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Francis Soler
SUDAN Editor in Chief
No Intifada for Sadiq al Mahdi
The limited popular welcome (only between about 100 and 150,000) for the return to Khartoum on November 23 of Sudan's former prime minister Sadiq al Mahdi after four years in exile doesn't look like the beginning of a Palestinian-type intifada uprising. (...)   [705 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS & POWER
TANZANIA
Mkapa and the gentle art of recycling
   The new government of head of state Benjamin Mkapa announced on November 23 is a good example of the art of recycling people.  (...)  [280 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
Debate all round
   The group of Eritrean intellectuals signatory to the Berlin Manifesto (ION 922) met head of state Issayas Afeworki in Asmara on November 25 as opponents were holding at the same moment in Stockholm a two-day seminar set up by Eritrean Association for Peace and Democracy.  (...)  [374 words]   [$7]
KENYA
A government newspaper in perdition
   Management of Kenya Times, the KANU government party's daily, is hunting for funds to revitalize the publication, probably ahead of the general election due in two years.  (...)  [301 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
Factional war inside ZANU-PF
   The ZANU-PF political bureau didn't even have time to make a high-handed change-round of about a dozen of the government party's officials in Masvingo Province this week before the removees-to-be jumped the gun and resigned.  (...)  [349 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
FRUD remains confident – but impatient
   Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie (FRUD, former Afar rebellion) took advantage of its general assembly, held in Garbanaba, in northern Djibouti, from November 18 to 21, to restate its confidence in chairman Ahmed Dini and in the negotiations being led by Dini with the Djibouti government since a peace agreement was signed on February 7, 2000.  (...)  [321 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Settling accounts in TAND
   Tigrayan Alliance for National Democracy (TAND, a small group of opponents in exile) recently held a congress in Toronto (Canada) and elected a new chairman, Aregawi Berhe.  (...)  [131 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
A young prime minister
   The Comoros president, colonel Assumani Azzali, on November 29 named his 35-year old cabinet director Hamada Madi (a.  (...)  [140 words]   [$2,1]
SUDAN
No Intifada for Sadiq al Mahdi
   The limited popular welcome (only between about 100 and 150,000) for the return to Khartoum on November 23 of Sudan's former prime minister Sadiq al Mahdi after four years in exile doesn't look like the beginning of a Palestinian-type intifada uprising.  (...)  [705 words]   [$11,2]

WHO'S WHO
ERITREA/ETHIOPIA
Wedi Fiori
   In response to the Asmara's government move to have a former head of Ethiopia's security service, Fiseha Haile Mariam Tedla, talk on its radio after rallying to Eritrea's cause, Addis Abeba has done precisely the same.  (...)  [146 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Tewolde Berhan
   The general manager of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), which is effectively Ethiopia's environment ministry, will receive a Right Livelihood Foundation award in Stockholm next week.  (...)  [217 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA/MAURITIUS
John Dacruz
   A person close to deputy prime minister and finance minister Paul Berenger has been nominated Mauritian High Commissioner to South Africa, taking over from Mahen Kundasamy, who was appointed by the previous regime.  (...)  [219 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Hamadi Madi "Bolero"
   President Assoumani Azzali's chief-of-staff, 35-year-old Hamadi Madi, better known locally as Bolero (a family name of his father), became the Comoros' new prime minister this week.  (...)  [203 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS & PROJECTS
MADAGASCAR
Cleaning up public markets
   A Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) on Madagascar drafted by World Bank officials is currently being discussed. The document, of which The Indian Ocean Newsletter has managed  (...)  [313 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
MOZAMBIQUE
HCB - Mozambican firm with Portuguese capital
 [142 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
AIR MADAGASCAR - Making long-haul routes profitable
 [161 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA
SWISSAIR - Larger share in SAA
 [98 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Badly-labelled contract
   The Call for bids issued by Aeroports de Madagascar (ADEMA) for a contract covering runway lighting at Madagascar's Antsiranawa, Tolagnaro and Toliara airports which Agence Française  (...)  [320 words]   [$7]
KENYA
More rows around Del Monte
   Following meetings between Del Monte (Europe) chairman Paul Danowa, Kenyan labour ministry permanent secretary Kangethe Gitu, and representatives of the Del Monte workers support group  (...)  [384 words]   [$7]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
DJIBOUTI
Something new in insurance
 [230 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Currency and airlines
 [221 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
Two buyers for NIC
 [119 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Tiomin gets impatient
   The Canadian mining company Tiomin Resources is keen to see its exploitation project for titanium ore start up in Kwale, Kenya (ION 839).  (...)  [256 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES/TANZANIA
Cooperation with marine parks
   According to Mrs. Maryvonne Pool, Seychelles consul in Dar es Salaam, the Seychelles government has given its agreement for a cooperation programme with Tanzania in promoting and developing  (...)  [290 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Call for bids for Tekeze barrage
   Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) has issued a Call for bids to pre-qualify civil engineering companies with a view to constructing a barrage for the Tekeze hydro-electric  (...)  [67 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Extending the capital's electricity network
   The Malagasy government is considering awarding a contract to extend the electricity distribution network in Antananarivo.  (...)  [41 words]   [FREE]
MOZAMBIQUE
Call for bids for scrap metal
   The Mozambican authorities are expected to issue a Call for bids shortly for the sale of wrecked equipment spread along the Sena railway track from the port of Beira to Moatize.  (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
No hurry to finance roads
   Donor countries are showing little haste in proposing finance for the first phase of Uganda's roads programme, estimated at US$750 million.  (...)  [160 words]   [$2,1]
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