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Francis Soler
ZIMBABWE Editor in Chief
Zimbabwe: Chaos Rather than Democracy
Plunging his country ever deeper into chaos is President Robert Mugabe's plan to avoid losing power to opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai in the presidential election of March 2002. The ruling Zanu-PF's ad campaign launched in Harare newspapers this week is illustrative: (...)   [699 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS & POWER
KENYA
Forging Ahead with Kanu/NDP Merger
   President Daniel arap Moi and NDP leader Raila Odinga have created a task force of four people to hasten the merger of their two parties.  (...)  [333 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
President Guelleh Turns to the Carrot
   President Ismaël Omar Guelleh is working on reinserting his opponents in the institutional political game before the legislative election of December 2002.  (...)  [351 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
India Turns to Rogatory Commissions
   On December 24, New Delhi's Enforcement Directorate (ED) sent a rogatory commission to the judicial authorities of Mauritius to ask for information on the flow of bank accounts on the island belonging to Shanker Sharma.  (...)  [138 words]   [$2,1]
SOMALILAND
Candidates Readying for the Election
   Candidates are starting to materialize for Somaliland's presidential election scheduled for this year.  (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Madagascar: Groggy Ratsiraka Wants 2nd Round
   Badly beaten by his main rival in the first round of the presidential election (ION 977), President Didier Ratsiraka is placing all his bets on a second round.  (...)  [318 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Getting a Grip on State Media
   In spite of the initial resistance of a majority of MPs, the naming of the minister of information and his deputy to head the state media entities was confirmed by parliament.  (...)  [309 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Defying Accord, Azali Hangs onto Power
   A week after the constitutional referendum of December 23, the transition period supposed to lead to a presidential election has already reached a dead end.  (...)  [265 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe: Chaos Rather than Democracy
   Plunging his country ever deeper into chaos is President Robert Mugabe's plan to avoid losing power to opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai in the presidential election of March 2002. The ruling Zanu-PF's ad campaign launched in Harare newspapers this week is illustrative:  (...)  [699 words]   [$11,2]

WHO'S WHO
ETHIOPIA/WORLD BANK
Ishac Diwan
   The World Bank has finally found a country director to take over the case of Ethiopia and Sudan, which is to be based in Addis Ababa from mid-January.  (...)  [159 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Karega Mutahi
   As strange as it may appear at first, a linguistics professor from the university of Nairobi has been chosen by President Daniel arap Moi to be acting chairman of the Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK).  (...)  [312 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES/MOZAMBIQUE
Armando Panguene
   Mozambique's former ambassador to Pretoria has been named to represent his country in Washington, D.C. Armando Panguene is the former military head of staff close to President Joaquim Chissano by whose side he fought against Portugal's colonial régime when Frelimo was still an armed opposition movement.  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Elizabeth Ah Chong
   A woman is to fill the director's seat of the Mauritius Investment Development Authority (MIDA), the new name, as of January 2002, of the Mauritius Export Development Investment Authority (MEDIA).  (...)  [147 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS & PROJECTS
UGANDA
A Fund for Rural Electricity
   In mid-December, Uganda's gazette published an article creating the Rural Electrification Fund (REF) which will serve as a receptacle harnessing the international financing of electrification  (...)  [198 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
DJIBOUTI
Bankers Confirmed in Djibouti
 [126 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Full Speed Ahead in Madagascar
 [98 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
No Payment from European Buyers
 [152 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Al Amoudi Runs into Trouble
   Although (or perhaps because) he is the foremost private investor in Ethiopia, the Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi has run into a varied set of difficulties lately.  (...)  [348 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Coffee Board Strung Out by Safety Study
   An architect firm is demanding $640,000 from the Coffee Board of Kenya for a study made over the CBK headquarters' stability following the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, although the two buildings are far apart.  (...)  [341 words]   [$7]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
TANZANIA
Tanesco's Private Management in Tanzania
 [331 words]   [$7]
KENYA
New Grain Terminal in Mombasa
 [278 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
Chinese Gangs in the Crosshairs
   Pretoria and Beijing are to create a police intelligence liaison unit to pool their information on the activities of Chinese triads in South Africa.  (...)  [290 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
IMF Gives Only a Passing Grade
   While recognizing the efforts of the Comoros government, the IMF mission which spent two weeks in Moroni noted that the objectives for 2001 were not met.  (...)  [441 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Emir's Gift Generates Current for Azali
   On December 26, the Comoro authorities gathered at Moroni airport with much pomp to receive three electric generating sets of a total power of 3,400 KW.  (...)  [121 words]   [$2,1]
SUDAN
Commerce with France Strongest in a Decade
   According to France's commercial advisor in Khartoum, French exports to Sudan rose by 65% during the nine first months of last year, reaching 93 million euros.  (...)  [106 words]   [$2,1]
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