Somalia is fast becoming the new rear base for Islamic fundamentalist groups which previously worked out of Sudan or Yemen. For about a year but increasingly since the failedassassination attempt against Egyptian head of state Hosni Mubarak, groups of so-called [.
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During a news conference in Addis Ababa on December 6, Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi again called on the Organization [...]
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No less than 506 hopefuls, including 190 independents, put in their applications to become parliamentary candidates this week as the [...]
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On the edges of the Francophone Summit in Cotonou, the Comoros islands foreign minister (and possible presidential candidate) Abdallah Mouzaoir [...]
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Replying to an invitation from Said Hilali, former counsellor to Comoros Islands head of state Said Mohamed Djohar, several Comoros [...]
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In a handwritten letter obviously penned in haste on November 29, Ismail Omar Gelleh, the nephew (and chef de cabinet) [...]
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Following the "cultural exception" which became the leitmotif of the Fifth Francophone Summit held on Mauritius, the Sixth Summit came [...]
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On two separate occasions in Maputo last month, representatives of the European Union met with head of state Joaquim Chiassano [...]
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The French government tabled a Bill before the national assembly last month to authorize the use of government decrees in [...]
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In December 1994, the Portuguese government decided for electoral purposes [...]
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In a letter of December 5 delivered by fax to [...]
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According to the latest newsletter of Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council [...]
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In its latest report, the European Union general accounting office has fingered the enormous lateness on the project to dredge [...]
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French major agro-food group Danone plans to establish itself in the Republic of South Africa following the signature in January [...]
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The depreciation of the Ugandan shilling against the US dollar (dropping from US$1 = 900 shillings a few months ago [...]
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US vice president Al Gore was in the Republic of South Africa on December 4 to meet his South African [...]
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In the absence of head of state Albert Zafy, away attending the Francophone Summit in Cotonou, Madagascar's council of ministers [...]
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At the end of a three-day visit to Djibouti last week, Ethiopian transport and telecommunications minister Abdul Mejid Hussein said [...]
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The European Union is preparing to finance a vast family planning programme amounting to ECU 14.8 million (US$18.9 million) in [...]
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Finance minister James Michel this week presented a 1966 budget [...]
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The International Monetary Fund says that it has decided to [...]
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Some 62 percent of the 3,900 tons of merchandise, valued [...]
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The fact that the LP-MMM opposition alliance is seen as winning the general election on December 20 means that the [...]
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Three hot potatoes await the new head of the European Union's delegation to Madagascar, Guy Petitpierre. The sensitive dossiers are [...]
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Installed (in order of protocol) after the Francophone doyens Gabon's Omar Bongo and Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko, the chair of [...]
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The publisher of the magazine Independent, which has ceased publication, [...]
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The Anglican archbishop of Cape Town (and 1984 Nobel Peace [...]
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Yemen's representative with the Arab League announced in Cairo this [...]
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The secretary general of the Organization of African Unity, speaking [...]
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Head of state Yoweri Museveni this week threatened Khartoum with [...]
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