The recent resignation of former minister of labour and youth Augustine Lyatonga Mrema from the ranks of the Chama cha Mapinduzi government party (ION N° 663) and his crossover last week to lawyer Mabere Marando's opposition party NCCR-Mageuzi is certain [.
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Coinciding more or less with the opening of an Iranian cultural centre in Kampala, a pro-Iranian publication called Al Aafaaq [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter from diplomatic sources in Nairobi, the Kenyan government, spurred on by [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, in December 1994 Malaysian army officers invited the two major factions [...]
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In a two-page fax message from Hargeisa on January 12 to the "Djibouti SA support group", president Mohamed Ibrahim Egal [...]
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Christopher Gill, the Democratic Party's sole elected MP in the national assembly, was barred on March 18 from attending the [...]
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The annual report of the US State Department's Bureau for International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Affairs presented to Congress [...]
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Since the beginning of its rebellion against the leadership of colonel John Garang at the head of the Sudanese People's [...]
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Ethiopia's Council of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy (CAFPD, opposition) nominated five members on March 15 to negotiate with [...]
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The precious spin-off of the agreement signed between Mozambique and the White farmers' federations from Natal and Transvaal (ION N° [...]
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Some signs of dissension have appeared among the various groups [...]
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Armed conflict between elements of the Oromo Liberation Front and [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, Sudanese [...]
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According to sources close to the political opposition, anti-government units [...]
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The Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority (MEDIA), which promotes the island's exports and seeks to encourage foreign investors, is [...]
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator John Hicks recently praised the efforts of his agency in improving the [...]
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The Seychelles Central Bank is moving to stop the government pipeline foreign exchange scheme being used for black market currency [...]
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French flag carrier Air France's weekly flight between Paris and Maputo via Johannesburg, suspended at end-December following a serious financial [...]
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Australia's trade minister Bob McMullan is due to visit Mauritius, South Africa and Zimbabwe from March 23 to 31 at [...]
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A consortium of Zimbabwean companies says a feasibility study will get under way shortly for a multi-million dollar investment project [...]
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French industrial group Bolloré, which was due to finalize an [...]
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The chamber of commerce in Addis Ababa is to organize [...]
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A conference on computer-based information services (Internet, email, etc) in [...]
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In December 1994, Tanzanian businessman Reginal Abraham Mengi asked his Tanzanian lawyers and their correspondents in Paris, Derains & Associés, [...]
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A citizen of Saudi Arabia who is probably close to his country's military intelligence service, colonel Abdurahman Al Gaydi has [...]
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France's new ambassador to Mozambique to replace outgoing Robert Puissant, who has served since July 1993, has been appointed. It [...]
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Gauteng Province's new director general of administrative services under prime minister Mosima Tokyo Sexwale takes up his post next month. [...]
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Ethiopia's head of state Meles Zenawi has officially confirmed that [...]
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The Republic of South Africa's new director general in the [...]
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The Seychelles head of state announced a mini-cabinet reshuffle this [...]
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The non-profit association Leader France Madagascar Avenir, which is the [...]
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