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Francis Soler
SUDAN Editor in Chief
PLUNGING HEADLONG INTO ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES
Latest in a whole series of similar incidents, the military brush between an armed Islamic group belonging to Jihad Eritrea from Sudan and the Eritrean army last month swept Eritrean-Sudanese relations almost over the brink (see page 2, in this issue). (...)   [926 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS
MOZAMBIQUE
VOTES FOR WOMEN
   Several public opinion polls, carried out in Maputo in December following social unrest and riots sparked by price increases in the privately-owned transport sector (ION N.  (...)  [348 words]   [$7]
SOMALIA
"DISCREET" TALKS IN NAIROBI
   The leader of Somali National Alliance (SNA), general Mohamed Farah Aideed, arrived in Nairobi from Addis Ababa on December 29 after seeing the Ethiopian head of state, Meles Zenawi, fail in his bid to reconcile the diverse components of Somali politics (ION N.  (...)  [488 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
BRITISH PROTESTS
   According to information received by The Indian Ocean Newsletter from diplomatic sources in Addis Ababa, the British government recently informed the Ethiopian authorities that release of aid worth £5 million (US$7.  (...)  [309 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
TRIBULATIONS OF SAGAF'S FRIEND
   The recent appointment of a son-in-law of the head of state Said Mohamed Djohar, Said Mohamed Sagaf, as foreign minister is likely to relaunch the activities of a close friend, Philippe Aymé Jouve, who has been the Comoros' consul in Marseilles and a counsellor to the islands' president.  (...)  [461 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
FAVOURS FROM A MINISTER
   Tanzania's Swahili-language weekly Moto Moto recently claimed that the country's prime minister (and first vice-president) John Malecela had used his personal influence to make sure that the state's holdings in Tanzania Tea Blenders (TTB) were sold to the British tea company Brooke Bond, which is very firmly established in the sector in Tanzania and currently holds 40 percent of TTB capital (the remaining 60 percent being held by the Tanzanian state through Tanzania Tea Authority).  (...)  [374 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
STILLBORN ELECTIONS
   The results of the second round of voting on the Comoros Islands, announced by the supervisory commission on December 24, saw eighteen seats awarded to opposition candidates and fourteen to the former ruling party.  (...)  [463 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
MILITARY REPRISALS IN THE NORTH
   The Djibouti army has retaliated for several attacks sprung by Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie (FRUD) on December 31 by rounding up civilians in the region of Day, 55 km north of Tadjourah.  (...)  [228 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
   Leaders of Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO, an organ of the ruling EPRDF in Addis Ababa) announced at the end of December that they favoured the inclusion in the country's future constitution of articles on the right of ethnic peoples to self-determination, even to the point of secession, and on the state ownership of land.  (...)  [60 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA/COMOROS ISLANDS
   The Republic of South Africa's new ambassador to the Comoros Islands, Mappel Doram, presented his Letters of Credence to the head of state, Mohamed Said Djohar, last week.  (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]
ERITREA
SUDAN: RIEN NE VA PLUS
   An armed group belonging to Jihad Eritrea which penetrated into Eritrea from neighbouring Sudanese territory was wiped out on December 16 by an Eritrean army patrol near Adi Hako, a small town 20 km from the border.  (...)  [269 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
THABO MBEKI ON MAURITIUS
   The African National Congress national chairman Thabo Mbeki, who was visiting Mauritius privately until January 4, took advantage of his holidays to meet with several personalities including the prime minister, Anerood Jugnauth.  (...)  [172 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
PLUNGING HEADLONG INTO ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES
   Latest in a whole series of similar incidents, the military brush between an armed Islamic group belonging to Jihad Eritrea from Sudan and the Eritrean army last month swept Eritrean-Sudanese relations almost over the brink (see page 2, in this issue).  (...)  [926 words]   [$11,2]

WHO'S WHO
UNITED KINGDOM/SUDAN
GEORGE CAREY
   The visit of the Primate of the Church of England (and archbishop of Canterbury) to southern Sudan at the end of December sparked the Sudanese authorities' rage and led to the expulsion of the British ambassador, Peter Streams.  (...)  [247 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
MOHAMED ABDOU
   The Comoros Islands' new prime minister (see page 4, in this issue) studied in Poland and Algeria and was awarded a diploma of inspector of taxes.  (...)  [237 words]   [$7]
REUNION ISLAND
PHILIPPE ROGER
   The new directeur de cabinet for the chairman of Reunion Island's Regional Council, Ms. Margie Sudre, has been the former head of external relations of the General Council (the other local assembly) since May 1993.  (...)  [92 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
TWO NEW MD'S
   New managing directors were appointed at the end of December to head two of Madagascar's most important state companies. Ntsay Louis Christian, formerly deputy MD of Secren (naval shipyard) has been named managing director of Solima (the state-owned petroleum company), taking over from Rene Jean Baptiste, and Rasamoelina Gervais has been named managing director of Jirama (electricity), taking over from Caleb Rakotoarivelo.  (...)  [92 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS
MAURITIUS
   The Republic of South Africa appears to have been the island's leading supplier last year:  (...)  [39 words]   [FREE]
SUDAN
WATER SUPPLIES FOR EL FASHER
   Sudan's National Urban Water Corporation (NUWC) is to obtain, via the government, a loan of US$23.5 million from African Development Fund (ADF) to finance a project to supply water  (...)  [460 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
   Following ten days of final negotiations at the end of December, the World Bank has granted Ethiopia a forty-year loan of US$74 million for the Galub gas project.  (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
TALKS ON DEBT ARREARS
   If the Kenyan government can manage, by about this time next week, to wrap up their dossier applying for a rescheduling of their debt arrears, a multilateral meeting of creditors might  (...)  [236 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
WATER SECTOR MAY GET ADF LOAN
   The Zimbabwe government and the African Development Fund (ADF, a subsidiary of the African Development Bank) are considering co-financing a water supply and sewerage project in rural  (...)  [317 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
   A French group, BCEOM-BRGM-Coyne & Bellier, and several north European companies are among the seven finalists for pre-qualification in the Ethiopian Valley Development Authority,  (...)  [38 words]   [FREE]
KENYA
   The agriculture minister, Simeon Nyachae, announced last week that the country's maize market would be completely decontrolled, by abolishing permits previously required for transport  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
ONE-SIDED CONTRACT
   Madagascar's head of state Albert Zafy, National Assembly president Richard Andriamanjato, and energy and mining ministry director-general Sylvestre Panoel Randriamanana signed a protocol  (...)  [272 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
   A report from the French parliamentary commission on economic activities transferred abroad, which was published in December, quoted testimony from personalities interviewed including  (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR STUDIES
   The African Development Fund (ADF) is expected to grant Madagascar a loan to finance a study on the agricultural sector, due to commence in June 1994 and to last seventeen months.  (...)  [253 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
ERITREA/EUROPEAN UNION
MANUEL MARIN
   The European Union's commissioner for development is to visit Asmara during the first half of 1994, and the Union may later grant Eritrea a loan of US$60 million.  (...)  [33 words]   [FREE]
FRANCE/MADAGASCAR
MICHEL ROUSSIN
   France's cooperation minister is expected to go to Madagascar on January 13 accompanied by the agriculture minister, Jean Puech.  (...)  [24 words]   [FREE]
SOUTH AFRICA/FRANCE
ALAIN JUPPE
   The French foreign minister's visit to the Republic of South Africa is scheduled for January 16 to 19.  (...)  [23 words]   [FREE]
LIBYA/SOMALIA
MOAMER KHADDAFFI
   Struck by the United States' recent retreat before Somalia's general Mohamed Farah Aideed, Libyan leader Moamer Khaddaffi has ordered his country's media to consider the leader of  (...)  [60 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
EDWARD LOWASSA
   The lands minister announced recently that with Tanzania's new system of land sales, only Black Tanzanians would be able to acquire acreage.  (...)  [62 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA/CHINA
QIAN QICHEN
   China's deputy prime minister (and foreign minister) is to make a tour of East African and Indian Ocean countries from January 11 to 21.  (...)  [43 words]   [FREE]
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