Hitting before the Sudanese army could launch its end-of-rainy-season offensive against positions held by Sudanese People's Liberation Army units headed by colonel John Garang around Nimule, on the Ugandan frontier, the SPLA move into action in Equatoria Oriental on October [.
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Zimbabwe's security services foiled an assassination attempt on former Ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam, who has lived in exile in [...]
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Information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter this week permits the assertion that about the end of March or beginning [...]
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When MV Vulcain, chartered by the Virgin Islands-registered Neptune Shipping International Company headed by international soldier of fortune Bob Denard [...]
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The capture of Baidoa in September by supporters of general Mohamed Farah Aideed (ION N° 686) has been followed by [...]
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First results of Tanzania's October 29 parliamentary elections give Chama cha Mapinduzi (government party) a strong lead with 160 MPs [...]
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More than two weeks after Chama cha Mapinduzi (government) headed by Salmin Amour was declared winner of the presidential and [...]
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According to Radio Asmara monitored by the BBC on November 2, Eritrea's national assembly debated the country's six administrative regions [...]
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Despite a low voter turnout, unofficial results of Madagascar's municipal elections announced on November 5 put opposition candidates into town [...]
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Sources say that two opponents of the regime of head [...]
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BBC Somali-language broadcasts claimed on November 6 that Libyan head [...]
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The Comoros Islands national assembly was not occupied on November [...]
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South African Airways has finally plumped for US aircraft manufacturer Boeing Aircraft Corp to supply the airline's new long-range jets [...]
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Chevrolet trucks, four-wheel drive vehicles, as well as vehicles from US auto builder General Motors including Cadillacs will be available [...]
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Association Madagascar Avenir, founded in March this year and chaired by Raphael Jakoba, is organizing a conference on November 30 [...]
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The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation's monopoly is living its last hours: the end will come by the last days of March. [...]
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The growing hold in Mozambique by Portuguese economic, cultural and even sporting interests is increasingly irritating local officials. Those most [...]
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A Call for pre-qualification bids has been issued on a contract for the management concession of an 11-hectare Export Processing [...]
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A government Bill tabled in the Seychelles parliament may make the Seychelles a haven for foreign investors and fugitives. The [...]
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The meeting of the World Bank consultative group on Kenya which was to have been held in Paris at the [...]
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France's regional directorate for foreign trade (Reunion Island representative: Pierre [...]
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Madagascar has officially ratified the Marakech Agreement setting up the [...]
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The former fisheries division of Seychelles Marketing Board which was [...]
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A representative of the French-owned company Bolloré, principal shareholder in [...]
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The Ethiopian government hopes to collect some US$50 million in [...]
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French cooperation minister Jacques Godfrain, who got back his ministerial [...]
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The Ugandan MP, who is currently managing director of the consultancy Community Management Services in Kampala, appears to be one [...]
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The appointment of Dr. Mohamed Gharib Bilal as chief minister of the government in Zanzibar (Tanzania) (see "New cabinet in [...]
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Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has confirmed the ION report (ION N° 691) of Martin John Williams, CVO, OBE, as [...]
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Named paymaster-general on October 25 by the new prime minister Mohamed Caabi El Yachroutu, Abal Anrab Chacourou (aka Gaga) was [...]
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The Comoros Islands head of state was received this week [...]
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US assistant secretary of state for African affairs George Moose [...]
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Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres, who became acting prime minister [...]
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Zimbabwe's acting finance minister announced in Harare on November 8 [...]
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