA) headed by general Mohamed Farah Aideed said this week that three of its eight officials held by ONUSOM 2 (treasurer Osman Hassan Ali "Ato", spokesman Mohamed Hassan Awaleh and Omar Salat Elmi) had begun a hunger strike to protest against the conditions of detention "on an isle somewhere off Somalia's southern coast".  (...)  [404 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA/ZIMBABWE
   A historic encounter between Zimbabwe's head of state, Robert Mugabe, and his South African opposite number, F.  (...)  [94 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME
   The Zanzibar government is expected to abandon the use of the word "revolutionary" in the official title, as part of efforts being undertaken by local authorities and the government headed by Salmin Amour to shake off the legacy of former president Karume.  (...)  [219 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA
WHY ADDIS ABABA CHOOSES AIDEED
   Officials of UNOSOM 2 are apparently convinced that the Ethiopian head of state, Meles Zenawi, opted in favour of general Mohamed Farah Aideed in Somalia as a result of his personal experience with the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) reaching power in Addis Ababa.  (...)  [383 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
MOZAMBIQUE
FRANCISCO MASQUIL
   An ethnic Ndau like the head of RENAMO, Afonso Dhlakama, and the archbishop of Beira, Jaime Gonçalves, the governor of Beira insisted again last week on the need for RENAMO and Frelimo to form a "government of national union after the elections, irrespective of the results obtained by the various political parties".  (...)  [170 words]   [$7]
FRANCE/MADAGASCAR
FRANÇOIS BILLEBAULT
   The manager of Manja Holding SA, a company which presents itself as a Swiss holding company within which several shareholders claim to be close to former president Didier Ratsiraka, would like to settle in Antseranana (Diego Suarez), which he visited recently.  (...)  [212 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
BEYENE PETROS
   The chairman of Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Coalition (SEPDC) and National Democratic Coalition (NDC) was elected chairman of the conference for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia, held in Addis Ababa from December 18 to 22.  (...)  [152 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES/SOMALIA
EDWARD H. JOHNS
   The 46-year-old US Navy captain is in charge of the UNDP/UNCTAD project to rehabilitate the ports in Somalia. Captain Edward H.  (...)  [121 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS
SEYCHELLES
THE ECONOMY - VIEWED FROM PARIS
   In a review of the economic situation of African and Indian Ocean countries in 1992 and the further outlook for 1993, published this week by France's cooperation ministry, the Seychelles  (...)  [236 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
SECOND SEWERAGE PROJECT
   The Djibouti government is negotiating with the African Development Fund (ADF) the second phase of a sewerage project for the town of Djibouti where the total cost is estimated at  (...)  [288 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
   The African Development Bank, in a recent document, judges the Madagascar government's performances in implementing projects financed by the Bank "hardly satisfactory".  (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
PLEA TO THE EC
   The secretary general of Uganda Cooperatives Alliance, Charles Kabuga, recently put in a plea with Peter Pooley, the British director general of the European Commission's DG 8 (development),  (...)  [246 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT LINE FOR ZDB
   Zimbabwe Development Bank (ZDB) is to benefit from a credit line of US$21 million from the African Development Bank (ADB), counting three years from April 1994.  (...)  [333 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
HEAVEN ON EARTH
   A large delegation from Mozambique led by the head of state, Joaquim Chissano, was in the Netherlands last July to visit the headquarters of a religious sect practising transcendental  (...)  [373 words]   [$7]
EAST AFRICA
   The Preferential Trade Area (PTA) secretariat, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Commonwealth industrial development division secretariat are jointly  (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
LINE OF CREDIT FOR BTM BANK
   The African Development Fund (ADF), which is part of the African Development Bank group, is considering granting a US$21 million line of credit to Banki'ny Tantsaha Mpamokatra (BTM,  (...)  [472 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
DEBT AND FINANCING NEEDS
   According to figures in the Policy Framework Paper 1994-1996 (ION N° 602), Mozambique's debt amounted to US$5 billion in 1992 and debt servicing represented 144.  (...)  [301 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
HOUSING SCANDAL IN ZANZIBAR
   Government personalities in Zanzibar are suspected of having granted themselves facilities for buying up after their rehabilitation with public monies the state-owned official homes  (...)  [270 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
MAURITIUS
MUNI KRISHNA REDDY
   The vice chairman and managing director of State Bank of Mauritius has announced the bank's intention of opening a branch in Madagascar.  (...)  [61 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
AZAD JEETUN
   In a recent interview with The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the director of the Federation of Mauritius Employers deplored that the private sector did not benefit more directly from European  (...)  [112 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI/FRANCE
MICHEL CHARASSE
   According to the special rapporteur of the cooperation budget when it was discussed in the French Senate, the French government is still having difficulties with the collection of  (...)  [184 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA
ISAAC K. SAM
   The South African government recently accepted his nomination as senior resident representative of the World Bank in the Republic of South Africa.  (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]
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