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Francis Soler
DJIBOUTI Editor in Chief
General sticks head out once too often
Eighteen months after he came to power, Djibouti head of state Ismail Omar Gelleh was confronted with his first serious political crisis on December 7 when his authority was seriously contested for several hours by the chief of staff of Force Nationale de Police (FNP), general Yacine Yabeh Galeh, who had held the post since Djibouti became independent in 1977. (...)   [686 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS & POWER
ETHIOPIA
Make peace, plan war
   The Ethiopian government is making peace with Eritrea (an agreement in legal terms is to be discussed in Algiers on December 12) but it also foresees war situations by searching to obtain an arms industry.  (...)  [178 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
Group of 13 have their backs against a wall
   The group of thirteen Eritrean intellectual signatories of the Berlin Manifesto, which highly criticized head of state Issayas Afeworki (ION 922), is in a bad way.  (...)  [400 words]   [$7]
SOMALIA
Police changes but commissioner sticks
   Somalia's interim government has designated general Mumin Ibrahim as head of the country's new police force, with ex-warlord colonel Abdi Hassan Awale (a.  (...)  [361 words]   [$7]
KENYA
LSK holds grudge against Ghai
   Gibson Kamau Kuria, chairman of Law Society of Kenya (LSK), has written to professor Yash Pal Ghai, the new chairman of Kenya Constitution Review Commission (KRC) (ION 927), to threaten him with revocation of his LSK life membership if he kept himself at the head of this commission.  (...)  [366 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
Sadiq isn't jumping round Al Bechir's neck
   Back in Sudan on November 23 after four years in exile (ION 928), ex-prime minister Sadiq al Mahdi was able to chair the political bureau meeting of his party, UMMA, for the first time in years.  (...)  [331 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
New Chief Justice
   Judge Benjamin Odoki is expected to take over from Ugandan Chief Justice Wako Wambuzi, whose mandate terminates at the end of term after thirty years (with some interruptions) in the post.  (...)  [138 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Rumblings in Oromia Regional State
   Several officials of Oromia Regional State have been relieved of their functions since the administration's deputy head of the agriculture bureau, Qasa Morko, defected and went to the United States.  (...)  [183 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
General sticks head out once too often
   Eighteen months after he came to power, Djibouti head of state Ismail Omar Gelleh was confronted with his first serious political crisis on December 7 when his authority was seriously contested for several hours by the chief of staff of Force Nationale de Police (FNP), general Yacine Yabeh Galeh, who had held the post since Djibouti became independent in 1977.  (...)  [686 words]   [$11,2]

WHO'S WHO
KENYA
Joe Aketch Donde
   One of the rare Luo leaders of an opposition party other than National Democratic Party (NDP, Luo domination), Joe Aketch Donde who battles for months against the increase in interest rates knew his hour of glory in Parliament last week whilst at the same time becoming the black beast of Nairobi's bankers.  (...)  [310 words]   [$7]
FRANCE/MADAGASCAR
Guy Serieys
   A new head of service of development and cultural action took up his functions in the French embassy in Antananarivo at the beginning of December, replacing Mrs.  (...)  [245 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
Mafika Mkwanazi
   The board chairman of South African Airways (SAA) is to relieve Saki Macozoma at the head of Transnet (transport) on January 15.  (...)  [186 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS/EUROPEAN UNION
Juan Carlos Rey Salgado
   A 48-year old Spanish national who speaks English, French, Italian and Portuguese is to head the European Union delegation on Mauritius with jurisdiction over the Comoros and the Seychelles, replacing Gerd Jarchow.  (...)  [191 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS & PROJECTS
MAYOTTE ISLAND
New quay in Longoni
   Representatives of consultants Arthur Andersen were on Mayotte Island last week to finalize the specifications for an international Call for bids for the construction of a second quay  (...)  [490 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
MAURITIUS
Fagoe Ltd - Subsidiary of VTech on Mauritius
 [106 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA
LAFARGE - Alliance with Blue Circle in Africa
 [98 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
Dhv Consultants - Mission in Uganda
 [80 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
CNOI - Shipyard on Mauritius
 [129 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Deep-offshore permit
   Madagascar's Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Stratégiques (OMNIS) signed two agreements with Exploration Production Network (Xpronet, held 49 percent by Arco, Brechtel,  (...)  [216 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
Comazar working on inland port
   A team from Comazar (a subsidiary of the South African utility Transnet and the French group Bolloré) was in Uganda last week to study the commercial and financial feasibility of the  (...)  [348 words]   [$7]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
MAYOTTE ISLAND
One step towards privatization on Mayotte Island
 [347 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
The 269-8 of the Comoros on sale on the Internet
 [319 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Return to grace
   Businessmen close to prime minister Anerood Jugnauth seem to be coming back into favour since the MMM/MSM government alliance came to power in September.  (...)  [372 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
US study on VSAT
   Thanks to financing of US$83,600 from United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the US firm Eccles Associates Inc has carried out a study for Telecomunicaçoes de Moçambique  (...)  [306 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Shortage of petroleum products
   A shortage of petroleum products aggravated by panic buying by motorists hit Addis Ababa for several days from December 1.  (...)  [208 words]   [$2,1]
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