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SOMALIA

Editor in Chief

The Winds of War

With its European allies, the American government is preparing to deploy a sanitary cord around Somalia before considering antiterrorist operations in that Horn of Africa country. (...) [695 words] [$8.2]

POLITICS & POWER


KENYA
Struggle Against Kanu Rebels Takes Shape
In view of the 2002 elections, President Daniel arap Moi has prepared files to discredit dissidents of the ruling Kenya African National Union (Kanu). (...) [253 words] [$4.7]


MAURITIUS
Interpol Looks Into Stauffer Suit
Switzerland’s leading criminal investigation unit, as well as the arm of Interpol in the country, is following very closely the case in which Mauritius’ then-prime minister Navin Ramgoolam divulged the contents of a police memo sent to Interpol’s office in Mauritius. (...) [357 words] [$4.7]


MADAGASCAR
Madagascar: Risk of Ample Electoral Misdeeds
The first round of the presidential elections of December 16 strongly runs the risk of electoral irregularities, not to speak of the possibility of intentional fraud. (...) [239 words] [$4.7]


MOZAMBIQUE
From Chissano to Other Contenders
Finally taken at his word, President Joaquim Chissano will not be his ruling party's candidate in the 2004 presidential election. (...) [348 words] [$4.7]


HORN OF AFRICA
The Afar Issue Seen from Afar
During a conference in Uppsala in Sweden on December 19, several associations of Afar exiles are to confront the issue of that community's place in the Horn of Africa. (...) [309 words] [$4.7]


REUNION ISLAND
Free Visas for Hong Kong and Macao
Starting on January 1, 2002, the inhabitants of Réunion Island, Mayotte, and other French departments overseas will be able to travel to Hong Kong and Macao, just like any other national of France, and indeed of the entire European Union (EU), has been able to since April 2001. (...) [175 words] [$1.5]


SEYCHELLES
Critical Songs Lead to Crackdown, Stoning, and Teargas
The violence in Victoria in wake of the seizure of tapes and CDs containing political songs is illustrative of the tense political climate that has reigned in the archipelago these past months. (...) [218 words] [$1.5]


MOZAMBIQUE
The Ghost of Ambassador Past
To the consternation of the employees of Mozambique's embassy to Portugal, the former ambassador continues to behave as if he were still the titleholder. (...) [73 words] [$1.5]

WHO'S WHO


EAST AFRICA/TANZANIA
Abdulrahman Kinana
The campaign director of President Benjamin Mkapa in the Tanzanian presidential contests of 1995 and 2000 was elected speaker of the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) last week. (...) [233 words] [$4.7]


FRANCE/SUDAN
Abdelbasit Badawi el-Sanosi
Sudan's new ambassador to France as of early next year can hardly be said to be a newcomer to that country. (...) [283 words] [$4.7]


ETHIOPIA
Berhane Gebre Christos
The Ambassador of Ethiopia to the United States since 1992 has been named to the top position of the embassy in Brussels to replace Peter Robleh Gebriel, who was dismissed some months back (ION 956), and with no other diplomatic post offered him, he has decided to remain in Belgium for good. (...) [261 words] [$4.7]


AFRICA/UNITED STATES
Danny Glover
Randall Robinson is to be replaced at the head of African-American lobby TransAfrica by the actor who has played Nelson Mandela (in a 1987 TV show), the black American legend John Henry, and, most famously, the long-suffering partner of wacky cop Mel Gibson in Richard Donner's "Lethal Weapon" films. (...) [172 words] [$4.7]

ECONOMICS & PROJECTS


	MAURITIUS
	Indian Offshore Firms Screwed Tighter
	The Mauritian authorities have assured India of their cooperation in the investigation on the operations of a dubious nature carried out by offshore firms registered on the island (...) [319 words] [$4.7]

COMPANIES


BARAKAT
Somali Employees Turn to the Law
[135 words] [$1.5]


EAGLE AVIATION
Air Namibia Partnership to Crash?
[150 words] [$1.5]


STATE BANK OF INDI
Still No Accord with Ethiopia's CBE
[109 words] [$1.5]


	SOMALIA
	A Thrifty (Not) Government
	Although its authority does not exceed a few neighborhoods in Mogadishu, the Transitional National Government (TNG) spends quite a lot of money for its functioning. (...) [204 words] [$4.7]


	COMOROS ISLANDS
	Vivendi Conned by Ruthless System
	To top a long series of humiliations, Vivendi has seen its electricity management contract broken by the authorities. Already four years ago, the launching of the French company's (...) [438 words] [$4.7]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE


WATER
Ondeo Gives Black Pride a Seat in Jo'burg
[111 words] [$4.7]


AVIATION
Air Austral's Power Struggle with Air France
[337 words] [$4.7]


CURRENCY EXCHANGE
Probing Tanzania's Illegal Cash Exchangers
[172 words] [$4.7]


	SOUTH AFRICA
	An Ambitious Steel Project
	Specialized in the research and development of mining activities, South Africa's state Mintek company is about to invite foreign partners (steel producers or customers) to participate (...) [320 words] [$4.7]


	SEYCHELLES
	SCCI Deprived of Government Help
	Displeased with the ever-growing critical tone of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), the archipelago's government has cancelled the annual subvention it had been (...) [270 words] [$4.7]


	TANZANIA
	The Strategic Grain Reserve Cultivates Financial Disaster
	According to a report from the controller and auditor general (CAG), the state's Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) registered a loss of 11 billion shillings ($1 = 800 shillings) for the (...) [186 words] [$1.5]


	ETHIOPIA
	The Head of ETA Resigns for the ITU
	The general manager of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Agency (ETA) resigned last week to join the East Africa office of the Addis Ababa-based International Telecommunications Union (...) [152 words] [$1.5]


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