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Francis Soler
MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief
Madagascar: Full Speed Ahead for Ravalomanana
While the electoral campaign of incumbent President Didier Ratsiraka is getting off to a slow start, that of his main rival for the presidential contest of December16 has taken off at full speed. (...)   [697 words]  [$8.2]
POLITICS & POWER
ETHIOPIA
Ex-Dissident Lands Top Cop Job
   A former backer of dissidents in the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), the hard core within the ruling government coalition, has been named Commissioner of Federal Police in succession to Getachew Assefa.  (...)  [355 words]  [$4.7]
SOUTH AFRICA
Specialized Police Units to End
   In the framework of a long-term reorganization plan for the South African Police Service (SAPS), the country's 503 specialized police units are to be progressively phased out.  (...)  [268 words]  [$4.7]
SUDAN
Danforth's Task Force Shifts into Gear
   A team of seven American civil servants is to study the Sudanese replies to the proposals that John Danforth put forward during the George W Bush special envoy's recent trip to Khartoum.  (...)  [252 words]  [$4.7]
ERITREA
Senior Civil Servants Join the Exodus
   Senior civil servants in the foreign ministry in Asmara seem to have caught the same chill that led to a wave of defections by ambassadors who back the reformist wing of the ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and the resignation of Eritrea’s consul in the Netherlands, Endrias Habtegiorghis, in early November.  (...)  [314 words]  [$4.7]
ZIMBABWE
Cohen's Lobbying Proves Futile So Far
   With the U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee's approval of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act on November 28, the prospect of American sanctions against Zimbabwe grows ever more real.  (...)  [261 words]  [$4.7]
UGANDA
Kampala Wants Military Expenses to Climb
   Albeit foreign donors are opposed, Uganda's government continues to request permission to raise military spending in order to train more soldiers and members of Local Defence Units (LDUs), acquire more weaponry, and bring the military institution up to par.  (...)  [247 words]  [$1.5]
SEYCHELLES
Political Picnics Banned From the Beaches
   In order to contain the activity of the Seychelles opposition, the police has banned political picnics on the islands' beaches.  (...)  [159 words]  [$1.5]
MADAGASCAR
Madagascar: Full Speed Ahead for Ravalomanana
   While the electoral campaign of incumbent President Didier Ratsiraka is getting off to a slow start, that of his main rival for the presidential contest of December16 has taken off at full speed.  (...)  [697 words]  [$8.2]

WHO'S WHO
ETHIOPIA
Hassan Shiffa
   Provocation and repression are among the reputed characteristics of Ethiopia's new commissioner of police (see page 6). Born in Adigrat, Hassan Shiffa joined the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) in 1976, working first in its Kifle Hizbi (mass organizations) department, and later in the 06 (security) section.  (...)  [218 words]  [$4.7]
UNITED KINGDOM/MOZAMBIQUE
Antonio Gumende
   Last week's nomination of a former journalist as ambassador to the United Kingdom has given rise to questions in Mozambique's diplomatic circles.  (...)  [219 words]  [$4.7]
MADAGASCAR
Georges T Indrianjafy
   A member of the Haute Cour Constitutionnelle (HCC, or high constitutional court) since 1992, a 63-year-old Tsimihety from the Mahajanga region has been named to the head of the institution by President Didier Ratsiraka.  (...)  [228 words]  [$4.7]
REUNION ISLAND/SWITZERLAND
Yvan Faoro
   The founder of the Indian Ocean Development Holding (IODE) – who under strange circumstances bought several companies on Reunion Island, including the Société Industrielle Routière (SIR, see ION 966), today in virtual liquidation – is far from pleased with the November 25 article that the Swiss weekly Le Matin devoted to his adventures in the Indian Ocean island.  (...)  [327 words]  [$4.7]
ECONOMICS & PROJECTS
COMOROS ISLANDS
Company in Red, Country in Dark
   After four years of financial setbacks, along with the resultant daily electricity cuts, the Comoro Islands' water and electricity company is at risk of leaving the archipelago for  (...)  [249 words]  [$4.7]

COMPANIES
CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD
Foreign Skill Milked in Mauritius
 [216 words]  [$1.5]
FANA DEMOCRACY PUBLISHERS
Suit Aims at Ethiopian Publisher
 [206 words]  [$1.5]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Airline on the Way Out
   For over a month an airliner that Comores Airlines leased from an Australian company (ION 969) has made none of the flights it was scheduled to operate once a week between Marseille  (...)  [342 words]  [$4.7]
INDIAN OCEAN
Snags and Hitches for Ottavio Ermini
   A specialist of radio and television projects who got into trouble in Madagascar, Ottavio Ermini is experiencing a case of déjà vu in Anjouan.  (...)  [361 words]  [$4.7]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
France Telecom Displays Confidence in Madagascar
 [315 words]  [$4.7]
MOBILE TELEPHONES
The Régime's Young Guns Deal in Maputo
 [273 words]  [$4.7]
UGANDA
Monsato's Improved Cotton Fields
   An American company which owns numerous patents for genetically modified crops has asked the Kampala authorities to allow their introduction into Uganda.  (...)  [200 words]  [$4.7]
SEYCHELLES
Foreign Currency Hard to Come By
   Seychelles residents wishing to travel abroad are finding it ever more difficult to obtain the foreign currency they need for their trip.  (...)  [295 words]  [$4.7]
REUNION ISLAND
Miffed Council Confirms ION Report
   Following an article in The Indian Ocean Newsletter concerning the project of implementing an economic intelligence center on Réunion Island (ION 968), the Island Regional Council  (...)  [271 words]  [$1.5]
MADAGASCAR
Unleashed Taxman Closes by the Dozen
   Since the vice prime minister in charge of the budget, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, handed Mamisoa L Rakotosalama the power to close companies with fiscal arrears as an administrative sanction,  (...)  [212 words]  [$1.5]
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