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[Excerpt] The secretary general of the Organization of African Unity, OAU, His Excellency Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, arrived at Moshoeshoe I International Airport last night on an official visit. Dr. Salim and his delegation were welcomed under a heavy drizzle by the minister of foreign affairs, the Honorable Molapo Qhobel... | [
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The UN secretary general's special representative, Aldo Ajello, has reiterated that elections will only be held in Mozambique once all troops have been demobilized. Ajello was reacting to an AFP report that the UN could agree to elections being held in October even if the two armies were in place. AFP based its report ... | [
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The Mozambican Government has reiterated that it intends and is willing to have general elections by not later than October 1994 in line with the General Peace Accord timetable. That is according to NOTICIAS which cites a statement issued by the government. NOTICIAS says that is the first government reaction to the rec... | [
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The Mozambican Government is to begin demobilizing its forces from assembly areas at once without waiting for the Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo]. This was disclosed by Labor Minister Teodato Hunguana at the end of yet another meeting of the Supervision and Control Commission [CSC]. He said the government's dec... | [
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The MOZAMBIQUE INFORMATION AGENCY reports that the Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] yesterday boycotted a meeting of the Cease-Fire Commission. The source says the government and UN delegations waited for the Renamo delegation for more than 60 minutes, adding that so far no explanation has been given about the b... | [
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Sadako Ogata, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, arrived in Maputo this afternoon to review progress made in the repatriation of about 1.7 million Mozambican refugees. During her stay in Mozambique, Sadako Ogata will hold meetings with President Joaquim Chissano, senior government and Mozambique National Resistance off... | [
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[Speech by King Mswati III at the opening of the Sixth Parliament in Lobamba on 18 February--live] Your majesty the Ndlovukazi, your royal highnesses, right honorable prime minister, chiefs, excellencies, members of the diplomatic corps, honorable ministers, Mr. President and honorable members of the House of Senate, ... | [
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[Interview with IFP Chairman Frank Mdlalose an ANC Deputy Secretary General Jacob Zuma by SABC announcer Leslie Mashokwe in the Durban studio -- live] [Mashokwe] Tonight we welcome you from our studios in Durban, where we've had a historic meeting between the leader of the IFP [Inkatha Freedom Party], Dr. Mangosuthu B... | [
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The kwaZulu Legislative Assembly caucus has supported the agreement reached between Mr. Mandela and Dr. Buthelezi on international mediation. However, it questioned the deadline for the registration of political parties, saying there could be no solution if the process of registering parties ran its course before media... | [
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[Report bu Craig Doonan] Durban March 2 SAPA -- Inkatha Freedom Party [IFP] leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Wednesday [2 March] called for a Zulu kingdom separate from the rest of South Africa and said the kwaZulu government could not be held responsible for the Zulu nation's anger if elections proceeded without this d... | [
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Dr. Mangosuthu Buthelezi has denied reports that Mr. Mandela has offered a post as vice president to ensure the IFP's [Inkatha Freedom Party] participation in the election. However, he confirmed that he and Mr. Mandela had discussed possible positions the IFP would be qualified for in the future government. | [
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[Report by S. Denny] Durban March 2 SAPA--The leaders of the Freedom Alliance have been summoned to an emergency meeting in Cape Town on Thursday [3 March] to discuss its latest position, SABC [South African Broadcasting Corporation] radio news reported on Wednesday. This follows talks between African National Congres... | [
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Cape Town March 3 SAPA -- The Freedom Alliance [FA] would make a decision on registering for the elections once there was a clear response to its proposal for international mediation, its leaders decided in Cape Town on Thursday [3 March]. At a meeting in a Constantia hotel it was decided to appoint a committee to inve... | [
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[Report by C. Doonan] Durban March 3 SAPA -- State President F W de Klerk said on Thursday [3 March] he did not believe there was enough time for mediation to bring the Inkatha Freedom Party [IFP] back into South Africa's transition and urged ongoing dialogue to achieve this end. "I don't think mediation is a very exp... | [
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[Report by L. Braid] Cape Town March 2 SAPA -- President F W de Klerk on Wednesday [2 March] advised Freedom Alliance parties to register for the election to ensure their voice was heard and so that they could participate in negotiations. "My advice is for them to register and participate. They will not be giving anyt... | [
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The newly founded African Christian Democratic Party, the ACDP, has launched its manifesto. It aims to provide a platform for what it calls the silent majority who want peace. The ACDP says its image, unlike those of other parties, is not scarred by the past. The party's president-elect, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, says h... | [
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The 20th party that will take part in the election registered this morning. The Luso South African Party, Lusap, will represent primarily the Portuguese community. | [
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Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha says a party cannot come to power, no matter with what majority, if it cannot cope with the economic challenges of Africa. Addressing a National Party gathering in Johannesburg's southern suburbs last night, Mr. Botha said the ANC [African National Congress] was so busy with its inter... | [
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Pretoria March 3 SAPA -- The Afrikaner Volksfront [National Front -- AVF] on Thursday [3 March] denied that there was "any talk" of a split in its ranks. AVF media secretary Stephan Maninger said in a statement: "The National Party media is usually inclined to reach new heights of the imagination shortly before the ele... | [
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Pretoria March 1 SAPA -- Members of the National Peace Keeping Force [NPKF] are refusing to continue training until a dispute over a disparity in salaries has been resolved, the NPKF's Command Council said on Tuesday [1 March]. A NPKF statement said both the Command Council and the NPKF's general officer commanding, Ma... | [
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Groups of soldiers are reported to be going absent without leave from the National Peacekeeping Force Barracks at De Brug near Bloemfontein. Our Bloemfontein news staff reports that the soldiers, carrying their baggage, have been seen on the way to the city. They refused to talk to reporters, and it's not known whether... | [
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Pretoria March 2 SAPA -- The Transitional Executive Council [TEC] said on Wednesday problems at the National Peacekeeping Force [NPKF] barracks at De Brug Base outside Bloemfontein were administrative. In a statement in Pretoria, the council said senior administrative members had left for De Brug to urge striking train... | [
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The Transitional Executive Council has approved a 129 million rand budget for the National Peacekeeping Force. The budget covers the cost of the peacekeeping force until 31 March. It covers salary and administration costs for both the De Brug Camp near Bloemfontein and the camp near Koeberg. | [
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The Transitional Executive Council hopes to settle matters today with members of the National Peacekeeping Force at De Brug near Bloemfontein who are striking over a wage dispute. About 80 percent of the force went on strike on Tuesday, and many left the base because they did not receive the top scale for their rank as... | [
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Cape Town March 1 SAPA--The Transitional Executive Council [TEC] has resolved that the R[rand]90-billion housing plan announced by Housing Minister Louis Shill should be suspended until the controversy about the matter has been settled, SABC [South African Broadcasting Corporation] radio news reported on Tuesday [1 Mar... | [
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The ANC [African National Congress] has warned financial institutions against involvement in the 90-billion-rand housing program announced by the minister of national housing, Mr. Louis Shill. The party said it would not recognize any such contracts signed before the election, and said the scheme would have to be sanct... | [
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[By political correspondent Pierre Claassen] Cape Town March 1 SAPA -- ANC [African National Congress] Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the resignation of National Housing Minister Louis Shill for trying to hijack political benefit for the National Party [NP] government by announcing a multi-billion ho... | [
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[Report by E. van Wyk] Pretoria March 1 SAPA -- Housing Minister Louis Shill on Tuesday [1 March] denied that the government's announcement of a R[rand]90 billion housing plan was premature and accused the National Housing Forum [NHF] of delaying tactics to obstruct its implementation. "By frustrating the housing proc... | [
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Foreign Minister Durao Barroso is in South Africa. He will meet the community at a time of great uncertainty in the country. The are concerned about the political changes. Maria de Lurdes Torcato was at the airport when the minister arrived. [Begin recording] [Torcato] Durao Barroso is going to Cape Town where he is ... | [
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[Editorial Report] THE CITIZEN Housing Scheme Becomes `Political Football' -- Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English on 2 March in its page-6 editorial comments on Housing Minister Louis Shill's announcement of a 90 billion rand housing plan, saying "it is a shame that a vast housing scheme for the low-income group should... | [
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Libreville, 2 Mar (AFP) -- The fifth conference of African finance ministers today severely criticized the recent "substantial and uncoordinated" devaluation of the CFA franc. The criticisms are contained in the resolution the participants adopted in Libreville on the last day of the meeting held under the auspices of ... | [
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Accra, 2 Mar (GNA/PANA) -- Twelve people were killed and 21 others wounded when soldiers shot to disperse a crowd that besieged the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) in Tamale, Ghana's northern regional capital on Monday [1 March], police said in Accra on Tuesday. Nine of the victims died during the incident while th... | [
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It seems as if the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] are finally reaching agreements on specific principles and modalities of national reconciliation and may soon close down this topic. Today, more than ever before, the news blackout was reinforced in Lusaka. The only inform... | [
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The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Bill and the Electoral Amendment Bill have both been approved by Parliament. The Constitutional Bill was approved by 115 votes to 33, while the Electoral Bill was approved by 170 votes to 28. Dissenting parties to the Constitutional Bill in the House of Assembl... | [
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State President F.W. de Klerk has ruled out a reconvening of parliament before the election next month. Speaking at a news conference at Tuynhuys in Cape Town he said the constitution had been amended to accommodate the demands of the Freedom Alliance, and that it was now up to the Alliance to make a tangible contribut... | [
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[From the "Focus on Africa" program] Very little is being said about the state of play in the border row between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsula and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea. The region has been the scene of clashes, of troop movements, and flight of populations of Nigerian nationals. Now, Pre... | [
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Yaounde, 3 Mar (AFP)--Cameroonian President Paul Biya said today in Yaounde that he wanted a "peaceful, final, and lasting solution" to the border dispute between his country and Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsula. In a very short statement on national television following the visit of Togolese President Gnassingbe Eya... | [
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[Excerpts] The border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria on the Bakassi Peninsula has taken on a new dimension. Nigerian Foreign Minister Babagana Kingibe says the situation could become explosive if something is not done quickly to get back to dialogue, but above all, he directly attacked France. In the view of the ... | [
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Yaounde, 3 Mar (AFP) -- Cameroonian media ran a number of articles today on the Nigeria-Cameroon border conflict. The media ran numerous calls to be "vigilant," and questioned the possibility of a possible "costly war." Independent newspapers openly criticized the "silence" observed by the Yaounde government on the mat... | [
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Ndjamena, 3 Mar (AFP) -- Chadian Interior Minister Abderamane Izzo today accused Moise Kette, chairman of the National Awakening Committee for Peace and Democracy [CSNPD], a political and military movement operating in the south of Chad, of causing the failure of the recent peace talks in Bangui. "Through the CSNPD's f... | [
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Libreville, 3 Mar (AFP) -- President Omar Bongo today invited "all the leaders of legally recognized political parties" to meet him on 7 March, following the civil strife that claimed nine lives in Libreville last week, according to official sources. This meeting is "part of necessary consultations with various nationa... | [
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President Habyarimana yesterday received the UN secretary general's special representative, Jacques-Roger Booh Booh, and Tanzanian Ambassador Stanley Tambwe. Jacques-Roger Booh Booh and Stanley Tambwe expressed their optimism concerning progress in talks aimed at achieving the establishment of the national assembly and... | [
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[Article by C.B.: "Controversial Transition in Zaire"] The High Council of the Transitional Republic-Parliament met this week in Kinshasa, holding a plenary session after one month's suspension of activities. But it appears that many irreconcilable differences remain, on the appointment of army chiefs, governors of th... | [
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[Speech by President Meles Zenawi on the occasion of the 98th anniversary of victory in the Battle of Adwa; place and date not given -- recorded] [Excerpts] [passage omitted] The main objective of the transitional period is to draft and approve the country's constitution with the full participation of the people and, b... | [
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Kakamega, 4 Mar (KNA) -- The former MP for Lugari Mr. Apili Wawire, vying for the seat on a KANU [Kenya African National Union] ticket, today trounced his two opponents, former cabinet minister, Burudi Nabwera, FORD [Forum for the Restoration of Democracy]-Kenya, and Mr Nathan Fendha [FORD-Asili] in the just ended Luga... | [
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[Excerpts] KANU's [Kenya African National Union] Apili Wawire was today declared the winner of the Lugari by-election after trouncing his closest rival, Burudi Nabwera. [passage omitted] The hotly contested race, seen as a battle between KANU and FORD [Forum for the Restoration of Democracy]-Kenya, saw repeat results o... | [
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[Article by Emman Omari and Caleb Atemi] [Excerpts] General service unit [GSU] and regular policemen fired into the air and sealed off the biggest polling station in Lugari [western Kenya] for 30 minutes during by-election voting yesterday. There was no explanation for the siege of Lumakanda divisional headquarters but... | [
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[Excerpt] His Excellency President Daniel arap Moi today said he was concerned that certain embassies were showing open support for subversive elements operating in the country in the name of democracy. The president said it was saddening that some opposition groups had issued threats of terrorism in the run-up to the ... | [
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We have just heard that for about half an hour this morning about 20 Somalis directed fire at the former Embassy in Mogadishu, in which a unit of the contingent is based. Guards returned fire, as did the crews on two caterpillar vehicles that were returning to the base when they also came under attack. No s have been... | [
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[Excerpt] Before we go, let us return live to Mogadishu, where our correspondent Carmen Lasorella is inside the embassy that was attacked by Somali rebels a few hours ago. What is the current situation? [Lasorella, on telephone] The situation is that the calm did not last very long. About 15 minutes ago Somali snipers ... | [
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[Excerpts] The Embassy in Mogadishu has been attacked. [passage omitted] Our correspondent Carmen Lasorella reports from the embassy in Mogadishu. [Lasorella] I am calling you from the embassy, where everything is back to normal. There are no signs of tension -- not even on the road. Outside the embassy, the usual gro... | [
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[Report by N. Patterton] Johannesburg, March 4 SAPA -- It was not the Afrikaner Volksfront's [AVF, Afrikaner National Front] policy to become involved in hit squad activites, AVF leader Gen Constand Viljoen said on Friday [4 March]. He was speaking against the background of a SOWETAN newspaper report of an alleged rig... | [
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[Report by Chris Whitfield, political correspondent] Cape Town -- The Conservative Party [CP] is so racked by internal dissent that it could see a breakaway right-wing group registering for the election. A group of CP MPs made it clear during a caucus meeting yesterday that they believed the party should go to the pol... | [
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The Conservative Party [CP] says there is absolute solidarity in its ranks, and it has accused what it called the left-wing media of trying to cause divisions in the right wing. The party's chief secretary, Dr. Lem Theron, said the reason for the campaign was the success achieved by the CP during the past 12 years in e... | [
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[Report by E van Wyk] Pretoria March 3 SAPA -- Conservative Party [CP] MP Piet Gous on Thursday [3 March] rejected the "government-inspired" attempt to sow division among rightwingers and suggestions that he was committed to participation in the elections. "I have never experienced any yearning to betray my people in ... | [
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Conservative Party leader Dr. Ferdi Hartzenberg says his party stands by its decision not to participate in the election. Speaking in Roodepoort last night, Dr. Hartzenberg said the latest concessions by the ANC [African National Congress] and the government still were not enough. [Begin Hartzenberg recording, in Afrik... | [
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Cape Town March 1 SAPA -- The Transitional Executive Council's [TEC] Management Committee was directed to take effective political and security steps on Tuesday [1 March] to ensure that the election went ahead unhindered in Natal. A resolution adopted unanimously at a Council meeting in Cape Town urged it to ensure tha... | [
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[Excerpts] The Transitional Executive Council [TEC] today expressed concern over the training of between 500 and 1,000 people at Umfolozi. The TEC said the government should deploy the defense force in this area to ensure a free and fair election. [passage omitted] There was also heated debate following a resolution th... | [
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[Report by Kathryn Strachan] The SAP [South African Police] strategy for policing the election was an unprofessional plan with major gaps, EC and Independent Electoral Commission security adviser Mike Brogden said yesterday. Speaking at Wits [Witwatersrand] University's Centre for the Study of Violence, Brogden said t... | [
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Umtata March 4 SAPA -- The Transkei Defence Force [TDF] is to make its training facilities immediately available to the Azanian People's Liberation Army [APLA], both parties said in a joint statement on Friday [4 March]. The decision follows a meeting on Thursday night between TDF and APLA leaders, including TDF head M... | [
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[Report by E. van Wyk] Pretoria, March 1, SAPA--Afrikaner Volksfront [National Front -- AVF] leader Gen. Constand Viljoen on Tuesday [1 March] said he seriously doubted whether many right-aligned soldiers would be willing to collaborate with the government in its efforts to suppress "their own people. Gen Viljoen was ... | [
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Pretoria March 3 SAPA -- The Transitional Executive Council [TEC] and members of its Sub-Council on Defence meet on Friday [4 March] in a bid to solve the pay grievances which sparked a strike by 3,100 members of the National Peacekeeping Force [NPKF]. NPKF spokesman Capt Johan Loots said on Thursday members of the TEC... | [
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Pretoria March 4 SAPA -- Developments at the National Peacekeeping Force [NPKF] at De Brug are damaging the image of all participants in the force, Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee said on Friday [4 March]. He said in a statement the whole of South Africa was interested in the NPKF's orderly functioning. | [
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The government is determined to go ahead with its announced housing project worth 90 billion rands despite the ANC's [African National Congress] efforts to keep business from getting involved in the project. The ANC has threatened that the new government will probably not be able to honor the contracts. This evening Na... | [
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[Statement issued by the ANC on 3 March on the SAPA PR Wire Service] Housing. The problem is staggering 3.5 millions housing units needed just to catch up with the backlog. Over 5 million people in misery in urban squatter camps and informal settlements, their numbers rising by over 200,000 a year; thousands more in u... | [
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[Editorial Report] THE CITIZEN Call for CP, IFP To Register for Election -- Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English on 3 March in a page-6 editorial notes that Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi "is wise" to keep his "options open" by considering to provisionally register his party for the election. He... | [
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[Italicized passages recorded] [Excerpts] The United States has demanded more responsibility from the Angolans. The MPLA [Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola] and UNITA [National Union for the Total Independence of Angola] have until the end of the month to reach some agreement. The two sides are responsible ... | [
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UNITA wants to know which government posts it will be allocated. A source at the [Lusaka] peace talks said UNITA is refusing to negotiate further on national reconciliation without knowing about its participation in central and provincial power. According to the same source, the Angolan Government is willing to hand ov... | [
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The Lusaka peace talks are set continue today. Contrary to what was expected, there was no plenary meeting yesterday. The mediators took turns meeting the two sides in a bid to find some kind of agreement. Diplomatic sources have said, though, that no such agreement was forthcoming and the mediators would have to make ... | [
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In Lusaka, the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] talk of peace, but here in Angola the situation is paradoxically characterized by UNITA attacks on civilian and other targets. The FAA [Angolan Armed Forces] General Staff announced today that UNITA troops are carrying out vio... | [
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Eduardo dos Santos continues to display his murderous wrath against innocent civilians in Bengo Province. On 1 and 2 March, Cuban, South African, and Katanguese mercenaries, in the service of the Futungo de Belas Palace, once again shelled civilians, using long- and medium-range self-propelled artillery. The mercenarie... | [
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Democratic Party for Progress-Angolan National Alliance, PDP-ANA, supporters in Uige and Zaire Provinces are disappointed with the United Nations' failure to provide information concerning the whereabouts of PDP-ANA leader Nfulumpinga Lando Vitor. He is believed to have been arrested in February of this year, after And... | [
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The secretary general of the Organization of African Unity, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, said in Maseru yesterday that he is satisfied that the situation in Lesotho had returned to normalcy following the recent crisis caused by rivalry between two warring factions in the Royal Lesotho Defense Force. Speaking at a press confe... | [
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[Statement issued by the Rasalama Active Forces Political Department on 1 March; place not given -- read by announcer] The Political Department notes the following: students' concern over their bursaries; the rushed increase in civil servants' wages that still does not meet their demands; the explosion in prices and i... | [
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UN Special Representative Aldo Ajello today granted his usual Friday news conference to the Mozambican and foreign media. Viewing the latest developments in the Mozambican peace process, the UN special representative said he was happy that the government had decided to start demobilizing its forces without waiting for ... | [
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Mozambican Renamo [Mozambique National Resistance] movement has expressed concern about the latest government decision to demobilize its troops as soon as possible regardless of whether or not Renamo is ready to do the same. Renamo said the demobilization of troops from both sides will start simultaneously and in line ... | [
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NOTICIAS newspaper reports that Afonso Dhlakama, Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] leader, has described as positive the government's decision to unilaterally and partially demobilize its forces. The Renamo leader did, however, express fears concerning the government's seriousness about sticking to its decision. ... | [
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As was the case yesterday, another meeting of the Cease- Fire Commission failed to take place in Maputo this afternoon, because of the absence of the Mozambique National Resistance's delegation. The meeting was scheduled to discuss four main points: the destruction of obsolete war materiel at assembly areas, the transf... | [
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In Maputo this afternoon President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano received Kenyan Foreign Minister Stephen Musyoka. Radio Mozambique learned that the meeting was aimed at boosting cooperation between the two countries, for development and exchange of experiences in the fields of cooperation, health, trade, education,... | [
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Kenyan Foreign Minister Stephen Musyoka today ended a three-day official visit to Mozambique at the invitation of his counterpart, Dr. Pascoal Mocumbi. During his visit, Mr. Musyoka held talks with Dr. Pascoal Mocumbi on bilateral cooperation between Mozambique and Kenya. The two countries cooperate in the fields of he... | [
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[From the "Focus on Africa" program] There is more embarrassment for the government of President Chiluba in Zambia. The capital, Lusaka, already branded the center for the international illegal drug trade, is now being branded the center of another criminal racket. It seems if you have an expensive car stolen in south... | [
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The Zimbabwean Supreme Court has repealed a 34-year-old law used by the Rhodesian and the Zimbabwean Governments to stop political opponents holding public demonstrations. The court ruled that the section of the Law and Order Maintenance Act that made demonstrations illegal, unless they had the approval of the police, ... | [
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[From the "African News" program] The authorities in Zimbabwe have revealed that the first white-owned farm seized under controversial legislation to resettle landless black farmers has instead been leased to a government minister. Officials said the 3,000-hectare farm was intended for more than 30 landless peasant fa... | [
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[Article by Diaby Salif] [Excerpt] Where is the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire- African Democratic Rally [PDCI-RDA] heading to? What will its activists do with the legacy of their founding father, President Houphouet-Boigny? These crucial questions were raised by PDCI-RDA Secretary General Laurent Dona-Fologo at a m... | [
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[From the "Focus on Africa" program] ULIMO [United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia], one of the three signatories of Liberia's Cotonou Peace Accord, along with the interim government, and Charles Taylor's NPFL [National Patriotic Forces of Liberia], seems to be in some difficulties. There have been report... | [
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Vandals committed acts of violence in Bamako yesterday evening. Traffic lights in the Koura neighborhood of Bamako were destroyed, and electricity substations in Kinsambougou and (Bagadajeda) were damaged. The Jamana publishing house and the annex of the Ministry of Economic Affairs were also seriously damaged. The pol... | [
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The communication and culture minister held the weekly press briefing at his office this morning. He spoke about the arrest of the Association of Malian Students and Pupils secretary general, as well as the latest upsurge in violence. Boubakar Toure has the details: [Begin recording] [Toure] The minister first spoke on... | [
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[Excerpts] Cooperation Minister Michel Roussin arrived in Bamako early this afternoon on a 48-hour visit. He was welcomed upon his descent from the plane by Mrs. Sy Kadiatou Sow, the minister of foreign affairs, Malians abroad and African integration and Jean-Didier Roisin, the ambassador to Mali. The cooperation mi... | [
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A Libyan delegation led by Abdul Hamid Amar, member of the committee of the revolutionary movement of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah, has ended its working visit to Tahoua Department. A joint communique was issued at the end of the visit. Ibrahim Mahama has the details. [Begin Mahama recording] The Libyan delegation began... | [
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Abuja, 3 Mar (AFP) -- A source close to the Nigerian presidency stated that Nigerian President Sani Abacha discussed the border dispute between his country and Cameroon with Togolese counterpart Gnassingbe Eyadema today. The source did not specify the content of the discussion, but indicated that the meeting -- which t... | [
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The Togolese president, General Gnassingbe Eyadema, flew to Abuja this evening from Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, to discuss with the head of state, General Sani Abacha, the Nigerian-Cameroon affairs over the Bakassi Peninsula. President Eyadema had held about two and half hours' discussion with President Paul Biya in ... | [
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[Excerpts] New York, 3 March (PANA) -- Nigeria has launched a diplomatic offensive at the United Nations to counter that of Cameroon in their dispute over the Bakassi Peninsula in the Gulf of Guinea. Nigeria's deputy permanent representative to the UN, Isaac Ayewa, said on Thursday [3 March] that the mission had embark... | [
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Lagos, March 3 (AFP) -- About 100 students from Niger, currently on hunger strike, are occupying their embassy in Lagos in protest against the non-payment of arrears of bursary allowance by Niamey, a student spokesman said Thursday [3 March]. The students, who last Monday began a "sit-in" strike at the embassy and who ... | [
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President Gnassingbe Eyadema returned to Lome this evening following a short working visit to Cameroon and Nigeria. He was met at the Lome-Tokoin International Airport by Premier Koffigoh and several ministers. Following military honors, the head of state and the prime minister met in the Airport VIP Lounge, where they... | [
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[Article by Diaby Salif] [Excerpt] Where is the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire- African Democratic Rally [PDCI-RDA] heading to? What will its activists do with the legacy of their founding father, President Houphouet-Boigny? These crucial questions were raised by PDCI-RDA Secretary General Laurent Dona-Fologo at a m... | [
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[From the "Focus on Africa" program] ULIMO [United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia], one of the three signatories of Liberia's Cotonou Peace Accord, along with the interim government, and Charles Taylor's NPFL [National Patriotic Forces of Liberia], seems to be in some difficulties. There have been report... | [
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Vandals committed acts of violence in Bamako yesterday evening. Traffic lights in the Koura neighborhood of Bamako were destroyed, and electricity substations in Kinsambougou and (Bagadajeda) were damaged. The Jamana publishing house and the annex of the Ministry of Economic Affairs were also seriously damaged. The pol... | [
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The communication and culture minister held the weekly press briefing at his office this morning. He spoke about the arrest of the Association of Malian Students and Pupils secretary general, as well as the latest upsurge in violence. Boubakar Toure has the details: [Begin recording] [Toure] The minister first spoke on... | [
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[Excerpts] Cooperation Minister Michel Roussin arrived in Bamako early this afternoon on a 48-hour visit. He was welcomed upon his descent from the plane by Mrs. Sy Kadiatou Sow, the minister of foreign affairs, Malians abroad and African integration and Jean-Didier Roisin, the ambassador to Mali. The cooperation mi... | [
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A Libyan delegation led by Abdul Hamid Amar, member of the committee of the revolutionary movement of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah, has ended its working visit to Tahoua Department. A joint communique was issued at the end of the visit. Ibrahim Mahama has the details. [Begin Mahama recording] The Libyan delegation began... | [
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