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Francis Soler
SOUTH AFRICA Editor in Chief
Strikedown on Corruption
Last week's questioning of the head of the ANC parliamentary group, Tony Yengeni, is a sign of the South African government's determination to bring illegal enriching schemes to a halt (ION 948). (...)   [658 words]  [$8.2]
POLITICS & POWER
KENYA
All the President's Young Turks
   By naming Uhuru Kenyatta as MP and Raymond Matiba, the son of his worst enemy, as head of the Kenya Tourism Board (see page 8), President Daniel arap Moi is trying to improve his image with the Kikuyu community.  (...)  [315 words]  [$4.7]
ERITREA
Fighting Breaks Out Within Army
   According to a script comparable to the one which ripped through the government coalition of neighboring Ethiopia several months ago, the first ripples are starting to appear within the ranks of the Eritrean army, following the arrests of dissidents from the ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and the closings of independent publications.  (...)  [273 words]  [$4.7]
TANZANIA
Costly Trip with No Clear Aims
   Voices have been raised in Dar es-Salaam in reaction to the prime minister's recent trip to the United States and the United Kingdom with a delegation of 28 people over 24 days.  (...)  [385 words]  [$4.7]
SOMALIA
A Cumbersome Fishing Minister
   President Abdulkassim Salad Hassan of the transitional national government (TNG) may be fishing in troubled waters, what with the former warlord he named his fishing minister in January.  (...)  [337 words]  [$4.7]
TANZANIA
A Muslim University for 2002
   Supported by Saudi Arabia and with links to Cairo's Al Azhar university, Tanzania's Muslim community is to found a university in the Chamgombe neighborhood of Dar es-Salaam in October 2002.  (...)  [269 words]  [$4.7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
The Fishing Spin-Offs of Vergès's Visit
   Among the spin-offs of the recent visit to Moroni by Réunion Island regional council chairman Paul Vergès is that body's financing of a three-month experiment into long-line fishing off the Comoro Islands.  (...)  [157 words]  [$1.5]
ETHIOPIA
No Embassies for Zewde, Only a Minister's Seat Will Do
   The minister of education is ready to leave the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) if she is not allowed to remain at the head of the ministry after the coming ministerial reshuffle.  (...)  [214 words]  [$1.5]
SOUTH AFRICA
Strikedown on Corruption
   Last week's questioning of the head of the ANC parliamentary group, Tony Yengeni, is a sign of the South African government's determination to bring illegal enriching schemes to a halt (ION 948).  (...)  [658 words]  [$8.2]

WHO'S WHO
ETHIOPIA
Girma Wolde Giorgis
   Elected by parliament on October 8, Ethiopia's new president is an independent MP of 76 who doubles as the vice-president of the NGO Lem, the Environment and Development Society of Ethiopia and whose powers will be even more symbolic only than those of Negasso Gidada, his predecessor.  (...)  [306 words]  [$4.7]
KENYA
Patrick Lumumba Otieno
   A constitutionalist lawyer has been chosen to lead the secretariat in the Constitution Review Commission of Kenya (CRCK) headed by Yash Pal Ghai.  (...)  [281 words]  [$4.7]
KENYA
Raymond Matiba
   The eldest son of 69-year-old opposition leader Kenneth Matiba has just been named by President Daniel arap Moi to head the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB), a public organization for the country's tourism promotion.  (...)  [233 words]  [$4.7]
ECONOMICS & PROJECTS
KENYA
Government on Trial before Comesa
   At the end of next week, the Kenyan government will be on trial at Lusaka's court of justice, dependent on the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), before which  (...)  [437 words]  [$4.7]

COMPANIES
SHENZHEN SHENFUBAO GROUP
Chinese Build in Mauritius Freeport
 [180 words]  [$1.5]
AIR MADAGASCAR
Troubled by Rise in Insurance Fees
 [101 words]  [$1.5]
DCDM
Changing Course on Mauritius
 [122 words]  [$1.5]
ZIMBABWE
Libya Makes Inroads in Oil and Banking
   In return for Libya's helping to finance Zimbabwe's purchase of oil, President Robert Mugabe is considering granting the Libya Arab Foreign Bank (LAFB) a participation in his country's  (...)  [364 words]  [$4.7]
SEYCHELLES
Sudden Turnabout in Hotel Taxes
   The Seychelles government has changed its mind about one of the main fiscal advantages it conceded to the luxurious hotels implanted in the islands.  (...)  [205 words]  [$4.7]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
HOTEL BUSINESS
Sheraton Closer to Buying Norfolk in Kenya
 [256 words]  [$4.7]
TANZANIA
Tanzania's Tanesco Still Not Under Own Power
 [240 words]  [$4.7]
PHOSPHATES
Talks on Sukulu Factory in Uganda
 [101 words]  [$4.7]
MADAGASCAR
Radilofe Unsuited to Lose in Court
   It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to win a lawsuit in Antananarivo if the opposing party has Koto Radilofe as its lawyer.  (...)  [440 words]  [$4.7]
DJIBOUTI
Limited Visibility for Air France
   Starting already this month, Air France has decided to reduce its number of Djibouti flights from three to one per week, and may even cease to serve the destination completely.  (...)  [326 words]  [$4.7]
ZIMBABWE
MDC Ties, But No Proof of Economic Sabotage
   The Zimbabwe finance ministry's National Economic Conduct Inspectorate (NECI) has not been able to find any proof of economic sabotage allegedly perpetrated by hundreds of whites-headed  (...)  [221 words]  [$1.5]
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