Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:14:56 -0400
From: "AFRICAHOME.COM" <africah-AT-africahome.com>
Subject: Africa Newswire News April 13-14


Africa Newswire Network (ANN) News for April 13-14

FEATURE

BOOK REVIEW: Godot the Annuller 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/BookRev_godot414.shtml
Etieyibo E. Edwin
Lagos, Nigeria (ANN, April 14, 2000) - Godot the Annuller, a satirical
and mythical prose, may seem to many as just another prose work on
African sociopolitical issues, but this would appear much as a
simplistic interpretation of the 81-page-book, written by Adebayo
Olatunde Samuel, a senior tutor at the University of Lagos International
School. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/BookRev_godot414.shtml
 

HEADLINES
"I Have Cured 16 Nigerian AIDS Patients", Says Dr. Agbalaka 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_curedaids414.shtml
Sola Falaiye
Lagos, NIGERIA (ANN, April 14, 2000) - Lagos, the commercial city of
Nigeria known for its boisterousness has again come to the fore as
claims of AIDS cure has started echoing from one part to other of the
city, threatening to tear it apart. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_curedaids414.shtml
 

South African Colored Born to Afrikaner Parents Reunites with Mother
after 30 Years 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sa_renunitesparents414.shtml
Etieyibo E. Edwin
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA (ANN, April 14, 2000) - Sandra Laing, 45, a
black South African woman, born to Afrikaner (white) parents has been
reunited with her mother after 30 years of separation compelled by South
Africa's inhumane apartheid system. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sa_renunitesparents414.shtml
 

$12m Helicopter Gunships for Nigerian Air Force 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_gunships414.shtml
Dele Orimoogunje
Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, April 14, 2000) - Six Mi-35 Super Helicopter
Gunships have been ordered by the federal government of Nigeria for the
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) as part of efforts to restore the glory of the
force. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_gunships414.shtml
 

SENEGAL: Rebel Attacks Threaten Wade's Government 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sen_rebelattacks414.shtml
Samuel B. Jegede
Dakar, SENEGAL (ANN, April 14, 2000) - A few weeks after the
inauguration of President Abdoulaye Wade and his promised commitment to
finding a lasting solution to the Casamane Separatist Movement (CSM), a
rebel attack has left at least 4 government soldiers and 20 rebels dead
placing doubt on the President's commitment. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sen_rebelattacks414.shtml
 

SOCCER - SOUTH AFRICA: FIFA Ranks Bafana-Bafana as Africa's Best 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sa_bafanafifa414.shtml
Joseph Amenaghawon
Johannesburg, SOuth Africa (ANN, April 14, 2000) - The South African
national football team, the "Bafana-Bafana was ranked highest amongst
African countries in the Federation of International Football's (FIFA)
April rankings released on Thursday. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sa_bafanafifa414.shtml
 

NIGERIA: Militant Igbo Youths Demand Biafra 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_biafra414.shtml
Tony Allison
Lagos, Nigeria (ANN, April 14, 2000) - Militant Igbo youths under the
platform of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of
Biafra (MASSOB) demonstrated around the major streets of Lagos demanding
the declaration of the state of Biafra. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_biafra414.shtml

POLITICS

Secret Grave of Moroccan Ben Barka Found 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/moroc_secretgrave_barka414.shtml
Joshua E. Ukoh
Rabat, MOROCCO (ANN, April 14, 2000) - The burial site of Mehdi Ben
Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, who disappeared 35 years ago
following his kidnap in France, has been found at the Paris Mosque,
Courcournnes (Europe's biggest mosque) near Orly airport. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/moroc_secretgrave_barka414.shtml
 

GUINEA: Conde's trial begins 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/guincon_condetrial414.shtml
(IRIN)
Conakry, Guinea (ANN, April 14, 2000 - IRIN) - Opposition politician
Alpha Conde appeared before the State Security Court in Conakry under
tight surveillance on Wednesday at the start of his trial for
endangering the state, according to news reports. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/guincon_condetrial414.shtml
 

DRC: Kinshasa promises dialogue, emphasises strict timetable 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_dialoguetimetable413.shtml
(IRIN)
Kinshasa, DR Congo (ANN, April 13, 2000 - IRIN) - The DRC government has
publicly stated its commitment to holding 'an inter-Congolese dialogue
as envisaged by the last [peace] timetable in Lusaka', but warned that
any postponement beyond that timetable would force it to leave the
Lusaka process. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_dialoguetimetable413.shtml
 

SIERRA LEONE: Sankoh in Segbwema to disarm troops 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sierl_sankohdisarm413.shtml
(IRIN)
Freetown, Sierra Leone (ANN, April 13, 2000 - IRIN) - Rebel leaders and
peacekeepers in Sierra Leone travelled to the eastern town of Segbwema
on Monday to try and disarm fighters in the RUF controlled diamond
region, a UNAMSIL information officer in Freetown said on Tuesday. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sierl_sankohdisarm413.shtml
 

NIGERIA: Enaharo calls for national conference 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_enahorocalls413.shtml
(IRIN)
Lagos, Nigeria (ANN, April 13, 2000 - IRIN) - Joining the chorus of
voices demanding a national conference, veteran Nigeria politician
Anthony Enahoro called on Monday for political and economic reshaping of
the country. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_enahorocalls413.shtml
 

GHANA: Rawlings Pardons 1,000 Prisoners 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ghan_rawlingspardons413.shtml
Samuel B. Jegede
Accra, GHANA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - Two soldiers serving life sentences
for attempted military coups in Ghana were among about 1,000 prisoners
given a presidential pardon, government officials said on Monday. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ghan_rawlingspardons413.shtml
 

More Uncertainty as Zimbabwean Parliament is Dissolved 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_uncertainty413.shtml
Etieyibo E. Edwin
Harare, ZIMBABWE (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The Zimbabwean Parliament has
been dissolved following the completion of its five-year tenure. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_uncertainty413.shtml
 

Banjul Violent Clashes: Government, Police, Students React 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/gambia_clashes413.shtml
Samuel B. Jegede
Banjul, GAMBIA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The Gambia Government is counting
the losses suffered following 2 days of student violent demonstrations,
which left many government properties severely damaged or completely
burnt. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/gambia_clashes413.shtml
 

DR CONGO: More People Doubt Congo's Cease-fire Accord 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_peopledoubt413.shtml
John Kwesi
Kinshasa, DR CONGO (ANN, April 13, 2000) - Rebels spokesman Rio Kiey
Mulumba, of Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) has said that President
Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lacks the
political will to respect a cease-fire accord, reached last Saturday, to
end the war in the country. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_peopledoubt413.shtml
 

Zimbabwean Crisis Deepens as Parliament is Dissolved and MPs opt for
Independent Candidacies 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_crisisdeepens413.shtml
Etieyibo E. Edwin
Harare, ZIMBABWE (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The parliament of Zimbabwe was
Tuesday afternoon dissolved having completed its five-year term and in
preparation for the next parliamentary election. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_crisisdeepens413.shtml

OPINIONS

ANALYSIS: Zimbabwe's Turn To Implode? 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_turnimplode_ayittey410.shtml
George B.N. Ayittey, Ph.D.
Washington, DC (ANN, April 10, 2000) - With elections coming up this
month -- and now postponed to May --President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
asked voters in a February 15 referendum for draconian emergency powers
and an extension of his 20-year rule by 10 more at the age of 75. The
mad power-grab was sugar-coated by asking the people for a parallel
authority to seize white farms for distribution to landless peasants. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_turnimplode_ayittey410.shtml
 

OPINION: Remarks on The Implicit Ramifications of Mission of the U.N. in
Democratic Republic of Congo 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_misson_ngalamulume43.shtml
Jean-Oscar Ngalamulume
Washington, DC (ANN, April 3, 2000) - The peace solution should not
focus exclusively on talking, but on "Action." On March 22 the U.N.
Security Council expressed its dismay with the upsurge of fighting in
the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite a recent cease-fire -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_misson_ngalamulume43.shtml


ECONOMY

NIGERIA: Local Companies Build Oil Coastal Depot 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_oildepot414.shtml
Tony Allison
Lagos, Nigeria (ANN, April 14, 2000) - A consortium of indigneous
companies - Ascon Oil Nigeria Limited and Oteri Holdings -a division of
Ibru Group, has applied to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) for direct discharge of petroleum products into a coastal depot.
-  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_oildepot414.shtml
 

ZIMBABWE: Government calls for veterans to leave farms 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_farmsgovtcalls414.shtml
(IRIN)
Harare, Zimbabwe (ANN, April 14, 2000 - IRIN) - The Zimbabwean
government has called on war veterans to end their occupation of
white-owned farms. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_farmsgovtcalls414.shtml
 

MOZAMBIQUE: New debt reduction package 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/moza_debtreduction414.shtml
(IRIN)
Maputo, Mozambique (ANN, April 14, 2000 - IRIN) - The International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group's International Development
Association (IDA) have agreed to a comprehensive debt reduction package
for Mozambique under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)
Initiative. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/moza_debtreduction414.shtml
 

Nigeria Hosts African Insurers Conference 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_insurers413.shtml
Dele Orimoogunje
Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - Come May 13 to 19 Nigeria will
have the honor to host the 27th African Insurer Conference. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_insurers413.shtml
 

US-German Automobile Giant Sets up in Egypt 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/egypt_usautomobile413.shtml
Joshua E. Ukoh
Cairo, EGYPT (ANN, April 13, 2000) - Yahia Abdelkodouss, an official of
DaimlerChysler AG, said the automobile giant, has set up a subsidiary in
Cairo, Egypt aimed at marketing and boosting sales of its automobile in
Egypt. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/egypt_usautomobile413.shtml
 

KENYA: Conference Split over Debate on Ivory 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ken_conferenceivosry413.shtml
Olu Aladesida
Nairobi, KENYA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The 11th conference of the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) opened
on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, with debates of trading in ivory dominating
the opening day session. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ken_conferenceivosry413.shtml
 

Five Killed as Youths Protest the Return of Shell Petroleum to Nigeria's
Niger Delta 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_shellreturnprotest413.shtml
Samuel B. Jegede
Port-Harcourt, NIGERIA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - Clashes in Ogoni land in
River State, southeast of Nigeria have led to the death of at least five
people. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_shellreturnprotest413.shtml


SOCIETY
BOOK REVIEW: Godot the Annuller 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/BookRev_godot414.shtml
Etieyibo E. Edwin
Lagos, Nigeria (ANN, April 14, 2000) - Godot the Annuller, a satirical
and mythical prose, may seem to many as just another prose work on
African sociopolitical issues, but this would appear much as a
simplistic interpretation of the 81-page-book, written by Adebayo
Olatunde Samuel, a senior tutor at the University of Lagos International
School. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/BookRev_godot414.shtml
 

Liberian Police Battle Robbers Amidst Rising Crime Rate 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/liber_robberscrime414.shtml
Dele Orimoogunje
Monrovia, LIBERIA (ANN, April 14, 2000) - Residents in Monrovia, the
capital city of Liberia, have been having it rough of late trying to
adjust to the recent upsurge in crime rate. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/liber_robberscrime414.shtml
 

Hajj Committee Sets for Showdown with Airlines in Nigeria 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_hajjcommitte414.shtml
Joseph Amenaghawon
Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, April 14, 2000) - The Chairman of the Hajj
Committee in Nigeria for the recently concluded pilgrimage to Mecca and
Medina in Saudi Arabia, the "Holy Land," has indicated his committee's
readiness to prosecute the airlines responsible for the sufferings that
were encountered by Nigerian pilgrims in this year's exercise. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_hajjcommitte414.shtml
 

Security situation in Angola continues to deteriorate 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ang_securitydeteriorate413.shtml
(ANN)
New York, United Nations (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The security situation
in Angola continues to deteriorate, particularly along border areas with
Namibia and Zambia, worsening an already difficult humanitarian
situation, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in his latest report to the
Security Council, released on Wednesday. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ang_securitydeteriorate413.shtml
 

SOUTH AFRICA: A survey alleges widespread opposition to immigrants 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sa_immigrants413.shtml
(ANN)
Johannesburg, South Africa (ANN, April 13, 2000 - IRIN) - A survey on
South Africans attitudes towards immigrants and migration has revealed
that the majority of citizens are opposed to an immigration policy that
might welcome newcomers. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sa_immigrants413.shtml
 

NIGERIA: UNICEF Names Atiku's Wife Partner 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_unicefnameswife413.shtml
Joseph Amenaghawon
Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The wife of the Nigerian
Vice-President, Atiku Titilayo, has been appointed as a main partner in
its campaign against denying children access to education by the United
Nations Children Fund (UNICEF's) West and Central African Regional
Office. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_unicefnameswife413.shtml


INTERNATIONAL 
Secretary-General holds talks with developing world leaders at summit in
Havana 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/cub_annantalks414.shtml
(ANN)
Havana, Cuba (ANN, April 14, 2000) - At the first-ever summit meeting of
developing countries in Havana, Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday
held a series of bilateral meetings with the leaders attending the forum
that came to be known as the 'South Summit.' -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/cub_annantalks414.shtml
 

Security Council extends mandate for UN office in Angola 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ang_uncouncilmandate414.shtml
(ANN)
New York, United Nations (ANN, April 14, 2000) - The Security Council on
Thursday extended the mandate of the UN Office in Angola for six months,
until 15 October 2000. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ang_uncouncilmandate414.shtml
 

Deluge of Congolese, Sudanese Refugees Storm Uganda 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_refugeesdeluge414.shtml
Tony Allison
Kampala, April 14, 2000 (ANN) - No fewer than 1,170 refugees from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Sudan have entered the
Arua district in the northwestern Uganda from January to March, The New
Vision, a leading newspaper of Uganda, reported yesterday. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_refugeesdeluge414.shtml
 

Security Council plans visit to DR of Congo to promote peace agreement 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_securitycouncil_plansvisit413.shtml
(ANN)
New York, United Nations (ANN, April 13, 2000) - Members of the United
Nations Security Council on Wednesday agreed to visit the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and discuss ways of bringing peace to the region
with the signatories to the Lusaka peace agreement, the Council's
president said today in New York. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/drc_securitycouncil_plansvisit413.shtml
 

Western Sahara settlement plan 'stuck,' Annan's Personal Envoy says 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/westsahara_settlementstuck413.shtml
(ANN)
Madrid, Spain (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The settlement plan for Western
Sahara is 'stuck with some very, very difficult differences between the
parties,' the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara,
James Baker, said on Wednesday in Madrid following several days of
high-level meetings in the region. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/westsahara_settlementstuck413.shtml
 

Annan envoy visits drought-stricken region of Ethiopia 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ethiop_annanenvoy413.shtml
(ANN)
Gode, Ethiopia (ANN, April 13, 2000) - A special envoy of
Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday began her tour of the Horn of
Africa with a visit to Gode, Ethiopia, where some 1.3 million people are
affected by a drought crisis. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ethiop_annanenvoy413.shtml
 

NGOs Lauch Awareness Campaign on the Role of Diamond Trade in African
Conflicts 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ngos_diamondtrade413.shtml
(ANN)
Johannesburg, South Africa (ANN, April 13, 2000 - IRIN) - A group of
European non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has launched a public
awareness campaign over the role the diamond trade can play in funding
rebel armies across Africa. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ngos_diamondtrade413.shtml
 

LIBERIA: Taylor to invite Sierra Leonean ambassador to visit military
bases 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/liber_sierlmilitarybases413.shtml
(IRIN)
Monrovia, Liberia (ANN, April 13, 2000 - IRIN) - President Charles
Taylor said last week he would soon invite the Sierra Leonean ambassador
in Liberia to visit military bases there to prove his government is not
training Sierra Leonean dissidents, the Liberian News Agency (LINA)
reported. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/liber_sierlmilitarybases413.shtml
 

Belgium Begs Rwanda Over 1994 Genocide 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/rwa_belgiumbegs413.shtml
John Kwesi
Kigali, RWANDA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - Visiting Belgium Prime Minister,
Guy Verhofstadt yesterday, asked Rwanda's forgiveness "in the name of my
country" for the 1994 genocide that claimed up to 800,000 lives. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/rwa_belgiumbegs413.shtml
 

World Food Program Envoy Begins Visit to Horn of Africa 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/afer_hornenvoy413.shtml
Olu Aladesida
Addis-Ababa, ETHIOPIA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The head of the United
Nations World Food Program (WFP) Catherine Berthiuine has begun an 8-day
visit to the horn of Africa, to see for herself the suffering caused by
drought and hunger which is threatening the lives of millions of people.
-  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/afer_hornenvoy413.shtml
 

Annan addresses South Summit in Cuba 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/cuba_sunnitannan413.shtml
(ANN)
Havana, Cuba (ANN, April 13, 2000) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan on
Wednesday addressed the opening session of the first ever summit by the
'Group of 77,' the largest coalition of developing countries. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/cuba_sunnitannan413.shtml


SPORTS
SOCCER - SOUTH AFRICA: FIFA Ranks Bafana-Bafana as Africa's Best 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sa_bafanafifa414.shtml
Joseph Amenaghawon
Johannesburg, SOuth Africa (ANN, April 14, 2000) - The South African
national football team, the "Bafana-Bafana was ranked highest amongst
African countries in the Federation of International Football's (FIFA)
April rankings released on Thursday. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/sa_bafanafifa414.shtml
 

FIFA Refers Zimbabwean Protest Against Nigeria to CAF 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_protestfifa413.shtml
Joseph Amenaghawon
Lagos, NIGEIRA (ANN, April 13, 2000) - The Federation of International
Football Association (FIFA) has refereed Zimbabwe's protest against
Nigeria over alleged fielding of an over-aged player to the
confederation of African Football (CAF). -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/zim_protestfifa413.shtml


SCI-TECH

$400m Request by Nigerian Communications Minister Rejected 
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_requestrejected414.shtml
Sola Falaiye
Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, April 14, 2000) - The request by Mohammed Arzika,
Nigeria's Communications Minister, to use the $400 million from the
auctioning of four GSM operator license fees for the expansion of
Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) facilities has been turned
down by the federal government of Nigeria. -  
http://www.africanewswire.com/stories/ng_requestrejected414.shtml


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