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Francis Soler
ERITREA Editor in Chief
Eritrea: Trial of Strength with the EU
Two weeks after having shone during a meeting with donors in Asmara, President Issayas Afeworki has driven his country into a serious diplomatic crisis with the European Union. (...)   [699 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS & POWER
REUNION ISLAND
The Race to Back Chirac's 2002 Bid
   More divided after the senatorial elections on September 23 than before, Reunion Island's right wing is already eyeing the presidential election of 2002, in which its VIPs ought to put their weight behind outgoing President Jacques Chirac already from the first round.  (...)  [288 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Gidada's Term Ends Amid OPDO Quarrels
   It's with an ever-stronger, and ever more critical, voice that Negaso Gidada is spending his final days as president of Ethiopia.  (...)  [309 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Arema's Languishing Doubts
   A fight has erupted around the nomination of the electoral campaign director of President Didier Ratsiraka, amid growing worry within the circles of the ruling Avant-garde pour le Redressement de Madagascar (Arema) that the outgoing head of state can't pull off a victory on December 16.  (...)  [317 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Dhlakama's Conservative Tour
   The leader of the opposition Renamo party is scheduled to pay a visit to the leaders of several countries with conservative governments.  (...)  [277 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Candidates for Regional Parliament
   Kenya's political parties will wait for the last moment before the October 31 deadline to choose their representatives to the East Africa Community (EAC) assembly, the regional parliament which will sit in the Tanzanian city of Arusha (ION 963).  (...)  [291 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
Tsvangirai: MDC Dissent Only Helps Mugabe
   While publicly minimizing the differences which have appeared in the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), party leader Morgan Tsvangirai is seriously weighing the possible negative effects for the presidential campaign he intends to wage against President Robert Mugabe next year.  (...)  [262 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Mecca Pilgrims Criticize Saudi Embassy
   Muslim Ethiopians heading to Mecca on pilgrimage have criticized the new health controls carried out by the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Addis Ababa to obtain the necessary visas.  (...)  [184 words]   [$2,1]
ERITREA
Eritrea: Trial of Strength with the EU
   Two weeks after having shone during a meeting with donors in Asmara, President Issayas Afeworki has driven his country into a serious diplomatic crisis with the European Union.  (...)  [699 words]   [$11,2]

WHO'S WHO
KENYA
Uhuru Kenyatta
   By naming the eldest son of the late President Jomo Kenyatta an MP on October 3, Kenya's head of state anointed him his main Kikuyu ally for the elections of 2002.  (...)  [227 words]   [$7]
FRANCE/MAURITIUS
Henri Vignal
   Replacing René Forceville as France's ambassador to Mauritius is the former delegate general for international relations of Jean Tiberi, the former Paris mayor who is a dissident of President Jacques Chirac's Rassemblement Pour la République (RPR) opposition party.  (...)  [282 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA
Ismaïl Goulal Boudine
   On October 1, Djibouti's ambassador to Somalia presented his credentials to Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, the president of Mogadishu's Transitional National Government (TNG).  (...)  [149 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA/EUROPEAN UNION
Yves Gazzo
   A doctor in economic science from the universities of Paris and Montpellier and specializing in rural economics, the European Commission's new delegate to Addis Ababa has the profile of an Arabist.  (...)  [262 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS & PROJECTS
REUNION ISLAND
No Balm for IODE Quagmire
   As predicted by the opacity of its initial actions on Reunion Island, the Indian Ocean Development Holding (IODE) has sunk into a quagmire.  (...)  [433 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
BHP BILLITON
Facing Strikers in Mozambique
 [159 words]   [$2,1]
QMM
A Decisive Month in Madagascar
 [146 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICAN GOLD
Headaches Caused by Gold and Zimbabwe
 [113 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
Little Trust Between Bank and MPs
   The main obstacle to the World Bank going ahead with an $11.7 million financing plan for Uganda's financial sector, planned since July under the auspices of Antony Thompson, will again  (...)  [216 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Bitter Taste Follows Sugar Contract
   A French company specializing in the bulk trade of sugar, chocolate, and sweets has been battling for nearly two months to get the state Siramamay Malagasy SA (Sirama) firm to deliver  (...)  [441 words]   [$7]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
MOBILE TELEPHONES
Madagascar Closer to Revoking Licenses
 [315 words]   [$7]
PRIVATE SECURITY
South Africa Closed to Foreign Firms
 [301 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Grouping the Financial Institutions
   Formed to oversee and supervise its country's financial institutions, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) has started procedures aimed at grouping several Mauritius financial institutions  (...)  [300 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Fierce Debate on ATC Privatization
   The leadership and the personnel of the Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC) have opposing views concerning the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) suggestions on privatizing their  (...)  [328 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
Sudan Oil Deal Displays Libyan Pressure
   The régime of President Robert Mugabe has entered into negotiations with Khartoum to import oil from Sudan.  (...)  [155 words]   [$2,1]
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