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Francis Soler
MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief
Ratsiraka Knocked Out in First Round
A major slap against President Didier Ratsiraka is the lesson of the first round of Madagascar's presidential elections of December 16, 2001, which has opened a political crisis that may well descend into violence. For the first time in the history of the country, a Merina defeated a coastal rival (Ratsiraka) not only in the national capital and the provincial capitals, but in almost all the island's cities (except the eastern coast city of Toamasina). (...)   [614 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS & POWER
ZIMBABWE
Dreaming of a Muzenda Successor
   The issue was not taken up by the ruling Zanu-PF congress last week, but according to a source close to Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president has started looking for a replacement for vice-president Simon Muzenda, who will be retiring next year.  (...)  [285 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Another One Bites the Dust
   At dawn on December 19, a handful of mercenaries landed on the Comoros island of Moheli and seized the gendarmerie, but within a few hours, they had been fought off by government forces.  (...)  [371 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
The Spies They Are A-Changin'
   The South African authorities want to increase their military intelligence services in an effort to prevent new threats of a foreign nature, such as those originating with foreign crime syndicates and refugees from the African continent's numerous conflicts.  (...)  [387 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Interpol Wants Ex-PM in Court
   Thanks to intervention by Interpol, the libel suit that Swiss businessman Eric Stauffer filed against former Mauritius prime minister Navin Ramgoolam, former finance minister Xavier Luc Duval, and the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), now looks certain to end up in a Swiss courthouse.  (...)  [245 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Karume Clan's Troubles with the Law
   The image of integrity that Amani Karume presented in his promise to fight corruption is in danger of being tarnished by the behavior of the Zanzibar president's family members.  (...)  [354 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
All the Presidential Frontrunner's Men
   Ahead of his nearest opponent (namely, the incumbent) in the first round of the December 16 presidential elections, Marc Ravalomanana has surrounded himself with a number of VIPs from various sectors.  (...)  [230 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Ratsiraka Knocked Out in First Round
   A major slap against President Didier Ratsiraka is the lesson of the first round of Madagascar's presidential elections of December 16, 2001, which has opened a political crisis that may well descend into violence. For the first time in the history of the country, a Merina defeated a coastal rival (Ratsiraka) not only in the national capital and the provincial capitals, but in almost all the island's cities (except the eastern coast city of Toamasina).  (...)  [614 words]   [$11,2]

WHO'S WHO
MAURITIUS
Gaëtan Pillay
   On January 1, Jocelyn Seenyen will be replaced as chair of the Cargo Handling Corporation (CHC) by the former head of the General Workers Federation (the GWF is the union close to vice-president Paul Bérenger) who will also be promoted its director of operations.  (...)  [174 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Kebede Tadesse
   Only two months after he was named Ethiopia's health minister, Kebede Tadesse has added the title of president of the Ethiopian Privatization Agency (EPA) board of directors to his résumé.  (...)  [279 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Marc Ravalomanana
   The mayor of Antananarivo has managed to emerge victorious in the first round of Madagascar's presidential elections of December 16.  (...)  [273 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Chris Kirubi
   The former head of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has been named chairman of the Uchumi supermarket chain, the largest in the country.  (...)  [146 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS & PROJECTS
SEYCHELLES
Private Sector Goes After the SMB
   Protesting the state organization's monopoly on the import of numerous products, the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) is getting ready for another round of confrontation  (...)  [200 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
NATIONAL INSURANCE CORP
Criticism Nips at Soldier Insurance
 [97 words]   [$2,1]
FUNRECO
Full Speed Ahead for the Indian Ocean Isles
 [159 words]   [$2,1]
NOREX MINING
Exclusive Gold Mining in Ethiopia
 [125 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
Cracking Down on Manrakhan's ECO
   The Mauritius parliament was expected to amend the island's constitution on December 20 in order to dismiss Indira Manrakhan from the head of the Economic Crime Office (ECO), a position  (...)  [460 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Knockin' on Sheraton's Door
   Complications have arisen in the negotiations for the Lonrho Africa group's sale of it's five-star Nairobi hotel to the Sheraton group (ION 967).  (...)  [288 words]   [$7]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
An American Firm Rings Up Anjouan
 [207 words]   [$7]
ENERGY
Sonarep Adds Petrogal to Petromoc Suit
 [188 words]   [$7]
AVIATION
Conflict Between Cameroon and Transnet
 [168 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
Oil Drill Equipment Sitting Still
   In the absence of financing from the Ugandan authorities to have it installed on a vessel, equipment imported from an American university to facilitate oil exploration work on Lake  (...)  [197 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Give My Refunds to Broadway
   The lack of control that foreign companies registered in the Seychelles Island's financial offshore sector are subjected to givent rise let to all sorts of scams.  (...)  [371 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Desperately Seeking a KPLC Managing Director
   While it again appears possible that Samuel Gichuru may be ousted as managing director of the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), a plethora of contenders to succeed him have  (...)  [216 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Mewa's Reform Projects for AACC and ECC
   The new head of the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce (AACC) and the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce (ECC) would like to turn the organizations completely around.  (...)  [188 words]   [$2,1]
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