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From: barnhart@gagme.chi.il.us (Mr Aaron Barnhart)
Subject: IPS: AFRICA: Nations advised to consider federation carefully
Originator: barnhart@gagme
Organization: Evanston, Illinois
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 12:14:23 GMT


Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: AFRICA: Nations advised to consider federation carefully


an inter press service feature

by moyiga nduru

london, sep 18 (ips) -- african nations vying for federalism have
been warned to learn from the chaos in yugoslavia and the former
soviet union if they want to avoid similar problems in the future.

''what africa needs is strong unitary government, not a federal
system,'' uganda high commissioner to britain george kirya argues.

''federalism, created along ethnic lines as those in africa, is
like postponing problems for the future,'' kirya warns. ''we
cannot afford this in africa.''

kirya, former professor of medicine and vice-chancellor of
makerere university in uganda, talked to ips after participating
in a debate at the africa 86centre on the quest for a viable
political system for africa.

kirya's argument mirrors that of uganda president yoweri
muse4veni, who prefers unitary system as a way of reducing tribal
tendencies in africa.

uganda did away with its tribal kingdoms
-- which acted as
federal governments in 1966. similar practices are occurring in
many african nations like lesotho, where military rulers are
reducing the powers of traditional rulers.

femi kayode of the london-based new nigerian forum (nnf) says
''ethnicity or tribe is not an anathema. it should be recognised
and regarded as an important agent of development.''

olu oguibe, nnf activist, wonders why african leaders were
ashamed of the word 'tribe' -- ''this is a reality of history
which nobody can reverse,'' he argues. ''look at england, wales,
scotland and ireland which are all made up of tribes.''

oguibe, a noted nigerian poet said unitary government discourages
competition among its citizens. that was why, he says, the soviet
empire had collapsed -- because the people lacked initiative and
expected everything from the government.

peter otai, chairperson of the rebel uganda national army (npa),
whose forces are fighting government troops in the east of the
country, says federalism, if not accompanied by a multi-party
system, could be as dangerous as a unitary system.

''you may have a federal system, but if it is under a dictator
what have you achieved?'' he asks. (more/ips)

africa: nations advised to consider federation carefully(2-e)

africa: nations advised (2)

otai, former defence minister under president milton obote (1980-
1985), also warns against prescribing federal system of government
for all the countries in africa.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: Jim Rosenfield <jnr@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Date: 05 Oct 92 21:37 PDT
Subject: 9/26 Wire stories on hunger
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1471700151:000:2191
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!jnr    Oct  5 21:37:00 1992


/* Written  6:46 pm  Sep 26, 1992 by jnr in cdp:hunger.general */
/* ---------- "9/26 Wire stories on hunger" ---------- */
 APn  09/26 1840  Kenya-Somalia

Copyright, 1992. The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

By CHEGE MBITIRU

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Three Kenyan air force men were detained in
southwestern Somalia after their helicopter strayed over the border,
the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

But the Somali National Alliance, a coalition of clans supporting
Somali warlord Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid, said the helicopter was
forced down Wednesday while attacking Bardera, Somalia, considered
Aidid's regional headquarters.

Defense officials have refused comment. On Friday, a U.N. source in
Mogadishu, the Somali capital, said the United Nations was negotiating
for the helicopter's return.

Ministry spokesman James Simani said the aircraft and its crew were
being held near Bardera, about 90 miles inside Somalia. "It is true
one of our aircraft strayed into Somalia and we are trying to get it
back together with the crew," Simani said.

He said the helicopter had been en route from the border town of
Mandera to the northeastern Kenyan town of Garissa, 260 miles
southwest of Bardera.

The Somali National Alliance also said in a statement the Kenyan air
force bombed Bardera on Thursday in an attempt to rescue the crew and
the helicopter, causing "lots of damage and deaths."

Simani denied the charges.

Mark Radford, a spokesman for Save the Children Fund-UK, said its
relief workers in Bardera had not reported the alleged bombing in
their daily radio contacts with the Nairobi office.

The Somali National Alliance has frequently accused Kenya of
supporting factions loyal to President Mohamed Siad Barre, whom they
and other rebels ousted in January 1991. Clan-based civil war erupted
after he fled.

Siad Barre, who ruled Somalia for 21 years, fled to Kenya in April and
stayed for about a month before being granted political asylum in
Nigeria.

Northeastern Kenya is inhabited by ethnic Somalis known to side with
their respective clans in Somalia. 
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Used with permission of Associated Press
From: shaze@cs.ubc.ca (Scott Hazelhurst)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Re: ANC Leadership Wanes
Date: 30 Sep 1992 18:52:06 -0700
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: pacific.cs.ubc.ca

gavan@elc.mth.uct.ac.za (Gavan Tredoux) writes:

>We need power sharing by elites, that way everyone wins. I think I'll market
>the idea ...

Just to clarify Gavan, in your system I suppose the trains will
run on time. One small problem you might find is that a number
of people before you may have patented the idea...

Scott
From: Dorothy Morse <dmorse@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Date: 01 Oct 92 17:44 PDT
Subject: $3000 raised for Somalia
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1471700132:000:481
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!dmorse    Oct  1 17:44:00 1992


Nima Dorjee reports that the "starvation banquet" in Calgary this
Sunday raised $3000 for Somalian relief.

They were going to serve a cup of rice and peas for $5, but because
of regulations, they couldn't serve any food at all.  They had a number
of dance performances.  Nima says that in addition to raising money,
they raised awareness.  He was disappointed in the amount raised, but I
for one am extremely impressed, and hope this will inspire other
colleges and universities.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: f54oguocha@edison.usask.ca
Subject: RE: Great Victory in Angola! Savimbi loses elections.
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:49:26 GMT

In a previous article, kautaj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (kauta) wrote:
>In article <4OCT92.20090780@skyfox.usask.ca> oguocha@skyfox.usask.ca writes:

>You would be well-served if you refrained from posting under the influence
>of the unholy spirit! God does NOT reside on this net!
> 
>J.K.
> 
>P.S. I used to be very religious once. Like you. But now I am born again!
>
Well noted! I think you are a 'born against'. But remember that those who
want to do evil first of all disown God. Just watch where you are heading
to. 
Oguocha           
Xref: sparky soc.culture.african:5016 sanet.talk.politics:48 apc.reg.safrica:23
From: rwr@uiscpt.uis.co.za (Richard Ramsden)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african,sanet.talk.politics,apc.reg.safrica
Subject: Re: ANC Leadership Wanes
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:08:18 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.african
Organization: Unix Information Systems (Pty) Ltd (UIS)
Disclaimer: #include <disclaimer.h>




Now that the Goldstone Commission has hit out at the Bisho bunglers
( misguided despots and SADF appointees ) I suppose that Gavan will
print another one of those dreadfully insightful articles a la Cliff
Saunders.  Will Gavan spread the net with Goldstone's main themes
or will he pick on all those Xhosas such as Pallo Jordan, Cyril
Ramaphosa, etc.

Watch this space for the next unthrilling episode.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: shaze@cs.ubc.ca (Scott Hazelhurst)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Re: ANC Leadership Wanes
Date: 29 Sep 1992 15:16:41 -0700
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: pacific.cs.ubc.ca

yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu (victor yodaiken) writes:
>What is it you expect ANC leadership
>to do in response to < stuff deleted >
>organizers? You find marches to be irresponsible and  you object to armed
>responses. What option does the ANC leadership have? Must they wait for
>the U.N. to step in? Give up? It's quite easy for you to generate complaints
>about the moral and tactical failures of the ANC leadership, please explain
>what would happen if they followed your advice.

Another thing that Victor should have pointe out is that Gavan also
objects to elections or referenda being held, either for a new
constitution, a constituent assembly, a new parliament, for or against
reincorporation of homelands back into SOuth Africa. This makes
CODESA the only forum for discussion which I think will be fairly
sterile. And if they do come up with something, it will be a cosy
arrangement among themselves which is not necessarily what people will
accept. Nice short-term politics perhaps, but not really good in
the long run.

Scott Hazelhurst
From: pmmst8+@pitt.edu (Paul M Mweene)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Re: IPS: ZAMBIA: HIV VICTIMS SPEARHEARD ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN
Date: 1 Oct 92 07:58:22 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Sep29.001125.3953@gagme.chi.il.us> barnhart@gagme.chi.il.us (Mr Aaron Barnhart) writes:
>Title: ZAMBIA: HIV VICTIMS SPEARHEARD ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN
>
>according to the ministry of health, there are about 24,000
>reported cases in zambia today. independent analysts suggest
>the figure could be much higher.
>

Actually the "independent" analysts  are lying. The actual figures are probably
lower because 90% of AIDS victims in Zambia move from hospital to hospital in
the hope of finding the one hospital where they will get cured. As far as I
know medical services for serious illnesses are free and hence patients move as
they want. In the abscence of computerised record keeping the same cases are
tallied over and over each time the patient enters another hospital. This all
leads to bloated figuers. 


Makala
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Re: Ethiopia
Date: 3 Oct 92 00:57:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #R:fnhuseny.718034346@unix2.tcd.ie:-68878169:cdp:1471700134:000:1196
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct  2 17:57:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Ethiopia

/* Written  6:14 pm  Sep 29, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:hr.news */

/* Written  2:49 pm  Sep 29, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:ai.general */
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER
September 1992

ETHIOPIA: Government opponents arrested

Tadelle Demeke, an Ethiopian refugee living in the United Kingdom,
was detained in June by the Sudanese authorities, who handed her
over to the Ethiopian Government. She had been visiting Sudan on an
academic study trip. Twenty-three members of the opposition 
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party were arrested by the Sudanese
authorities and forcibly returned to Ethiopia.

Following protests, Tadelle Demeke was released after six weeks'
detention and allowed to leave Ethiopia, but some of those arrested
with her are reportedly still detained without charge or trial.

These arrests followed those of hundreds of members of the Oromo
Liberation Front (OLF), which boycotted regional elections and
withdrew from the government and Council of Representatives 
(parliament) in June. OLF fighters have clashed with government forces
in the east of the country, where both sides have reportedly 
killed civilians.
From: fnhuseny@unix2.tcd.ie (Feseha Nahusenay)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Ethiopia
Keywords: I need to hear more information about that country , because I'm
Date: 2 Oct 92 13:59:06 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin


please, anyone send some kind of information about ethiopia, especially about current affairs. On top of this does anyone know the name the new president, kind of political system they have and etc. I need to know anything that has happenedin the last seven or eight years. Also does anyone know if there is any comprehesive book about ethiopia that I can get? 

thanks! & cheers.
From: Jim Rosenfield <jnr@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Date: 01 Oct 92 20:21 PDT
Subject: Wire Stories on Hunger in Africa
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1471700133:000:371
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!jnr    Oct  1 20:21:00 1992


From: Jim Rosenfield <jnr>
Subject: Wire Stories on Hunger in Africa

/* ---------- "Wire Stories on Hunger in Africa" ---------- */
Several times per week I am culling stories on hunger from the Associated
Press and United Press International and reposting them, with permission,
in "hunger.general".  Many of these stroies feature the hunger situation
in Africa.  fyi.
From: llk@kepler.unh.edu (Local Genius)
Subject: Anything but...(was Re: ANC Leadership Wanes)
Organization: Department of Mathematics
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 20:43:24 GMT

In article <2524.2ACF374A@catpe.alt.za> Wally.Walters@p0.f20.n7101.z5.fidonet.org (Wally Walters) writes:
>
> RR> Saunders.  Will Gavan spread the net with Goldstone's main themes
> RR> or will he pick on all those Xhosas such as Pallo Jordan, Cyril
> RR> Ramaphosa, etc.
>
>Funny, I was always led to believe that Cyril was one of the
>few leading NON-XHOSAS - he hails from Venda if I remember
>correctly.
>
>
>
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I just thought I should change the subject to something else....I got tired
of seeing that showing up every time I tried to read news on s.c.a.

--
lk(with the man in the yellow hat)
From: ah881@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joyce Brabner)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: E-Mail From/To Nigeria?
Date: 2 Oct 1992 02:49:55 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu



I'm trying to connect a college student from Nigeria with
her American friends.  Does BitNet reach that far?  I've
heard there's some sort of "Ivory Coast" network.  If
you're in touch with people from that part of the world,
or have ideas about how, please e-mail me.  Thanks!
--
From: Jim Rosenfield <jnr@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Date: 05 Oct 92 22:25 PDT
Subject: Re: 10/5 Africa/Hunger news stories
Nf-ID: #R:cdp:1471700158:cdp:1471700160:000:590
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!jnr    Oct  5 22:25:00 1992


/* Written 10:23 pm  Oct  5, 1992 by jnr in cdp:hunger.general */
UPn  10/04 0901  Mozambique peace accord signed

 ROME (UPI) -- The Mozambique government and rebels of the RENAMO
resistance movement Sunday signed a peace accord to end 16 years
of civil war in the famine-ravaged, southeast African country. 

The agreement was signed at the Italian Foreign Ministry by
Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and rebel leader Afonso
Dhlakama in the presence of Italian Foreign Minister Emilio
Colombo. 

The pact was the fruit of intermittent negotiations that lasted
more than two years. 

Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
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Subject: Re: Free Computer Technology Review Subscriptions in US
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: MICHAEL.WILLETT@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Michael Willett")
Subject: Re: RAID 7 Disk Array Platforms in Africa
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: 28 Sep 92 12:33:36 EST

Regarding John Scoggin's request for information on RAID systems for
VINES, Storage Computer of Nashua, N.H. is currently showing its new high
performance RAID 7 disk array platforms at the September International VINES
User Meeting.  SCSI-based, they work equally well with NetWare, workstations
like the RS/6000 and HP/Apollo, for example, IBM systems, etc.

Standards-based, RAID 7 is designed for enterprise-wide computing and
overcomes performance limitations of earlier RAID architectures, providing
a  "real world sustained application performance improvement of 200% to
400%" and dropping the cost of storage to 16 cents/MB.  Their brochures
say they can "mix and match" up to 48 SCSI commodity (3.5 or 5.25 inch)
drives, up to 150 GB.  The RAID 7 disk array platforms come with an embedded
operating system and up to 12 SCSI-2 based host interfaces.  Besides servers,
Storage Computer's RAID 7 disk array platforms can connect to workstations
and midrange systems in addition to IBM's.  Multiple CPUs can be attached to
same disk array platform.

The RAID 7 platforms come with up to 256 MB of cache, eliminating any
reason for using performance-damaging CPU main memory disk RAM.
The drives are "hot plugable" for uninterrupted, transparent operation,
with a hot standby drive automatically replacing a failed drive.

There was a lot of activity this week at the Storage Computer RAID 7 booth
at the Boston Banyan show as I walked by.  They were demoing what happens if
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For further information on Storage Computer's RAID 7 for any system, their
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From: bent@yang.earlham.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: News about Senegal?
Date: 2 Oct 92 06:52:33 GMT
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

Hello:

  Please send me any and all informatin about Senegal.  Is there a West-African
list service?  Please send all responses to:

				Benjamin Tanner 
						
			     bent@yang.earlham.edu                                     
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: barnhart@gagme.chi.il.us (Mr Aaron Barnhart)
Subject: IPS: NIGERIA: LUNATICS HIT THE STREETS AS NURSES STRIKE
Originator: barnhart@gagme
Organization: Evanston, Illinois
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 01:46:46 GMT

Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: NIGERIA: LUNATICS HIT THE STREETS AS NURSES STRIKE


abeokuta, nigeria, sep 23 (ips) -- psychiatric patients at the
neouro-psychiatric hospital in aro have been let loose on the
town following a strike by psychiatric nurses here.

member nurses of the national association of nigerian nurses
and midwives (nannm) in the psychiatric hospital embarked upon
the strike last week to press for payment of allowances
introduced by the government mid 1991.

apart from aro, the strike has also affected the other two
psychiatric hospitals in this west african nation, located in
yaba in lagos and uselu in benin.

reports from the three hospitals say apart from discharging
patients, which is done at the discretion of medical officers,
new admissions of psychiatric cases have been stopped.

according to a communique issued by the association, the
medical staff at two of the hospitals, aro and uselu, are
pressing for arrears owed to them in inducement allowances.

their colleagues at yaba are owed six months shift duty
allowance amounting to 30 percent of basic salary, 12 months
danger allowance and 19 months inducement allowance.

the nurses are also demanding four months back pay for
transport, housing, and leave allowances in accordance with a
federal ministry of establishment and management directive.

nwugo chimere, assistant general secretary of the association
told ips there are only 230 nurses at yaba attending to over
4,000 patients.

''as nurses their health is our concern. we do not want to
lose lives but to restore health'', he said.

but tayo shotunde, a petrol attendant here told ips: ''we are
no longer sure of what could become of our lives as these
lunatics roam the streets instead of being confined to the
hospitals''. (end/ips/eo/tvh/92)
From: Caroline.Matthews@p14.f1.n7104.z5.fidonet.org (Caroline Matthews)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: BBC transmissions
Date: 28 Sep 92 10:38:50 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 5:7104/1.14 - The Catalyst BBS 1, Port Elizabeth



 LG> Just one more frequency: 
 LG>                          15.40MHz shortwave
 LG> You can pick BBC transmissions even in the eastern US on this one
 LG> and they have Focus on Africa at 14:30 EST (19:30 GMT?)

Hi !   :-)

I'm new here, so I may have missed this, but I wonder if 
anyone knows what happened to the plan to broadcast BBC on FM in 
South Africa?  

Cheers!
CAROLINE 
 


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