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Francis Soler
ERITREA Editor in Chief
PORT WARS
The US$30 million credit line which the World Bank concessional lending affiliate International Development Association (IDA) just approved for Eritrea is a spunky shot-in-the-arm for its ports of Assab and Massawa in their cut-throat competition with Port Autonome International de Djibouti (PAID). (...)   [527 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS
MAURITIUS
DAYAL SUSPENDED
   Prime minister Navin Ramgoolam on November 24 suspended Raj Dayal as police commissioner after a long-running dispute (ION N° 787) and appointed a special inquiry commission headed by former chief judge Rajsoomer Lallah.  (...)  [193 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
PARIS STEPS IN
   French ambassador to the Comoros Islands Gaston Le Paudert has been standing poised since this week as a mediator between the parties in conflict on the Anjouan Island dossier, in a bid to save the inter-Comoros conference in Addis Ababa, which now looks gravely compromised.  (...)  [354 words]   [$7]
KENYA
NEWBORN SAFINA'S TACTICS
   The Kenyan government's decision on November 26 to legalize the opposition party Safina (founded two years ago by conservationist Richard Leakey and some of Moi's fiercest critics to unite the opposition) may have important consequences in the country's upcoming elections, on December 29.  (...)  [220 words]   [$7]
FRANCE/SUDAN
ACTIVE LOBBYING
   The brothers Abouzeid, Luc (whose real name is Malik) and Ahmed (who is of Lebanese origin), who are officials of Fédération des Français d'Origine Arabe et Musulmane (FFOAM), have again played the unhappy intermediaries for the Sudanese authorities.  (...)  [527 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
MISS WORLD'S UNDIES
   The spots had hardly been switched off the "Miss World" beauty contest on the Seychelles last Saturday than smouldering rows broke into flames.  (...)  [255 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
US DIPLOMATIC BALLET
   The United States is mounting a veritable diplomatic ballet across Africa next month, including Indian Ocean several countries. A first "presidential mission of economic cooperation with Africa" led by Representative Charles B.  (...)  [474 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
SOLIMA BUILDING BRICKS
   Madagascar's state-owned petroleum utility Solima is envisaging getting into an investment of 4 billion Malagasy francs (about FFr.5 million) in real-estate promotion with private partners, even though the terms of its own privatization have not been completely defined yet.  (...)  [318 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
PORTUGAL'S DIFFICULT LOBBYING
   Confirmed in his armchair of foreign minister following the recent government reshuffle in Lisbon, Jaime Gama was able to fly to Mozambique on November 26 at the invitation of his opposite number, Leonardo Simao.  (...)  [186 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
HILALI SETS UP NEW PARTY
   Head of state Mohamed Taki Abdul Karim's adviser Said Hilali has founded a political party called Mouvement pour les Comores (MPC).  (...)  [72 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA/FRANCE
DANIEL FEURTET
   The French Communist MP (and chairman of the Franco-Ethiopian friendship group in the national assembly) made a visit to Ethiopia at the end of November, during which he met with the Speaker of parliament, Dawit Yohannes.  (...)  [41 words]   [FREE]
SEYCHELLES
MANCIENNE TO PARLIAMENT
   United Opposition secretary general Roger Mancienne has got his party's backing to replace Wavel Ramkalawan, the MP whom the national assembly suspended for seven sittings of parliament following fisticuffs with the Seychelles People's Progressive Front MP, Barry Faure (ION N° 788).  (...)  [87 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA/PORTUGAL
FERNENDES PEREIRA
   Portugal's new ambassador to the Republic of South Africa has just presented his Letters of Credence.  (...)  [109 words]   [$2,1]
UNITED STATES/KENYA
JESSE JACKSON
   US president Bill Clinton's special envoy for the encouragement of democracy in Africa, who was appointed last month, is expected to go to Kenya and Zambia at the beginning of December.  (...)  [36 words]   [FREE]
SUDAN
GUNS FIRING AGAIN
   Western military sources report that an attack on the southern town of Juba by Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) headed by colonel John Garang seems "imminent".  (...)  [139 words]   [$2,1]
ERITREA
PORT WARS
   The US$30 million credit line which the World Bank concessional lending affiliate International Development Association (IDA) just approved for Eritrea is a spunky shot-in-the-arm for its ports of Assab and Massawa in their cut-throat competition with Port Autonome International de Djibouti (PAID).  (...)  [527 words]   [$11,2]

WHO'S WHO
FRANCE/SUDAN
LUC DANIEL ABOUZEID
   The official of Fédération des Français d'Origine Arabe et Musulmane (FFOAM), Luc Daniel Abouzeid, who with his brother Ahmed, recently tried to organize a visit to Paris of Sudanese foreign minister Ali Osman Mohamed Taha (see "Active lobbying" in this issue), went to Sudan recently.  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]
KENYA/UNITED NATIONS
KIPKORIR ALY AZAD RANA
   In the framework of diplomatic appointments decided in mid-November by head of state Daniel arap Moi (ION N° 788), Kipkorir Aly Azad Rana has been appointed Kenya's permanent representative to the United Nations European Office.  (...)  [244 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
NHIAL DENG NHIAL
   This young executive of Dinka origin is the latest rising star in Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). A son of the well-known Southern politician William Deng who was assassinated in 1968 by Northerners as he was attempting to negotiate an "internal peace agreement", Nhial Deng Nhial is often called "William" today in memory of his father.  (...)  [193 words]   [$7]
AFRICA/PORTUGAL
LUIS AMADO
   Portugal's secretary of state for internal administration Luis Amado has been appointed secretary of state for foreign affairs and development following the Portuguese government reshuffle.  (...)  [168 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS
EAST AFRICA
OPAQUE OFFERS
   The European Union general accounting office has slammed the "lack of transparency" in Calls for bids issued and tenders received for contracts in East Africa financed by the Union  (...)  [398 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES
   Madagascar's external debt, which has been on a constant upward spiral since 1990, is nowhere near being wrapped up. The US$4.  (...)  [367 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
ADB LOAN RELEASE
   After having been blocked in January because of differences on the terms laid down (ION N° 750 and 751), the African Development Bank (ADB) loan for financing the construction of new  (...)  [546 words]   [$7]
SOUTHERN AFRICA
PRETORIA'S CRUSHING EMBRACE
   The seminar on Southern Africa, held in the French Senate on November 27 with many representatives of French firms (ION N° 784), failed to steer clear of discussions on the Republic  (...)  [191 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
WHAT'S NEW, PUSSY CAT?
   Recent developments, such as the participation in the Malaysian holding company Westmont in Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB), have come along to confirm the transformation under way in  (...)  [214 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
CORSAIR CLOSES DOWN ENGINES
   Following French flag carrier Air France, which halted its Paris-Moroni route in December 1996, it's the turn of charter airline Corsair to do the same in January.  (...)  [246 words]   [$7]
HORN OF AFRICA
FRENCH DISILLUSION
   A Kampala meeting of France's East Africa-based embassy trade advisers and representatives of companies working in the region was the occasion, from November 12 to 14, to air a certain  (...)  [502 words]   [$7]
EAST AFRICA
OGA DIFFICULTIES
   Office Général de l'Air (OGA), the French state-owned company for aircraft sales, is having problems breaking into East Africa, even in civil aviation.  (...)  [145 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
COTECNA QUITS
   The Swiss supervisory firm COTECNA, which was contracted to supervise Comoran imports, suspended its operations at the beginning of November.  (...)  [41 words]   [FREE]
MAURITIUS
BAD REPORT FOR CARGO HANDLING
   Cargo Handling Corporation (CHC), which has held a handling monopoly on all cargo traffic through Port Louis since June, has been spreadeagled in a confidential World Bank report.  (...)  [128 words]   [$2,1]
SUDAN
REUNION MINING MISSION
   Michael Foster, exploration manager of the British mining company Reunion Mining, met Sudan's minister for energy and mines Awad Ahmed Al Djaz in Khartoum on November 14.  (...)  [43 words]   [FREE]
SOUTHERN AFRICA
ACCOR PROJECTS
   French hotel multinational Accor is "very satisfied" with the launch of its economy-formula hotel called Formula 1 in the Republic of South Africa (23 units with an annual turnover  (...)  [135 words]   [$2,1]

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