The irregular privatization of the Comoros' flag carrier Air Comores (ION N° 628) in favour of an alleged international financier calling himself Rowland Ashley has become a full-blown state affair on the archipelago, and a very smelly bad-egg with Paris.
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Delegates to the Somali Salvation Democratic Front's fifth congress have re-elected colonel Abdulahi Yussuf Ahmed as chairman of the political [...]
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French ambassador to Mali Jean-Didier Roisin is expected to take up a new appointment shortly as France's ambassador to Madagascar, [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter from diplomatic sources, France's present ambassador to Brunei, Jean-Marie Momal, is [...]
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Khartoum and all Sudan's major towns have seen the cost of living become absolutely prohibitive even for families enjoying revenues [...]
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Belgium's interest in Tanzania is in process of being confirmed. According to its Agence Générale à la Coopération au Développement [...]
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Reform of stevedoring services in Reunion's Pointe des Galets port which were begun on August first has involved a cut [...]
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Mozambique's cooperation minister, Jacinto Veloso, and the head of France's mission for cooperation and cultural action in Maputo, Jean Habert, [...]
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Mozambique's finance ministry this week opened an audit on the accounts held by the country's embassy and consulate in Pretoria, [...]
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Overseas Trade Services, a British government body which coordinates export promotion, has published a list of target countries for Britain's [...]
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An Italian-registered fishing vessel, the Airone, carrying thirty-two crew members was boarded by Mejertein clansmen on August 13 when offshore [...]
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The British printing firm of Thomas De La Rue has [...]
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A recent study by the World Bank entitled "Africa can [...]
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In Fiscal 1994-1995, Ethiopia expects to receive just over US$1.1 [...]
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Work on renovating the passenger terminal at Entebbe international airport [...]
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Canada's secretary of state for Latin American and African affairs, [...]
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The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry is to organize [...]
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Ethiopia's chief special prosecutor, Girma Wakjira, announced in Addis Ababa on August 23 that a first group of senior government [...]
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Formed from dissidents of Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) behind deputy prime minister Prem Nababsing and industry minister Jean Claude De [...]
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In a letter to South Africa's deputy defence minister Ronnie Kasrils dated August 29, the humanitarian organization Pax Christi says [...]
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The Italian religious community Santo Egidio, which had provided accommodation during the peace talks on Mozambique in Rome, has issued [...]
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Madagascar's recent ministerial reshuffle (ION N° 635) may see the departure of the governor of the Madagascar central bank, Raoul [...]
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A communique released on August 25 under the signature of Dahir Mire Jibril, who is information secretary for colonel Abdulahi [...]
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The chairman of the Ethiopian Democratic Party, Girma Iyassu Menelik, [...]
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The Kenyan government has dismissed all doctors and specialists in [...]
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Initially planned for September first (see "Launching RMM" on page [...]
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According to the official news agency ENA, the head of [...]
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The head of RENAMO told the Portuguese daily Jornal de [...]
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The South African head of state has accepted an invitation [...]
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During a visit to Zimbabwe this week, Sudan's foreign minister [...]
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