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previous Archive n° 969  - 10/27/2001 next   Francis Soler KENYA Editor in Chief Kenya: President Moi Prepares His Succession Daniel arap Moi has put an end to speculation that he would modify the constitution in order to run for another term in late 2002. (...)   [707 words]  [$8.2] POLITICS & POWER MAURITIUS Airline Disclosures' Ripple Effect    After rocking Air Mauritius, Rogers Co Ltd, and the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB), the ripples from union leader Jack Bizlall's disclosures on the airline's secret fund (ION 963) are now reaching the political leadership of the island.  (...)  [306 words]  [$4.7] ETHIOPIA Zenawi to Clash with Al Amoudi    A sweaty confrontation between Ethiopia's prime minister and the Saudi Arabian magnate who is the main private investor in the country is to take place not around a negotiation table but on a football field.  (...)  [304 words]  [$4.7] ERITREA Doubts Over Scheduled Election    After arresting leaders of the reformist wing of the ruling Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and muzzling the independent press (ION 966), Eritrean president Issayas Afeworki could now be tempted to cancel legislative elections scheduled for December.  (...)  [346 words]  [$4.7] BELGIUM/KENYA An Embarrassing Ambassador    If the remarks he is said to have made to the Kenyan press turn out to be true, the Belgian ambassador to Nairobi runs a serious risk of getting, at the very least, a rebuke of the strongest variety from his hierarchy in Brussels.  (...)  [248 words]  [$4.7] KENYA Diplomats to the Rescue of Prisoners    The embassies of Denmark and the Netherlands are getting ready to pay the 3.5 million shillings ($1 = 78.5 shillings) necessary to bail out the 70 militants of Release Political Prisoners (RPP) who were imprisoned in Nairobi on October 20.  (...)  [349 words]  [$4.7] ETHIOPIA Twelve Little Judges… And Then There Were None?    The last few months have seen the resignation of a dozen judges, including four from the Supreme Court, in addition to two deaths among their number.  (...)  [194 words]  [$1.5] MOZAMBIQUE The Savana Is Alive with the Rumors of a Strike    The journalists and the administrative personnel of the most important independent weekly in Mozambique have threatened to strike if their salary demands are not met.  (...)  [198 words]  [$1.5] KENYA Kenya: President Moi Prepares His Succession    Daniel arap Moi has put an end to speculation that he would modify the constitution in order to run for another term in late 2002.  (...)  [707 words]  [$8.2] WHO'S WHO MADAGASCAR Modeste Ratongavelonahary    Madagascar's new water and forests minister is a 49-year-old officer whose nomination was sponsored by a counselor to Prime Minister Tantely Andrianarivo, Senator Olga Raveloarisoa.  (...)  [267 words]  [$4.7] ERITREA Mesfin Hagos    One of the few members of the ruling Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) not to have been arrested – due to his presence abroad when his comrades were arrested in Asmara – Mesfin Hagos has still not returned to his country as he had announced.  (...)  [241 words]  [$4.7] DJIBOUTI/FRANCE André Massida    On October 25, the head of the Massida Transit company in Djibouti wrote The Indian Ocean Newsletter to draw attention to certain aspects of the report concerning the resignation of Pierre Cornille as Djibouti-based Frenchmen's representative to the Conseil Supérieur des Français à l'Etranger (CSFE).  (...)  [179 words]  [$4.7] UNITED KINGDOM/SEYCHELLES Fraser Wilson    Replacing John Yapp as Britain's high commissioner to the Seychelles will not be an Africa specialist but an expert on Asia and the eastern zone of the Indian Ocean.  (...)  [266 words]  [$4.7] ECONOMICS & PROJECTS MADAGASCAR BSM Seeks a Banking Correspondent    In view to find a banking correspondent for the bank being created at the behest of President Didier Ratsiraka, its director general flew to Paris on October 19.  (...)  [416 words]  [$4.7] COMPANIES SIEMENS Technical Jackpot in South Africa  [158 words]  [$1.5] COASTAL AGRICULTURE LTD Hearings Postponed with Kenya  [121 words]  [$1.5] DAALO AIRLINES A New Link to the Comoro Islands  [90 words]  [$1.5] SEYCHELLES SMB's Food Price Inflation Denounced    In order to bring light upon the over-charging accusations against the state Seychelles Marketing Board (SMB) and to define the actions necessary to solve the problem, the Seychelles  (...)  [223 words]  [$4.7] TANZANIA French Projects in Dar es-Salaam    A delegation of small and medium-sized French enterprises landed in Dar es-Salaam last week to negotiate a plethora of projects.  (...)  [401 words]  [$4.7] BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AVIATION Direct Air France Flights to Djibouti  [140 words]  [$4.7] PRIVATE SAFETY The ANC's Second About-Face in South Africa  [286 words]  [$4.7] AGRICULTURE Mugabe Takes Back MDC Leader's Land  [139 words]  [$4.7] COMOROS ISLANDS More Hassles for Comores Airlines    On October 15, France's civil aviation general directorate came close to stranding the fleet of Comores Airlines, which consists of a single aircraft.  (...)  [286 words]  [$4.7] MADAGASCAR The Museum That Is the Island's Lifeline    Described in private by Emilio Sancerdoti as the "museum upon which the nation's life depends", the Toamasina refinery which was sold to the Galana company is in an advanced state  (...)  [261 words]  [$4.7] KENYA French Employers Put Off Mission to East Africa    The chairman of the Africa committee of France's employers' organization will finally not be leading any commercial mission to Kenya and Tanzania this year.  (...)  [171 words]  [$1.5] TANZANIA Ministerial Privilege Includes a Land Cruiser    Certain donors are registering dissatisfaction with certain of the government's expenses, namely the offering of automobiles to its ministers, high civil servants, and MPs.  (...)  [184 words]  [$1.5]   previous Archive n° 969  - 10/27/2001 next

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