Despite the disorder created by the "federalists" in the days leading up to the constitutional referendum in Madagascar, notably in Antseranana and Toamasina, ballot of August 19 finally took place in a peaceful atmosphere, with a 76 percent turnout, and [.
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For several weeks, fighting has been going on in and around the southern Sudanese capital of Juba, where about 300,000 [...]
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The first session of the Constitutional Committee of the Seychelles, after the elections on July 26 (ION N°538), composed of [...]
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While the agreement signed on August 7 in Rome by Mozambique's President Joaquim Chissano and the leader of the rebel [...]
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A grenade exploded on August 23 outside the headquarters of the Front Uni de l'Opposition, leaving two people injured, one [...]
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In a letter dated August 14, father J.P. Le Scour, secretary of the Southern African Bishops' Conference (SACBC) refugee committee, [...]
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The Ethiopian Medhin Democratic Party, founded discreetly in Washington D.C. in March by Goshu Wolde, the former Ethiopian foreign minister [...]
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Archbishop Manasses Kuria, leader of the Church of the Province of Kenya (CPK), and habitually a staunch critic of the [...]
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Fighting erupted last week in the port of Kisimayo, between the forces of the recently formed Somali National Alliance (SNA) [...]
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After months of indifference, the aid for Somalis threatened with famine because of drought and civil war, both in Somalia [...]
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General Omar al Bashir and his minister of finance, Abdelrahim [...]
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With the upcoming elections in Madagascar, president of the High [...]
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The mayor of the southern French port town of Marseille, [...]
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The vice-president of the National Election Committee, Dawit Yohannes announced [...]
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The Norwegian government has decided to merge its embassies and [...]
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A joint delegation composed of members from the General Council and the Regional Council of Reunion Island is due to [...]
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An official report commissioned by the Norwegian minister of foreign affairs from university professor Bjorn Rattso strongly criticises the economic [...]
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Under pressure from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank which issued an ultimatum to the Comoros government, forcing [...]
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The Standard Chartered Bank of London has set up operations in Tanzania and in the Seychelles. It is the first [...]
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Conserveries de l'Océan Indien (COI) a firm employing 400 people, may eventually be forced to shut down, due to a [...]
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While Zimbabwe was without electricity for a few hours on [...]
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A consortium of Czech and Slovak breweries may invest several [...]
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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Mauritius plans to [...]
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A human rights defence lawyer, Wasswa Lule was dismissed on August 18 from his official functions as deputy Inspector General [...]
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In the run up to the constitutional referendum, scheduled for September 4, the minister of labour and social law, has [...]
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An outsider in the presidential race in Madagascar, although an official candidate, this man is a brilliant demographer and statistician, [...]
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He was described as "a man of principle" by the Kenyan press, after his sudden fatal heart attack at Jomo [...]
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In a report communicated to the United States State Department [...]
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The new United States ambassador to Khartoum presented his credentials [...]
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The Mozambican minister of foreign affairs who signed an accord [...]
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