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previous Archive n° 971  - 11/10/2001 next   Francis Soler SOMALIA Editor in Chief Washington Versus Al Barakat The United States government has turned its tracking the financial networks of the Islamic terrorist Osama bin Laden towards Somalia and its Awallah system of fund transfers based upon trust. (...)   [700 words]  [$8.2] POLITICS & POWER KENYA Saitoti Backers Rally Behind Kanu Name    Should President Daniel arap Moi's project of merging his ruling Kenya African National Union (Kanu) with the National Development Party (NDP) lead to the resultant party undergoing a name change, a group of Kanu leaders is ready to turn to the courts.  (...)  [289 words]  [$4.7] COMOROS ISLANDS Abeid's Coup Ends in Failure    The attempt by Colonel Said Abeid to seize power in Anjouan has fizzled out, and by November 5, he was fleeing the island, disguised as a woman, probably back to the island of Mayotte from which he had arrived.  (...)  [414 words]  [$4.7] TANZANIA How Mkapa Really Came to Drop Simba    According to the official version, Iddi Simba simply decided to submit his resignation to President Benjamin Mkapa, who duly accepted it "with regrets".  (...)  [459 words]  [$4.7] ETHIOPIA A Sportsman to Lead the EPA    Ever since Assefa Abraha was thrown into jail on corruption charges along with several of his brothers, most notably former defense minister Seye Abraha, his job as boss of the Ethiopian Privatization Agency has remained vacant.  (...)  [295 words]  [$4.7] MADAGASCAR Campaigners Head for Paris    Paris has become a crossroads of sorts for the candidates in Madagascar's presidential election of December 16: Herizo Razafimahaleo (see page 4) dropped in last week and no less than three were expected in France's capital this week, namely President Didier Ratsiraka, Antananarivo mayor Marc Ravalomanana, and former President Albert Zafy.  (...)  [274 words]  [$4.7] MOZAMBIQUE Desperately Seeking Lisbon Ambassador    With reference to the nomination of a new Mozambican ambassador to Lisbon, a series of correspondence has been flowing between Maputo's embassy to Portugal, Portugal's foreign ministry, and the cabinet of Mozambique's transportation minister, Tomas Salomão.  (...)  [144 words]  [$1.5] ETHIOPIA An American Visit From an Old Asian Hand    The U.S. state department's new director of east African affairs has undertaken her first visit to Ethiopia.  (...)  [121 words]  [$1.5] WHO'S WHO MOZAMBIQUE Joaquim Vaz    After reelecting Afonso Dhlakama to the chairmanship of Renamo during their party congress in Nampula last week (ION 970), the opposition party's members chose a new secretary general for itself.  (...)  [293 words]  [$4.7] SOMALIA Hassan Daher Aweys    One of the Somalians wanted by the United States (see page 1) has been one of the Islamic movement's key figures in Somalia since the start of the civil war.  (...)  [369 words]  [$4.7] MADAGASCAR René Ramanana    The proxy for Antananarivo province of President Didier Ratsiraka in the presidential race of December 16 is a young MP of 34.  (...)  [126 words]  [$4.7] ECONOMICS & PROJECTS MADAGASCAR A Couple of Capitalist Candidates    After The Indian Ocean Newsletter disclosed the details of the assets of three of the seven candidates for the presidential election of December 16, President Didier Ratsiraka openly  (...)  [371 words]  [$4.7] COMPANIES STATE BANK OF INDIA Still No Agreement in Ethiopia  [134 words]  [$1.5] CMS OIL AND GAS Seismic Surveys Coming in Eritrea  [68 words]  [$1.5] LAND MARINE LTD Bidless Privatization in Seychelles  [192 words]  [$1.5] SEYCHELLES René Contradicts Airline CEO    During a meeting at the headquarters of the Seychelles Tourism Advisory Board (STAB), which brings the representatives of the tourism industry together with those of the government,  (...)  [227 words]  [$4.7] MAURITIUS British Airways Rupture in the Air    The Port Louis government is considering breaking relations with the British Airports Authority (BAA), the British Airways affiliate which in April 1999 landed a 5-year management  (...)  [398 words]  [$4.7] BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ELECTRICITY New BOO Power Station Near Khartoum  [293 words]  [$4.7] BANKING Libyan Interests Grow in Zimbabwe  [315 words]  [$4.7] EAST AFRICA Al Amoudi's African Telecom Business    Through the Pan African Communication Network Ltd (Paconet), Mohamed Hussein Al-Amoudi is investing massively in internet and satellite telephony in Africa.  (...)  [344 words]  [$4.7] MADAGASCAR Worries Beset the EPZ    Celebrated last month, the tenth anniversary of Madagascar's Export Processing Zones (EPZ) focused, naturally enough, on the system's positive points.  (...)  [390 words]  [$4.7] ETHIOPIA The Corruption Accusation Boomerangs Back    Ousted from his job because he was part of the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) dissidents, the former president of the regional state of Tigray has given an interview to a Tigrayan  (...)  [114 words]  [$1.5] COMOROS ISLANDS A Fund to Help Improve Civilian Safety    In the framework of the implementation of a 7-million-FF fund over three years, a French mission from Reunion Island instigated a five-day working visit to the Comoro Islands on November  (...)  [151 words]  [$1.5]   previous Archive n° 971  - 11/10/2001 next

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