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Francis Soler
MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief
Madagascar: A Frail Chance for Peace
Didier Ratsiraka et Marc Ravalomanana The face-off between troops of the island's two rival presidents near Sambava in the north of the country makes it somewhat unlikely that the second summit in Dakar will lead to a peaceful resolution for Marc Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka. (...)   [649 words]   [$11,2]
POLITICS & POWER
TANZANIA
Crack Down Against Firearm Trafficking
   The Tanzanian authorities are preparing a vast operation against the trafficking or possession of small arms in the Lake Victoria region.  (...)  [244 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Tension Between Center and Spoke
   Barely established, the government of the Comoro Union and that of its largest island have clashed concerning the scope of their respective ministries' jurisdiction.  (...)  [428 words]   [$7]
EAST AFRICA
Two American Experts Take a Tour.
   Last week, eastern Africa witnessed the tour of two advisers from the U.  (...)  [149 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
TPLF Leadership Seeks the Whistle-Blower.
   Ethiopia's leadership was rocked by the news that The Indian Ocean Newsletter broke a week ago (ION 998), to the effect that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi offered to resign during an EPRDF meeting and accepted the proposition that Sebhat Nega open discrete talks with members of the opposition.  (...)  [134 words]   [$2,1]
REUNION ISLAND/MADAGASCAR
The Travels and Troubles of 2 Ukrainians
   Following the recent misadventures of the Ukrainian pilot and his young wife who sought to reach Toamasina via Réunion Island and Mauritius (ION 997), the other pilots are now running the risk of flying into as much turbulence on their way in the opposite direction.  (...)  [327 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Cox On Same Wavelength as SNP
   The speaker of the European Parliament welcomed a deputy of the Seychelles opposition leader who asked that the EU send electoral observers.  (...)  [336 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Elections May Be Sooner than You Think
   A jump in the activities of the Electoral Commission of Kenya seems to indicate that the coming general elections are right around the corner.  (...)  [240 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Madagascar: A Frail Chance for Peace
   The face-off between troops of the island's two rival presidents near Sambava in the north of the country makes it somewhat unlikely that the second summit in Dakar will lead to a peaceful resolution for Marc Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka.  (...)  [649 words]   [$11,2]

WHO'S WHO
FRANCE/MAURITIUS
Ismaël Dilmahomed
   The Mauritian government has named a former Port-Louis town hall councilor to hold the island's ambassador's seat in Paris. Mohammed Houssein Ismaël Dilmahomed will replace Raouf Bundhun, another Muslim Mauritian who has served as Mauritius's vice-president since last March.  (...)  [172 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES/SUDAN
Jeffrey Millington
   The new chargé d'affaires of the American embassy in Khartoum is a holdout of the Democrat administration who has been one of the main Sudan specialists in American diplomacy circles since 1995.  (...)  [237 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
Marthinus van Schalkwyk
   The leader of the New National Party (NNP) will take over as prime minister of the Western cape province in replacement of Peter Marais who had to quit following complaints of sexual harassment.  (...)  [260 words]   [$7]
CONGO/ERITREA
Haile Menkerios
   Eritrea's former ambassador to the United Nations who went on to become an dissident to the Asmara régime is to support Ketumile Masire in the latter's task of mediating the talks between various Congolese factions.  (...)  [177 words]   [$7]
ECONOMICS & PROJECTS
ZIMBABWE
Military Lobby Calls on the UN
   Following an article in The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the general manager of Zimbabwe Defence Industries has asked Harare's foreign ministry to request that the UN set up an investigation commission.  (...)  [317 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
ACCOR
An Ibis Hotel for Réunion Island
 [88 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA AIRWAYS
Currency Insurgency in the Seychelles
 [271 words]   [$2,1]
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
A Consulting Contract with Uganda
 [65 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Collecting Bad Debts Is Not Easy
   Since the creditors of the Kenya Commercial Bank are recruited mainly among the Kenyan nomenclature, obtaining the payment of debts is no easy matter.  (...)  [428 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
Who Will Pay the UEB's Substantial External Debt?
   In spite of last year's electricity increases, the defunct Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) has not managed to bring down its debt, which has risen to $478 million.  (...)  [179 words]   [$2,1]

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
AIRPORT
The Fight Against Plane Noise in South Africa
 [117 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
A Firm to Relaunch Its Sudan Operations
 [220 words]   [$7]
RICE
A Good Year In Spite of the Madagascan Crisis
 [280 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Begna Suffers a Blow from Court Ruling
   The federal court of Addis Ababa has ruled against the head of the Ethiopia Amalgamated company (with affiliates in Ethiopia and Djibouti) and the Allied International Marketing firm  (...)  [179 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
An Odd Defender for the First City Bank
   Alone before the opposition – and contrary to his own persona – the vice-prime minister has manned the battlements to defend the purchaser of the defunct Delphis Bank.  (...)  [433 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Solima Not Yet Out of the Woods
   The company which manages the non-privatized assets of Madagascar's former oil company has recovered its signature before the island's banks; the same can not be said for its money.  (...)  [298 words]   [$7]
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