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The Indian Ocean Newsletter /Archives


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KENYA

Editor in Chief

THE DAY OF FEDERALISM MAY COME

Debate on "Majimbo" (from the Swahili word "Jimbo" for state or region and taken to imply federalism) took on new dimensions last week when, on the eve of the new parliamentary session, eight MPs (three of them serving ministers) from the Rift Valley who belong to the government party KANU announced their intention of tabling before parliament a project for a new, federal type of constitution. (...) [738 words] [$8.2]

POLITICS


ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA
GENERAL AIDEED'S ETHIOPIAN FRIEND
Lisane Yohannes, the permanent representative in Mogadiscio since 1992 of the Inter-African Committee of Reconciliation (the five-nation body presided by Ethiopia which has been charged by the Organization of African Unity with responsibility for the Somali dossier) is reported to have had difficulties in paying his day-to-day bills in the Somali capital since June, apparently as a result of UNOSOM 2 ceasing to pay his rent costs since then. (...) [285 words] [$4.7]


MOZAMBIQUE
PORTUGUESE SOCIALISTS IN MAPUTO
Portugal's Socialist Party is split over Mozambique's general elections. In one camp, a party member from Porto, Antonio Peres, who is known for his strong support for the head of state Mario Soares, was obliged to resign from the party in order to go to Mozambique, where a communications company he heads is working on the electoral campaign of the RENAMO leader, Afonso Dhlakama (ION N° 620). (...) [345 words] [$4.7]


SOMALIA
WHEELER-DEALERS IN MOGADISCIO
According to some Somali sources, colonel Abdulahi Yussuf Ahmed, the contested leader of Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) who was in Mogadiscio on September 30 (ION N° 641), did so on the official invitation of UNOSOM 2. (...) [256 words] [$4.7]


MOZAMBIQUE
PRICE OF VOTING
The list of electoral "dirty tricks" appears to include the payment of 10,000 meticais (US$1.5 at the official exchange rate) as a "bonus" which Mozambique's political parties, including the government FRELIMO party, are paying to each of the young recruits sent to insult political adversaries and generally stir up trouble at rival electoral meetings. (...) [223 words] [$4.7]


DJIBOUTI
PRD SEES THINGS DARKLY
The second congress of Parti du Renouveau Démocratique (PRD, opposition), due to have been held at Obock in the northern part of the country on September 29 and 30, was finally postponed. (...) [230 words] [$4.7]


DJIBOUTI/ETHIOPIA

Ethiopian head of state Meles Zenawi made an official visit to Djibouti last week accompanied by a delegation of twenty-one, including several government ministers. (...) [110 words] [$1.5]


KENYA
THE DAY OF FEDERALISM MAY COME
Debate on "Majimbo" (from the Swahili word "Jimbo" for state or region and taken to imply federalism) took on new dimensions last week when, on the eve of the new parliamentary session, eight MPs (three of them serving ministers) from the Rift Valley who belong to the government party KANU announced their intention of tabling before parliament a project for a new, federal type of constitution. (...) [738 words] [$8.2]


DJIBOUTI
PROFITABLE REFUGEES
According to an Arab diplomatic sources, Saudi Arabia and Djibouti are studying the possibility of the Horn of Africa country setting up a well-equipped military camp to receive the hundreds of South Yemeni military who took refuge in Djibouti just before the Yemen northern army captured Aden (Yemen) during the recent Yemeni civil conflict. (...) [187 words] [$4.7]


REUNION ISLAND
THE VAGARIES OF PROTOCOL
When the Reunion Island chamber of commerce sent off the invitations for the inauguration, on November 26, of the new, extended runway at Gillot international airport, it had no idea of the political imbroglio it was setting in motion. (...) [185 words] [$4.7]


MADAGASCAR
RAKOTOVAHINY TO USA
Madagascar's minister of state for rural development and land reform Emmanuel Rakotovahiny has just undertaken a three-week swing through the United States in company with officials of Malagasy bodies responsible for running natural resources. (...) [267 words] [$4.7]


UGANDA

Ugandan head of state Yoweri Museveni admitted on October 9 that his country was having more and more difficulty in coping with refugees fleeing from the conflict in southern Sudan. (...) [160 words] [$1.5]


SOUTH AFRICA

The African National Congress pulled out of the provincial government of Western Cape on October 12, in protest against the "autocratic and arrogant" administration of provincial prime minister Hernus Jacobus Kriel. (...) [79 words] [$1.5]


COMOROS ISLANDS
LIBYA OPENS UP IN MORONI
According to the Egyptian news agency MENA, Libya's permanent representative to the Arab League, Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Bishari, announced in Cairo on October 2 that his country intends to open a permanent representative's office on the Comoros Islands. (...) [202 words] [$4.7]

WHO'S WHO


FRANCE/SUDAN
MICHEL RAIMBAUD
Former French ambassador to Mauritania Michel Raimbaud is to take over from Claude Losguardi in Sudan (ION N° 589). The 53-year-old Raimbaud was a schoolteacher before beginning a diplomatic career at the beginning of the 1970s. (...) [118 words] [$4.7]


ZIMBABWE
ARISTON CHAMBATI
The recent appointment of Ariston Chambati to the 138-member central committee of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party is taken as a good sign by many of the country's business people. (...) [202 words] [$4.7]


SEYCHELLES
PAUL CHOW
The Seychelles Democratic Party (opposition) led by former head of state James Mancham is going through a grave internal crisis which has sparked the resignation of its secretary general, Paul Chow. (...) [211 words] [$4.7]


SPAIN/SEYCHELLES
FERMIN ROUMIER
Incoming Spanish ambassador to The Seychelles Fermin Pietro-Castro Roumier presented his Letters of Credence to head of state France Albert René last week. (...) [94 words] [$4.7]

ECONOMICS


	AFRICA
	HOOKING INTO INTERNET
	African nations have overcome technical problems (such as poor quality telephone lines) and administrative hurdles (often restrictive legislation) but nevertheless they have recently (...) [443 words] [$4.7]


	MADAGASCAR
	FLAMCO SCANDAL
	Encouraged by Madagascar's prime minister Francisque Ravony, finance minister Jose Yvon Raserjaona is ready to haul into court the directors of Flamco Madagascar, including its managing (...) [425 words] [$4.7]


	SEYCHELLES
	TO THE BARRICADES
	The Seychelles government has gone to the barricades to defend its unpopular monopoly on rice imports. It has reportedly offered a Victoria merchant an undisclosed sum to go along (...) [286 words] [$4.7]


	SOUTHERN AFRICA

	The Southern Africa Development Community's Mining Coordinating Unit and the European Union will be organizing a conference in Lusaka (Zambia) from December 7 to 9 on business opportunities (...) [64 words] [$1.5]


	SUDAN
	LOAN THAT NEVER WAS
	The Paris-based bank Lazard Frères has had some problems with a credit line of US$35 million it tried to arrange for Sudan in May 1994 so that government could repay a small part of (...) [599 words] [$4.7]


	ERITREA
	NEW CUSTOMS TARIFFS
	Eritrea's customs administration introduced new customs tariffs which came into effect on October 5 and cover imports, exports, prohibited goods and exemptions. (...) [312 words] [$4.7]


	ZIMBABWE

	Tobacco exports are expected to bring in more than US$250 million for Zimbabwe this year (against $225 million last year). (...) [68 words] [$1.5]


	THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS/MOZAMBIQUE
	THREE CFD LOANS
	Caisse Française de Développement (CFD) last month authorized loans to Mauritius, Mozambique and Reunion Island. The FFr.30 million loan to Mauritius will be used to finance half (...) [399 words] [$4.7]


	KENYA
	MAJOR LONDON CONFERENCE
	Kenya's head of state Daniel arap Moi, five government ministers, four principal secretaries, and a clutch of officials from Kenyan parastatals are expected to attend the November (...) [221 words] [$4.7]

AGENDA


	COMOROS ISLANDS
	MOHAMED ABDOU MADI
	The Comoros prime minister returned to Moroni on October 6 and went on national radio the next day to explain the failure of a sectorial conference held in Geneva, on October 4 and (...) [92 words] [$1.5]


	MOZAMBIQUE
	SALAMAO MUCHANGA
	Salamao Muchanga and four other officials of RENAMO's youth league have resigned and announced the formation of a new political party. (...) [67 words] [$1.5]


	SOUTH AFRICA/JAPAN
	NELSON MANDELA
	The South African head of state is to make an official visit to Japan during the second quarter of 1995. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	SOUTH AFRICA
	GWYN R. CAMPBELL
	The University of Witwatersrand's department of international economic relations recently set up a research and teaching programme (Africa and Indian Ocean Project) which is unique (...) [44 words] [FREE]


	DJIBOUTI/FRANCE
	FRANÇOIS RIVIERE
	The former deputy director of Caisse Française de Développement in Abidjan last month replaced Philippe Vadjoux as director of the CFD regional agency in Djibouti. (...) [59 words] [$1.5]


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