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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Quota System for Second-Hand Clothes in Uganda

Imports of second-hand clothes, called ?mivumba,? which represented a market of more than $22 million in Uganda in 2002, will [...]

Subscribers only 16.01.2004

Tanzania
Threat to Lucrative Nile Perch in Tanzania

Exports of fish fillets (Nile perch from Lake Victoria Nile) to the European Union (EU), which brought $140 million to [...]

Subscribers only 16.01.2004

Ethiopia
Ethio-Israel Friendship Association

The president of the Ethio-Israel Friendship Association, who went to [...]

Subscribers only 16.01.2004

Sudan
Threat to Oil Companies

The agreement on the share-out of oil revenue between north and south Sudan that was finally signed last week between [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2004

Eritrea
Afrex Takes Over from Anadarko

Australia's Afrex plans to explore the offshore around Dahlak islands in Eritrea, an area that Anadarko already looked at before Eritrea's war with Ethiopia.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2004

Uganda
Examining Bids for Bujagali

The second call to tender for the construction of the Bujagali dam on the Nile

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2004

Sudan
Harbin Power in Fresh Venture

Hardly had Harbin Power finished building a first power station in Sudan than the Chinese group landed a fresh contract with Khartoum.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2004

Ethiopia
Ezedin Ali

A long-serving Ethiopian mines and energy minister - he held the job for nearly 20 years—Ezedin Ali died last month. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2004

Spotlight | Sudan
The U.S. Pushes for a Global Accord

The American government is pushing for a global peace agreement to be signed before February.

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2004

Tanzania
No Results for Inquiry Commission

An inquiry commission's failure to publish a report on a Lake Victoria navigation accident illustrates a common practice.

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Ethiopia
Israeli Firms on the Offensive

Several Israeli firms' search for new contracts was an important dimension of the visit of the Israeli minister of foreign affairs, Silvan Shalom, to Addis Ababa this week.

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Canada, Kenya
Peter Rateng Oginga Ogego

The executive director of the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation has just been named Kenya's ambassador to Canada. Peter Nicholas Rateng [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Ethiopia | INDUSTRY
A Pharmaceutical Plant Closes its Doors in Ethiopia

The Faws Pharmaceutical plant, which only began producing medication two months ago, was forced to close its doors. The company [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

South Africa, Tanzania | TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A South African Firm's Debts in Tanzania

For several months, various public Tanzanian organizations have been investigating the South African firm that built relays for Vodacom Tanzania [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Sudan | OIL
Troubles Ahead for ONGC in Sudan

The most recent arrival among foreign oil companies in Sudan, the Indian firm ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), will no doubt [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Uganda
Militarization of the Acholi Region

The residents of the country's north fear that the army and militias' mobilization against the rebellion will increase violence in the region.

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2004

Ethiopia
The secretary of state for trade and industry

The secretary of state for trade and industry, Fantaye Biftu, [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Eritrea
Eritrean demobilization program

The former head of the Eritrean demobilization program has just [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Uganda
Islamic University

The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), based in Mbale, has [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Australia, Eritrea | HARDMAN RESOURCES
An Offshore License in Eritrea for an Australian Consortium

A consortium of three Australian oil companies this week signed [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Eritrea | NICE
A Private Insurance Company is Privatized in Eritrea

The Eritrean government is planning to privatise the National Insurance [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Kenya | CBC
Kenya Conference Postponed

During President Mwai Kibaki's visit to London in mid-October 2003, [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Ethiopia, Kenya | MEDEF
Missions to Ethiopia and Kenya

In addition to its planned visit to Mozambique from March [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Puntland, Somalia, Somaliland | SABC
Concern over the Tension Between Somaliland and Puntland

The Somalia Aid Coordination Body (SABC), which is based in [...]

Subscribers only 09.01.2004

Ethiopia | ADDIS ABEBA
EPRDF Wants More Conciliatory Journalists

In addition to the efforts of the former Voice of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2004

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