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Francis Soler
KENYA Editor in Chief
AID RESUMES... ON CERTAIN TERMS
The World Bank's Consultative Group on Kenya, which met in Paris on November 22 and 23, has decided to resume aid for Kenya's balance of payments (US$170 million for 1994 on total commitments of $850 million, to which must be added $350 million coming from disbursements in 1994 for programmes which are already under way). (...)   [1077 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS
MOZAMBIQUE
RIOTS IN MAPUTO
   Maputo lived through street violence on November 24 when from the very early hours, access roads into the capital were blocked by barricades set up by people from the suburbs.  (...)  [195 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
   Radio Uganda, monitored by the BBC, announced on November 20 that elections for delegates to the country's constituent assembly, which is to draft a new constitution, will take place on March 28, 1994.  (...)  [55 words]   [$2,1]
SOMALIA
WHAT POLITICAL STRATEGY FOR UN ?
   Officials of the United Nations operation UNOSOM 2 presented a provisional National Transitional Charter at the beginning of November which had been worked out in April by a committee set up at a reconciliation conference held in Addis Ababa in March.  (...)  [359 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
ANTI-FRENCH TONES FROM RPP
   The political bureau of Rassemblement pour le Progrès (RPP), the pro-government political party in Djibouti, decided on November 9 to bring out its official publication Le Progrès as a weekly, with the industry minister (and government spokesman) Ali Mahamade Houmad as publisher.  (...)  [223 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
BOTH SPLA MAY MEET IN NAIROBI
   The meeting of reconciliation planned for November 15 in Nairobi for the brotherly enemies of Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army did not, in the end, take place but was apparently only postponed, as the essential prior meeting of foreign ministers from four member-states (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda) of the IGADD committee, who will be trying to act as mediators in the southern Sudan conflict, could not itself take place until last week.  (...)  [270 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
   The next African regional conference of the International Labour Office will be held on Mauritius from January 19 to 26, 1994.  (...)  [26 words]   [FREE]
ETHIOPIA
   A Coordinating Sub-Committee for a Nationwide Peace and Reconciliation Conference, which has been in preparation since the beginning of September, was set up in Addis Ababa on October 28 by delegates from organisations and societies which support the idea of calling a conference of national reconciliation in Ethiopia, probably to be held from December 19 to 23.  (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
BITTER BATTLE FOR THE CHAIR
   The election of the vice-president of Djibouti's national assembly, Said Ibrahim Badoul, as its president on November 22 produced sharp conflict within the government party, Rassemblement pour le Progrès (RPP).  (...)  [360 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN ZANZIBAR
   Renewed activity by Islamic militants has been reported in Zanzibar, with higher attendance at mosques including by the younger people.  (...)  [250 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
POLITICAL COMPETITION IN THE ISLANDS
   The recent decision of the president of the Zanzibar government, Salmin Amour, to ban cavalcades of vehicles belonging to the political opposition and to disband the Blue Gard, the Civic United Front's (CUF) private security force (ION N° 597), illustrates the bitter battle going on between local government officials and the opposition.  (...)  [516 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
SOUTH AFRICA
CLIVE KEEGAN
   This former student of the University of Cape Town, who had been sent down in 1973 for his anti-apartheid political activities and his opposition to the government and policies of former head of state John Vorster, has just been elected chairman of the management committee of Cape Town, the real power-behind-the-scenes of one of the Republic's largest cities.  (...)  [199 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
BISHOP MAKARIOS
   Although he was dismissed from his functions within the Eritrean Orthodox Church (ErOC) in January 1993 (ION N° 590), Bishop Makarios has just been given fresh responsibilities.  (...)  [140 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA/TANZANIA
MPUNGWE AMI
   The man chosen to head the liaison office that the Tanzanian government has just opened in the Republic of South Africa is a career diplomat.  (...)  [150 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
JOHN RENAUD
   According to Seychelles Weekly, the weekly publication of the political opposition's Democratic Party, a former principal secretary in the Seychelles' government has been appointed as chairman of the Civil Service Appeals Board (CSAB), the joint administration body which settles public sector staff disputes.  (...)  [177 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS
KENYA
AID RESUMES... ON CERTAIN TERMS
   The World Bank's Consultative Group on Kenya, which met in Paris on November 22 and 23, has decided to resume aid for Kenya's balance of payments (US$170 million for 1994 on total  (...)  [1077 words]   [$11,2]
MAURITIUS
   Tourist arrivals increased sharply by 10.3 percent during the first half of 1993, compared with the same period of the previous year.  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
EAST AFRICA
STATE OF TRADE WITH EC
   Although the general trade tendency for exports from member-states of the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) agreement to the European Community has been downwards, three East African  (...)  [221 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
   International Development Association is to consider granting US$60 million in finance to Mozambique for a new project in the agricultural sector.  (...)  [54 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
INDUSTRIAL ACES
   The Centre for Industrial Development (CID) of the ACP-EC agreement is currently drawing up an inventory of the potential of Mozambique's industries and recently held up the participation  (...)  [380 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
MILITARY CONTRACTS
   The South African military equipment manufacturer Denel is understood to be negotiating partnerships with two European firms: British Aerospace (BAe), where the agreement would cover  (...)  [278 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
BANK AND HOTEL PROJECTS
   Two projects for hotels of international standard - one for a Hilton hotel and the second for a Novotel - are being studied in Dar-Es-Salaam, in addition to the project for a Sheraton,  (...)  [243 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
PROMOTING THE FREE PORT
   Mauritius' finance minister, Ramakrishna Sithanen, is to head a trade mission to South Africa on November 28 in a bid to promote the activities of the island's free port.  (...)  [336 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
A NEW QUARREL OVER TELECOMS
   Madagascar's government wants to renegotiate terms for privatising the island's telecommunications system. The original project provided for setting up a company called Madagascar  (...)  [272 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
   International Development Association, a subsidiary of the World Bank, has begun a study on a credit of US$20 million for a human resources development project in Eritrea.  (...)  [104 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
SOME FISHY TALES
   The latest report of the European Community's general audit office brings out the fact that over the years 1989, 1990 and 1991, the total value of catch tonnage fished by Community-registered  (...)  [433 words]   [$7]
EAST AFRICA
ESSO HANDS OVER
   The petroleum group Esso is on the point of finding a buyer for its petroleum products distribution network in East Africa, which the company had put on the market en bloc last ye  (...)  [305 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
SOUTH AFRICA/UNITED STATES
RON BROWN
   The US secretary for commerce is due to head a US trade mission to the Republic of South Africa from November 26 to December 1 (ION N° 597).  (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
TITO OKELLO LUTWA
   After eight years in exile spent successively in Sudan, Tanzania and Kenya, Uganda's former head of state returned to Kampala on November 21 aboard the official aircraft of president  (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED NATIONS/SOMALIA
BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
   The United Nations secretary general designated on November 24 the three members of the commission which is to investigate attacks carried out against UNOSOM 2 contingents in Soma  (...)  [49 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
MARIO DA GRAÇA MACHUNGO
   The prime minister is to head Mozambique's delegation which will attend the World Bank consultative group meeting, scheduled for Paris on December 7 and 8.  (...)  [58 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTHERN AFRICA/FRANCE
PIERRE MAUROY
   The former French prime minister and current chairman of the Socialist International this week began a twelve-day trip to Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.  (...)  [29 words]   [FREE]
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