Squeezed in a pincer movement by growing insecurity in western Uganda (70,000 displaced persons around Bundibugyo, some 70 percent more than in January) and by the need to maintain a military presence in Democratic Republic of Congo, head of state [.
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A majority of Mozambique's opposition MPs complain bitterly but privately that their phone lines are bugged, both at home and [...]
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Former prime minister Anerood Jugnauth, the head of Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien (MSM, a majority movement in the opposition coalition with [...]
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After a short time of reflection, France last week suspended military cooperation activities with the new Comoros Islands authorities stemming [...]
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Sadiq al Mahdi's recent meeting in Geneva with Hassan al Turabi (ION 856) hasn't finished rocking the National Democratic Alliance [...]
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After the bombing of the Eritrean military base at Sawa in western Eritrea, Ethiopian MiG 23's again entered into action [...]
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Following on the whirlwind visit to Madagascar in March of [...]
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The Eritrean authorities have introduced new regulations for Ethiopians living [...]
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South Africa's minister for the public service and administration Dr. [...]
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The brief report in The Indian Ocean Newsletter of the [...]
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This engineer is the new head of the World Bank's [...]
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The cholera epidemic on Madagascar has forced tuna fishermen operating in the western Indian Ocean to modify their unloading ports. [...]
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South African groups are grabbing dominant positions in Mozambique's supermarkets sector. One example will be seen when South African real [...]
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Moshi police recently halted and detained a lorry owned by the local Coca-Cola franchise, Bonite Bottlers Ltd, which was found [...]
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A World Bank internal memo has clearly indicated that privatization of the state-owned utility Telkom Kenya Ltd will be an [...]
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Agence Française de Développement (ex-CFD) had envisaged awarding Madagascar's Jirama (national water services and electricity utility) a loan of FFr.100 [...]
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The government's introduction of a tax on residence permits (FFr.1,000 for a twelve-month document and up to FFr.7,000 for a [...]
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The decision of South Africa's minister of health Dr. Nkosazana Zuma to generalize the use of generic (unbranded) drugs in [...]
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Negotiations under way on a bilateral trade agreement between Kenya and the Republic of South Africa have raised tempers between [...]
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A judgement of Cape Town High Court filed on May [...]
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The US Treasury's decision on May 4 to unfreeze two [...]
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The chairman of the Sudanese Parliament's agricultural, animal and hydraulic affairs committee was on a visit to France this week [...]
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Bill Clinton has picked veteran US diplomat Johnnie Carson to take over from Ms. Prudence Bushnell as US ambassador to [...]
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A 46-year old civil servant is to replace David Dunn as head of the US State Department's East Africa Affairs [...]
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Less well known than his two brothers Joseph (the current information minister) and Norman (a Democratic Party opposition MP), Nhashon [...]
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It is in Paris that Djibouti's head of state Ismail Omar Gelleh (aka IOG) will effect from May 25 to [...]
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Changes for several diplomats in the Sudanese embassy in Paris are being planned for the coming months. Press attaché Khalid [...]
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The Comoros Islands regime installed by the coup d'état led by colonel Assumani Azzali continues to collect backhanders in its [...]
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Bridge Africa of Kenilworth (South Africa) has projects everywhere in [...]
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Strange as it seems, the three most likely opposition candidates [...]
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Greg A. Lanham, the vice-chairman and general manager of Anadarko [...]
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