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Francis Soler
UGANDA Editor in Chief
Museveni in the Starting Blocks Again
President Yoweri Museveni is preparing to call a constitutional referendum in 2004 to obtain the right for a third consecutive mandate (...)   [759 words]   [$11,2]
The Fear of Wahabism
   Negative reactions are starting to surface in Ethiopia over the growing influence of Wahabism, a strict Islamist doctrine inspired by Saudi Arabia that serves as a crucible for the activities of some fundamentalist groups. (...)  [233 words]   [$7]
POLITICS AND POWER BROKERS
MAURITIUS
The PT is Regaining Strength
   The victory of its candidate during a legislative by-election gave energy to the anesthetized opposition.  (...)  [242 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
ANTANANARIVO
Pension Funds Divide the Parliament
 [139 words]   [$2,1]
MAPUTO
A New Team for an Old Inquiry
 [123 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
The President's Security, or Tiko's?
   An incident involving two members of the presidential security team in Fianarantsoa has presented a strange mix of all kinds.  (...)  [314 words]   [$7]

DIPLOMACY
ETHIOPIA
Visit by the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs
   The Israeli minister of foreign affairs, Silvan Shalom, is set to go to Addis Ababa soon to meet with members of the Ethiopian government and the Falashmura (Ethiopian Jewish) community in the Gondar region.  (...)  [158 words]   [$7]
ERITREA/ETHIOPIA
Military Preparations
   Concurring information indicates that military preparations are taking place on the Ethiopian side for the possibility of another armed conflict with Eritrea.  (...)  [399 words]   [$7]
INDIAN OCEAN
Tour by the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs
   The Chinese minister of foreign affairs, Li Zhaoxing, is set to tour several African countries next week. He plans to go first to Sudan, then the Comoros Islands, then Djibouti, and finally Uganda.  (...)  [269 words]   [$7]

ORGANIZATIONS
MEDEF
A Mission in Mozambique
 [78 words]   [$2,1]
EAA
An Employers' Association with Wind in its Sails in East Africa
 [160 words]   [$2,1]
WORLD BANK
A $120 million Loan Project for Ethiopia
 [132 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
MAURITIUS
Jaya Krishna Cuttaree
   The Mauritian prime minister, Paul Bérenger, completed a minor ministerial reorganization last week, in which the most significant change was Anil Gayan's replacement as minister of foreign affairs by Krishna Cuttaree.  (...)  [263 words]   [$7]

APPOINTMENTS & MISSIONS
MAURITIUS
The European Union's trade commissioner
 [50 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
The African Microfinance Network
 [52 words]   [$2,1]
ERITREA
A new Eritrean diplomat has defected
 [40 words]   [FREE]
SOUTH AFRICA
The South African Sunday Times will have a new editor
 [56 words]   [$2,1]
ZIMBABWE
First two provincial governors
 [66 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Alain Pierre Bernard
   The head of the company APB Consulting returned to Antananarivo in mid-December after a trip to Washington intended to prepare the visit of a delegation of American business leaders to Madagascar in February 2004.  (...)  [167 words]   [$7]
HONGKONG/KENYA
Tam Wing Ku
   The Kenyan government this week opened a consulate in Hong Kong and Macau (China). During a ceremony on December 30 presided over by the permanent secretary in the Kenyan ministry of foreign affairs, Ambassador Peter ole Nkuraiya, an honorary consul to Kenya was named to these two Beijing-administered provinces.  (...)  [112 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
AERONAUTICAL
A Portuguese Firm Closes its Affiliate in Mozambique
   The company OGMA-Industria Aeronautica de Portugal (state conglomerate of the Portuguese military) decided to declare bankruptcy of its affiliate Industria Aeronautica de Moçambique  (...)  [265 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
KALLMAN WORLDWIDE
An American Agent for a Conference in South Africa
 [52 words]   [$2,1]
VALE DO RIO DOCE
Brazilian Lobbying in Mozambique
 [107 words]   [$2,1]
APAVOU GROUP
A Debt in Reunion Island
 [128 words]   [$2,1]
BARRICK GOLD CORP.
A New Mine in Tanzania
 [86 words]   [$2,1]
PORT
Container Scanners in South Africa
   The South African government has just issued a request for intervention to companies interested in supplying container scanners for ports, most notably the Durban port.  (...)  [127 words]   [$7]
DAIRY
Privatization Project in Uganda
   Several companies are interested in the privatization of 70% of the capital of the Uganda Dairy Corporation Ltd (UDC), and the remaining 30% will go to farmers and milk producers.  (...)  [219 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Competition for Passports
   The Tanzanian government decided to move from December 22, 2003 to January 14, 2004 the session to open bids from 20 companies for a contract to import and install computer equipment  (...)  [256 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
Debt Remains a Problem
   While it praises the efforts of the Sudanese government, the IMF is questioning Khartoum's inability to reduce its foreign debt.  (...)  [366 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
Mugabe vs. Masiyiwa
   The Zimbabwean authorities threw themselves into a new wrestling match with the head of Econet Wireless and the Daily News.  (...)  [269 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Kibaki Develops His Native Region
   The Kenyan government is undertaking significant infrastructure work in President Mwai Kibaki's native region and its surroundings.  (...)  [290 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
Offer from a North Korean Firm
   A North Korean firm offered to construct a building in Kampala for the Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Movement.  (...)  [313 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Offshore Wars in Anjouan
   Two groups specializing in registering offshore firms and de-taxation are at war over getting their hands on the Anjouan label.  (...)  [329 words]   [$7]
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