Negotiations between the Djibouti government and the International Monetary Fund might wind up before end-1995 in an agreement which will permit a decision on an international donor conference in October. But there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, as [.
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Fighting broke out again in Mogadiscio last week between general Mohamed Farah Aideed's Habr Gedir militiamen and their Abgal rivals [...]
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The noisy diplomatic quarrel between Washington and Pretoria over South Africa's signature of an agreement with Iran to buy and [...]
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Former interior minister Augustine Mrema, who is now the NCCR-Mageuzi (opposition party) candidate in the October presidential runoff, has launched [...]
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After six weeks of argy-bargy between head of state Albert Zafy and his prime minister Francisque Ravony (ION N° 681), [...]
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The opposition movement RENAMO headed by Afonso Dhlakama has pinpointed the discussion theme of national interest which it needs to [...]
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Indigo Publications group, whose publications include The Indian Ocean Newsletter, has published "Madagascar: 100 Hommes de Pouvoir", the first edition [...]
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The political crisis sparked by the agreement between Air Comores and Menon Airways exploded into a government reshuffle at the [...]
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A first meeting of KANU (government party) representatives and delegates from opposition movements was held discreetly in Kenya last week [...]
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The campaign for the multiparty elections, scheduled for October 29, got under way this week amid a certain amount of [...]
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Sudanese head of state general Omar Al Bechir rejigged senior officials in the country's security and police forces on August [...]
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Following the general elections (ION N° 672) which endorsed the political hegemony of Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, the next [...]
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Uganda's presidential election will be held in the third week [...]
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Zimbabwe's presidential election will be held in the first quarter [...]
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Hard on the heels of legislation on management concessions or privatization of Comoros Islands' publicly-owned companies which head of state [...]
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As the United States beavers to boost its exports to newly-liberalized Zimbabwe, United States Export-Import Bank board director Ms. Julie [...]
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Two representatives of the US giant Heinz Foods are currently in The Seychelles finalizing negotiations to take over the state-owned [...]
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The fifteenth annual session of heads of states of member-countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Johannesburg this [...]
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The Ugandan government recently converted a US$40 million debt of Uganda Electricity Board (UEB), due on a loan from the [...]
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The Ethiopian government has decided to postpone the feasibility study [...]
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The United States Trade Representative office on August 18 published [...]
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Banque Française pour le Commerce Extérieure, Indosuez and Société Générale [...]
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Roland and Bernard Maurel of Mauritius have sold their majority [...]
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The transport ministers of Mozambique and South Africa met in [...]
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As president of Madagascar's constitutional high court since August 1992, Norbert Ratsirahonana has been instrumental in mediating the formation of [...]
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Following the appointment on July 12 of brigadier Jean Paul Gerard Dellenbach as senior commander of Forces Armées Françaises de [...]
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The arrival in Tehran last month of Moosa Mohamed Moolla, as South Africa's first ambassador to Iran since the two [...]
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The new French ambassador to Mauritius is a career diplomat who is an India and Asia specialist. Graduating from the [...]
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Belgium's new ambassador to Tanzania is a man who has [...]
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Djibouti's head of state will be making an official visit [...]
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The archbishop of Canterbury, Rev. George Carey, is expected to [...]
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Kenya's head of state told a public meeting on August [...]
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