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Francis Soler
AFRICA Editor in Chief
CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET
Undermined by intrinsic limits (weak trade between member states and chronic instability in some of these) and facing competition from a regional body (Indian Ocean Rim), the Indian Ocean Commission (which consists of Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, The Seychelles, plus France via its overseas department Reunion Island), faces an uncertain future. (...)   [575 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS
AFRICA
CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET
   Undermined by intrinsic limits (weak trade between member states and chronic instability in some of these) and facing competition from a regional body (Indian Ocean Rim), the Indian Ocean Commission (which consists of Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, The Seychelles, plus France via its overseas department Reunion Island), faces an uncertain future.  (...)  [575 words]   [$11,2]
MAURITIUS
MOROSE ANNIVERSARY
   One year after its landslide victory (60 MPs to zero) in the December 20 1995 election (ION N° 699), the government alliance of the Labour Party of prime minister Navin Ramgoolam and Mouvement Militant Mauricien of deputy prime minister (and foreign minister) Paul Berenger is already struggling out of its depth.  (...)  [422 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
JUMA NGASONGA
   President Benjamin Mkapa has accepted at the end of december the resignation of the minister of natural resources and tourism, Juma Ngasonga, at his request following mention of his name in the Anti-Corruption Commission's report.  (...)  [40 words]   [FREE]
MOZAMBIQUE
MAPUTO QUITS COMESA
   Mozambican foreign minister Leonardo Simao confirmed this week that his country had walked out of the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in order to concentrate its cooperation on member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).  (...)  [45 words]   [FREE]
COMOROS ISLANDS
FRENCH OFFICIAL BRIEFS TAKI
   Head of state Mohamed Taki Abdul Karim completed his official visit to China and spent a few days on a private visit to France last week before returning home.  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
ERITREA
TOURISTS GUNNED DOWN
   Five Belgian tourists (four women and a man) from Louvain and their Eritrean driver were ambushed and murdered on December 27 on the Massawa-Asmara road.  (...)  [389 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
REBELLION GETS ITS ACT TOGETHER
   Several rebel movements opposing the regime of head of state Yoweri Museveni met in Juba, southern Sudan, in mid-November under the auspices of the Sudanese authorities to coordinate action.  (...)  [441 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
NEW ARMED OPPOSITION POLE
   A four-page Amharic-language communique issued last month has revealed the formation of a brand-new opposition movement. Benishangul People's Democratic Movement (BPDM), Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces (COEDF) and a majority faction within Kefagn Patriotic Front said that Ethiopian Unity Front (EUF, Yeethiopia Andinet Ginbar in Amharic) was created secretly in July 1996.  (...)  [511 words]   [$7]
SOMALIA/SUDAN
ALI HASSAN ALI
   According to the Somali newspaper Mogadishu Times of December 29, Sudanese chargé d'affaires in Mogadiscio Ali Hassan Ali has called for a holy war against Ethiopia.  (...)  [95 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
SAMMY PETER MUTIE KYUNGU
   The education ministry's permanent secretary Simeon Lesrima recently announced the appointment of Sammy Peter Mutie Kyungu as director of education from January first, replacing Ezra Njoka, who is retiring.  (...)  [45 words]   [FREE]
MOZAMBIQUE
JOAQUIM CHISSANO
   In his New Year message, Mozambican head of state Joaquim Chissano said that local elections and a population census would head his government's priorities for 1997.  (...)  [68 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
MAYOTTE ISLAND
FRANÇOIS PROISY
   The prefect of the French overseas territory of Mayotte Island, Philippe Boisadam, has been given a new cabinet director, François Proisy.  (...)  [131 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
SALIM DJABIR
   The election of Salim Djabir as chairman of the Comoros Islands federal assembly on December 26 (see Taki takes the reins in this issue) was not a matter of luck.  (...)  [189 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
GODFREY BINAISA
   The man whom Ugandan anti-government rebels named to head their united opposition group in November (see Rebellion gets its act together in this issue) is a long-time moderate politician.  (...)  [280 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
WALTER CHIDAKWA
   The new CEO of Zimbabwe's Export Processing Zones Authority is Walter Chidakwa, aged 34. He studied in Bulgaria and graduated in political economy from Sofia's Academy of Social Sciences and Social Management, later complementing this with international relations at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare.  (...)  [146 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS
MAYOTTE ISLAND
CFD CREDITS
   Parastatal Caisse Française de Développement (CFD) decided at end-December to award Mayotte Island just over FFr.  (...)  [98 words]   [$2,1]
ZIMBABWE
DAVID ROCKLIFFE
   The general manager of Zimbabwe Sugar Sales announced in Harare last week that in view of the poor sugar harvest (estimated at 336,000 tons last year, against 513,000 tons in 1995),  (...)  [49 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
REGIONAL RAILWAY ROWS
   A conflict of interest has shown up between Mozambican enterprises in Beira and Nampula over the proposed construction of a railway line to link the Moatize coal mine in Tete Province  (...)  [229 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
FIXING A SHAKE-UP
   Djibouti is expected in coming months to light the fuse on several major economic shake-ups which it has long promised its international fund donors.  (...)  [442 words]   [$7]
REUNION ISLAND
TROUBLE FOR DASSAULT
   Reunion Island magistrate judge Niel is expected in Paris early this year with a rogatory commission to continue investigations at the headquarters of Dassault Electronique, a subsidiary  (...)  [246 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
PETROGAL WINS SO PETROMOC LOSES
   Portugal's Petrogal backed the right horse in joining the consortium led by contractors Bouygues (France) and Stocks and Stocks (South Africa).  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
MANAGEMENT SHAKE-UP
   State-owned utility Eau et Electricité des Comores (EEDC) has got a new collective management following the firing of general manager Ali Ibrahim early last month.  (...)  [236 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
MEDIA AGAIN IN LONDON
   The London office of Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority, which closed in April 1996 (ION N° 721), has reopened its doors on the premises of the Mauritius embassy  (...)  [37 words]   [FREE]
SUDAN
1997 INTERNATIONAL TRADE SHOW
   The international trade show in Khartoum in January 1996, the first since 1989, attracted 150 enterprises including 120 foreign ones from about twenty countries (ION N° 702) but the  (...)  [118 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
NEW STOCK EXCHANGE RARING TO GO
   Details have now been published for operations of the Tanzania Stock Exchange.  (...)  [109 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
MKAPA IMPRESSED EAA
   During his mid-November visit to London, head of state Benjamin Mkapa made a good impression on representatives of Eastern Africa Association (a London-based employers' federation  (...)  [133 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
HOTEL COMPETITION
   Six companies were shortlisted last month in the project to take up 75 percent of the Tanzanian government holding in the capital of the Kilimanjaro hotel, in central Dar es Salaa  (...)  [201 words]   [$7]

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