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Francis Soler
TANZANIA Editor in Chief
OPPOSITION OFF-BALANCE
The results of last month's multi-party elections (ION N° 692) have unbalanced the opposition in Tanzania, which had expected a triumphant entry into parliament. The simple-majority electoral system has meant that candidates of opposition parties who collected nearly 40 percent of votes cast find themselves representing no more than about 19 percent of MPs elected (45 out of a total 232 seats). (...)   [606 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS
MOZAMBIQUE
RELIGIOUS BACKLASH
   In a communique issued at the beginning of December, Mozambique's Roman Catholic bishops expressed strong criticism of Mozambican political parties and MPs, reproaching them for "total absence of any action" aimed at "finding a solution to the real problems of the people".  (...)  [255 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
FIRE-FIGHTS IN AFAR LANDS
   The dwelling of sultan Ali Mirah, spiritual leader of the Afars and founder of the Afar Liberation Front, was besieged by military units of Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (government coalition) at Aissayta, capital of the Afar Region, last month.  (...)  [412 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
PETTY CRIME INCREASING
   Crime has become a "preoccupying" subject both in urban zones and in rural regions of Tanzania, according to a report drafted at the beginning of December by the US embassy in that country.  (...)  [289 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
OPPOSITION OFF-BALANCE
   The results of last month's multi-party elections (ION N° 692) have unbalanced the opposition in Tanzania, which had expected a triumphant entry into parliament. The simple-majority electoral system has meant that candidates of opposition parties who collected nearly 40 percent of votes cast find themselves representing no more than about 19 percent of MPs elected (45 out of a total 232 seats).  (...)  [606 words]   [$11,2]
EAST AFRICA
NYERERE IN POLE POSITION
   The European Union has welcomed the success of the summit organized in Cairo at the end of November by former US president Jimmy Carter which brought in the heads of state of Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zaire.  (...)  [229 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
BRITISH RAGE
   Great Britain last week proposed that the European Union should make a diplomatic approach to the Seychelles government for it to reverse its decision to offer a judicial paradise (ION N°693 and 694):  (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]
SUDAN
CALL OF A LONDON CONFERENCE
   The conference organized in London by Christian Solidarity International and by baroness Caroline Cox on the House of Lords premises at the end of November (ION N° 695) adopted an eleven-point resolution which was signed by representatives of Sudan's principal opposition groups.  (...)  [88 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
RPP SOAP CONTINUES
   Following the recent resignation of Ismail Omar Gelleh, who is chef de cabinet (and nephew) of head of state Hassan Gouled Aptidon (ION N° 697) from the executive committee of Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès, the crisis in the government party came into public view and has given rise this week to new adventures.  (...)  [252 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
FRUD FIRES UP
   According to a representative of the wing of Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie headed by Ahmed Dini which opposes the government, shots were exchanged without causing any victims near Dorra, in northern Djibouti, on November 21 between Afar rebel units and a French military patrol which included two Djibouti army officers.  (...)  [61 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
PRESIDENTIAL TALKING POINTS
   The council of ministers of the government of prime minister Mohamed Caabi El Yachroutu has chosen the dates of January 28 and February 7 for the two rounds of voting in the presidential election.  (...)  [392 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
THE DICE SEEM CAST
   The launching of the television campaign for the December 20 election has illustrated the political weakness of prime minister Anerood Jugnauth and his government coalition.  (...)  [491 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
MUGABE TRIP TO AUSTRIA
   Back from Maastricht (The Netherlands) after attending a meeting of Global Coalition for Africa, the US business organization headed by former US diplomat Herman Cohen, Zimbabwean head of state Robert Mugabe made an official visit to Austria from November 28 to 30.  (...)  [368 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
MAURITIUS
ANEROOD JUGNAUTH
   Given a loser in the Mauritian general elections due on December 20, outgoing prime minister Anerood Jugnauth would like to step up the pressure in the last days of the electoral campaign in one last bid at least to obtain a dozen MPs for his Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien and its allies, out of the sixty seats in parliament.  (...)  [199 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
MILAN MEETARBHAN
   A much-listened-to counsellor of Labour Party leader (and opposition MP) Navin Ramgoolam and doyen of the law faculty of the University of Port Louis, Milan Meetarbhan has resigned from his post in order to occupy an official function as counsellor to the future prime minister in the event that the LP-MMM alliance wins the December 20 general election.  (...)  [265 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
SALIM AHMED SALIM
   On a working visit to Paris this week, the secretary general of the Organization of African Unity Salim Ahmed Salim met with French head of state Jacques Chirac, foreign minister Herve De Charette, and minister for cooperation Jacques Godfrain, and was hosted to lunch by the secretary of state for Francophony Margie Sudre.  (...)  [357 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS
TANZANIA
LESS RAIL TRAFFIC THAN FORECAST
   The report of the European Union's general accounting office on operations of the European Development Fund for 1994 refers to overestimated forecasts of transit traffic for the "Block  (...)  [196 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
DOUBLE DEBT STRATEGY
   Uganda has just worked out a new strategy, with the help of experts of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World bank and the East and Southern African  (...)  [427 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
CHINA LENDS $18 MILLION
   The People's Republic of China, which is already supplies Sudan with military aid, has decided to grant, at the beginning of 1996, a loan of US$18 million.  (...)  [63 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
YEAR-END MISSIONS
   Finally, delegations from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have gone to Madagascar before the end of the year (ION N° 696).  (...)  [250 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
DOLLARS FOR HEALTH
   The International Development Association, a subsidiary of the World Bank, was expected to approve in Washington this week a loan for Mozambique of US$98.  (...)  [398 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
ADB PROJECTS IN 1996
   In addition to twelve countries (including Mauritius, The Seychelles and Zimbabwe) still eligible for its loans, the African Development Bank is expected to relaunch its loans to other  (...)  [437 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
AIMS OF EQUATOR BANK
   The multiple visits to Ethiopia of top officials of Equator Bank in Nairobi have apparently not allowed them to find a method of operating in Addis Ababa in collaboration with a local  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
CUBAN DOCS SOON
   Returning from a visit to Cuba last month, South African health minister Nkosazana Zuma had announced a plan to bring hundreds of Cuban doctors to the Republic of South Africa from  (...)  [385 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
RENEWED US INTEREST
   Several US companies have sent missions to Kampala in the past two months, illustrating their interest in Uganda, where US company presence is still very low.  (...)  [186 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE
EU TO RESCUE AFRIKANERS
   The European Union has agreed to finance, from the funds it has earmarked for South Africa's Reconstruction and Development Programme, feasibility studies with a view to settling White  (...)  [196 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
ZIMBABWE AIRLINES CRITICIZED
   Zimbabwe's parliament last week criticized the inefficient management of the national flag carrier Zimbabwe Airlines and blamed its directors.  (...)  [76 words]   [$2,1]

AGENDA
UGANDA
PAUL SSEMOGERERE
   The two leading Ugandan opposition parties, the Democratic Party and Uganda People's Congress (originally headed by former president Milton Obote), on December 10 designated the DP  (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTHERN AFRICA/FRANCE
JACQUES GODFRAIN
   France's cooperation minister is expected to make a visit to Zimbabwe between January 11 and 15 to attend the meeting of French ambassadors in Southern Africa.  (...)  [71 words]   [$2,1]
GERMANY/KENYA
KLAUS KINKEL
   German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel met Kenyan head of state Daniel arap Moi in Bonn last week and expressed the hope that Kenya would be able to tackle the "construction of democratic  (...)  [66 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
MESFIN WOLDE MARIAM
   The chairman of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council and ten journalists, who had all been charged with spreading false information, were released from custody on December 12.  (...)  [52 words]   [$2,1]
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