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/ 6 January 1999

MOZ CUTS FUEL COSTS

MOZAMBIQUE’S Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced cuts in fuel prices with effect from Wednesday. The price of jet fuel is down 11,2% and petrol 2,5% while the price of diesel falls by 2,3%. The price of cooking gas has been reduced by 15,2% and kerosene by 13,1% a litre. The price cuts […]

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/ 6 January 1999

CAPRIVI REFUGEES DECISION IMMINENT

SOME 2000 Namibian refugees who fled the Caprivi Strip during a recent crackdown on secessionists will know “within days” if they are to be granted political in Botswana. According to a spokesperson of the Botswana government, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees is expected to finish interviewing the asylum seekers within the next few […]

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/ 6 January 1999

KENYA BUYS MAIZE

THE Kenyan government has instructed the state-owned National Cereals and Produce Board to immediately set up 26 new depots in the country to store maize, the state-owned KBC radio reported on Wednesday. The radio, quoting Agriculture minister Musalia Mudavadi, said famine is threatening some regions of Kenya because of drought, and that the government will […]

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/ 6 January 1999

NYERERE SLAMS ‘FOREIGNISATION’

TANZANIA’s first president Julius Nyerere has the government for its decision to privatise public firms. Addressing the fourth provincial chapter of the East African Province of the Holy Ghost, the elder statesman said that to privatise the economy of a country like Tanzania, where there is no private sector, is to “foreignise” it.

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/ 6 January 1999

GORILLA MAN SLEEPS THROUGH TRIAL

ISAAC MOFOKENG (29), the man accused of shooting Johannesburg Zoo’s Max the gorilla, fell asleep during his trial in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. He has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, including rape, abduction, housebreaking and malicious damage to property (Max the gorilla). Mofokeng has managed to delay his trial through bizarre behaviour […]

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/ 6 January 1999

ALGERIA TO BOOST JOBS

NEW Algerian Prime Minister Smail Hamdani will spell out his economic reforms to the national assembly on Thursday. Hamdani, who was once considered one of the theorists of “Algerian socialism” under the late president Houari Boumediene, has said he plans to create almost 1,2-million jobs this year by “realising” 15850 investment projects currently in the […]

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/ 6 January 1999

NO HEAT FOR AIR IVOIRE

A NUMBER of large airlines thought to be interested in buying the Cote d’Ivoire’s national airline, Air Ivoire, have snubbed the deal and are refusing to commit to any proposals. Aviation source said on Tuesday that 19 major airlines which initially showed interest in buying the 51% shares at stake in Air Ivoire have not […]

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/ 6 January 1999

DOZENS OF CONGO MILITIA KILLED

CONGO (Brazzaville) government forces killed dozens of militia foes in fighting near the capital and prepared for a new offensive after losing at least four men and two armoured vehicles, army sources said on Wednesday. Forces backing President Denis Sassou Nguesso killed several dozen of the so-called Ninja militiamen in operations on Tuesday to flush […]

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/ 6 January 1999

LESOTHO TREASON TRIAL DELAYED

A MARATHON high treason trial involving 32 police officers in the Lesotho High Court failed to proceed on Tuesday following failure by the prosecution to appear in court. Presiding Judge Baptista Molai explained that for unknown reasons the crown counsel failed to appear and the trial was postponed to February 2. The 32 police officers […]

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/ 6 January 1999

BOTSWANA INFLATION UP

BOTSWANA’S inflation rate increased to 6,4% in December, up from November’s 6,2%, the Bank of Botswana announced on Wednesday. The all items consumer price index was up to 115,3 from 114,9 the previous month, from a base of 100 in November 1996. The bank says it expects inflation to rise further, largely as a result […]