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Francis Soler
KENYA Editor in Chief
Once again, a target for terrorism
Little more than four years after the bombings at the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es-Salaam, on November 28 Kenya was again the target of a double terrorist attack in Mombasa. Fifteen people died and many more were wounded in the two attacks, but it could have been much more deadly if the airplane targeted by the terrorists had been hit. (...)   [710 words]   [$11,2]
An expensive mediation
   After four weeks of suspension, the peace negotiations on Somalia will be taken up again in Eldoret (Kenya) next week (...)  [280 words]   [$7]
POLITICS AND POWER BROKERS
KENYA
Kanu's electoral device
   In addition to its candidates in the legislative elections, KANU has enlisted representatives to work on Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential campaign.  (...)  [384 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
DJIBOUTI
Americans irritate Paris
   During a colloquium on the Horn of Africa in Paris on November 27, the assistant director for East Africa at the French ministry of foreign affairs expressed loud and clear Paris's concern regarding the American military presence in Djibouti.  (...)  [352 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS/MADAGASCAR
An ?express? extradition
   The expulsion of Malagasy lieutenant colonel Balbine - who was imprisoned for supporting the Ratsiraka regime - prompts a lively controversy  (...)  [302 words]   [$7]

DIPLOMACY
ZIMBABWE
Closer ties with Iran
   As Zimbabwe has just opened an embassy in Iran, the relationship is getting closer between these two countries. Teheran granted a $15 million line of credit to Zimbabwe, which will be used, most notably, for the purchase of agricultural products and various Iranian equipment (tractors, bulldozers) by the Zimbabwean authorities.  (...)  [136 words]   [$7]
SOMALILAND
A former American diplomat's point of view
   The former United States ambassador to Ethiopia (1996-99), David H. Shinn, who is now an associate professor at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, has just written a report on Somaliland for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), an American institute concerned with influencing foreign politics in the United States.  (...)  [160 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
Some new ambassadors
   The Asmara government has replaced its ambassador to China, Mohamed Nur Ahmed, who was increasingly critical of the Eritrean army's conscription policy.  (...)  [293 words]   [$7]

ORGANIZATIONS
PNUD
A new man in charge of security in Ehtiopia
 [120 words]   [$2,1]
EAA
Kenyan opposition in London
 [124 words]   [$2,1]
WHO
The prime minister of Mozambique is in the race
 [147 words]   [$2,1]
SUDAN
A Lithuanian company accused of violating the embargo
   A small Lithuanian company that specializes in repairing and selling Russian-made helicopters is suspected of violating the embargo on selling arms to African countries at war (like Sierra Leone and Sudan).  (...)  [216 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
MADAGASCAR/MAURITIUS
Bruno Ranarivelo
   The general consul for Madagascar in South Africa since 1997, Bruno Ranarivelo has just been named ambassador to Mauritius. This 50-year-old diplomat, who graduated from the Institut de controle de gestion in Paris, began his career in business.  (...)  [187 words]   [$7]

APPOINTMENTS & MISSIONS
KENYA
Fred Murunga
 [40 words]   [FREE]
SEYCHELLES
Lee Suk-Jo
 [56 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR/RUSSIA
Eloi Maxime Dovo
 [80 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
Vidula Nababsing
 [101 words]   [$2,1]
ZIMBABWE
Stephen Mandiwanza
   During a recent extraordinary general meeting of member's, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), the most significant employers' organization in the country, chose a new president after the resignation of Jacob Dube (ION 1016).  (...)  [312 words]   [$7]
AFRICA/SOMALIA
Muhammed Ali Foum
   A Tanzanian career diplomat, Muhammad Ali Foum, has just been designated as a special envoy to Somalia by the African Union's interim president, Amara Essy.  (...)  [100 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
BREWERIES
Trouble at the EABL in Kenya
   The 78th annual East African Breweries Ltd (EABL) shareholder meeting, which will take place next week in Nairobi, could be an intense affair.  (...)  [300 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
STANDARD BANK
Re-capitalization in Zimbabwe
 [140 words]   [$2,1]
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ
Out of Kenya
 [78 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI MARINA
Plans for a marina in Djibouti
 [95 words]   [$2,1]
PENTASOFT TECHNOLOGIES
Big investments in Mauritius
 [68 words]   [$2,1]
OIL DISTRIBUTION
A new energy strategy in Uganda
   According to an official September 2002 report, the 16 oil distribution firms active in Uganda will soon be under stricter control.  (...)  [378 words]   [$7]
ELECTRICITY
New Portuguese idea for the Mozambique dam
   Portuguese authorities had a new idea for how to organize negotiations on electricity rates sold to South Africa by the Cahora Bassa dam in Mozambique.  (...)  [124 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Church gifts embezzled
   A large gift from the Cyprus Orthodox Church, meant to help orphans and widows in Tanzania, was embezzled for personal gain.  (...)  [285 words]   [$7]
MAYOTTE ISLAND
Galana hasn't won yet
   Even though it was chosen by a technical committee, Galana Petroleum's purchase offer for a hydrocarbon department wasn't unanimously approved  (...)  [299 words]   [$7]
KENYA/UGANDA
Partners in every direction
   The implosion of a Kenyan-Ugandan joint venture is threatening to delay a World Bank program for the Kampala government.  (...)  [229 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Arm-wrestling in the telecom industry
   A foreign telephone company in Anjouan prompts a counterattack from the Société nationale des postes et telecommunications (SNPT)  (...)  [426 words]   [$7]
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