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From: kautaj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (The Wise Man from the East)
Subject: Re: Questions about Angola
Organization: Indiana University, Department of Mathematics.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:08:55 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.151907.7624@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> gds@ikura.cs.uct.ac.za (Riel Smit) writes:
>The Wise Man from the East (Kauta) writes
>> Riel Smit writes:
>> >P.S. Congratulations Makala, I see you got your African name back in the  
>> >password file at pitt.edu - good for you.
>> 
>> Mindless talk! He doesn't need any European to comment on his name.
>
>So?  I don't see any European is commenting on his name.    ;-)

Smart ass..:-) Have you looked at the mirror lately?? You have even forgotten
your [European] grammar :-)

kauta.


>Riel Smit                                                 gds@cs.uct.ac.za
>Computer Science                             gds%cs.uct.ac.za@rain.psg.com
>University of Cape Town      "..and he walked his days under African skies"
From: rblanco@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rhenee M Blanco)
Subject: Re: e-mail to ..The Gambia, Togo -- anyone?
Summary: Request for email info
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:54:11 GMT

Thanks for bringing up the subject of e-mail; and the helpful response(s).

How about Togo and The Gambia ?

In article <pauln.728162873@nuustak> Paul Nash <paul@frcs.alt.za> writes:

> [re: Zimbabwe]
>There are a few individual sites in Zim with dial-up links to feed
>sites in SA.  Those that spring to mind are Zimbix (at the University),
>Mango (a NGO Fido-based BBS) and SATP (Aids coordination).  Mango is
>probably the closest to a "general-purpose" connection.
>--
> Paul Nash                                   (voice) +27-12-8413050
> Network Services, CSIR Infotek                (fax) +27-12-8414109
> PO Box 395, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa    (home) paul@frcs.alt.za

Who can inform the rest of us about the connectivity situation in Sub-
Saharan Africa -- outside of SA, that is.

Thanks in advance.

rblanco@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
From: boina@ece.scarolina.edu (Ibrahim Boina)
Subject: Re: Is there some one from the Comoros Islands?
Keywords: Information please?
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Date: 24 Jan 93 05:13:17 GMT

boina@ece.scarolina.edu (Ibrahim Boina) writes:
I would like to know whether there is some one from the Comoros
so that we can contact to each other.   Since I am far from home, he or
she can give some information about the country.
So if there some one out there from the Comoros, let me know.
My name is Ibrahim Boina and my email adress is:
boina@ece.scarolina.edu or leave a message here.
Thank you.
From: mukasa@panix.com (Michael K Mukasa)
Subject: Re: art
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:41:23 GMT

In <5db4de11.1b2f0@digital.sps.mot.com> danb@digital.sps.mot.com (Dan Bizuneh) writes:


>Thanks
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Very nice Sig.

Kiggundu.

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From: vdvoort@cs.utwente.nl (Mark van de Voort)
Subject: GUINEE: BOOKS ON SUSU AVAILABLE
Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:55:11 GMT

I want to learn Susu, the national language of Guinee (sp?) but there seem to be
no books/grammars/dictionaries available here in Holland. 
My regular bookstore is searching abroad for some weeks already but so far without
any succes.

Is there anyone who can help me. Books in any of the languages english,french,
german or dutch will be fine.

Thanks in advance,

Mark
From: llk@kepler.unh.edu (Local Genius)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Re: IPS:MALAWI: Delegation meets EC officials to query aid decision
Date: 26 Jan 1993 03:37:48 GMT
Organization: Department of Mathematics
NNTP-Posting-Host: kepler.unh.edu

	While we're still talking about Malawi,
	the BBC reports that the government
	has unconditionally released Vera Chirwa, 
	wife of the late opposition leader
	Orton Chirwa who died in prison in October 
	last year. 

-- 
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--Math Dept, UNH, Durham, NH03824  |
--FAX: (603) 862 - 4096            | What I tell you three times is true.
--e-mail: llk@unh.edu              |                           -Lewis Carroll


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Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:53:33 EST
From: Michael W. Sheib <MS7136A@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Coup in Uganda?

Does anybody have any information about a coup which has apparently taken place
in Uganda sometime within the last week to week and a half?

Thanks in advance.

Michael
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It is perhaps of interest to this notesgroup that, in addition to the bigger
effort of the UN (and specially the US) trying to alleviate the sufferings in
Somalia, some of the other countries of the horn of Africa are also making
a concerted effort to help their neighbor (Somalia).

Below is an article by Jennifer Parmelee of the Washington Post reprinted in
the local paper here on Jan. 15, 1993. 
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Cease-fire signing scheduled today
By JENNIFER PARMELEE
The Washington Post

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Somali factional leaders reached agreement late
Thursday night on a compromise plan that allows them to sign an immediate
nationwide cease-fire, Somali and other sources said.

The comprimise, brokered by Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi, followed 11 days
of bitter disputes that repeatedly threatened to break up the United Nations -
sponsored peace talks.

The leaders of 14 Somali factions were to sign the cease-fire today, followed
by a seaprate agreement that sets up a technical committee to decide the 
agenda for and participation in a national reconciliation conference March 15.

Somali leaders said the truce, which includes a comprehensive plan for 
disarmament, would give the international community "a legal invitation" to 
disarm the population and a "legal out" for the thorny issue of national
soverignty. 

Gen. Mohamed Farah Aideed, one of the most powerful warlords on the ground in
Somalia, was the most reluctant to accomodate the final compromise. He agreed
after a second 11th-hour meeting with the Ethiopian president, according to
sources attending the meetings.

Some of the most contentious political issues that have bogged down the 
conference this week remain unresolved.
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From: matunda@csd.uwo.ca (Matunda Nyanchama)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Calling Nyamwaro Onchoke
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:35:34 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.african
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London

From matunda Tue Jan 26 21:48:32 1993
To: kenya-net@ftp.com
Subject: Calling Nyamwaro Onchoke
Status: R

I am looking for a long time friend of mine and homemate 
Bwana Sospeter Nyamwaro Onchoke. If anybody knows where I 
can locate this son of the African land please let me know. 

He is most likely in Australlia or New Zealand pursuing a 
PhD in plant breeding or a related field. 

Asante sana

Matunda Nyanchama

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From: pmmst8+@pitt.edu (Paul M Mweene)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Subject: Re: Article: 'Africa's dysfunctional politics'
Date: 22 Jan 93 04:26:29 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


 (Wilson S. Ross) writes:
>
>Trucks travel both ways. The significance of SA here is it is a trade hub,
>and truckers have money & presumably a taste for casual sex.

Obviously trucks must travel both ways or they would end up in one place.
Truck drivers are victims not the inintiators of the disease. Furthermore
truckers earn their sex by conveying goods duty free across borders and 
giving "transport" to crossborder "lady buisnessmen"...
I am well aware of all this...

>
>How does polygamy become the salvation of African men then? At < 5% it
>would seem not worth discussing in that light (you mentioned that it
>saved men from homosexuality). 

I never metnioned that polygamy saved men from homosexuality. African men
(Zambian) cannot concive of sodomy..Not even if they are single. I am in
a position to know since I spent 5 years in in an all male boarding school
and another 5 in University... Not to mention that I know Zambians well..

>
>This is on the order of 1% for all ages & probably close to 0% for
>procreative age. Does anyone have figures for specific African countries?

21 girls are born for every 20 boys. More boys die under 5 than girls. 
Males outlive females.....the above surely does not apply here

>Bill Ross


makala

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From: mukasa@panix.com (Michael K Mukasa)
Subject: Re: Plane crash in Zaire
Keywords: very mysterious, dinero involved
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:11:37 GMT

In <1k6ll1INNd14@mozz.unh.edu> llk@kepler.unh.edu (Local Genius) writes:

>Six people are reported to have been killed when an airplane
>crashed today at a domestic airport in Kinshasa, Zaire. The cause
>of the crash is not known. 

>The crash seems suspicious because the plane was apparently carrying
>$150 million in local currency and troops and rescuers apparently
>concentrated on saving the dinero (for themselves) instead of saving 
>lives.



I wish Mobutu was on that plane.  Wouldn't that be a fitting end :-O

Kiggundu

P.S.  I don't mean any disrespect to those who may have lost loved ones.



>-- 
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>--Math Dept, UNH, Durham, NH03824  |
>--FAX: (603) 862 - 4096            | What I tell you three times is true.
>--e-mail: llk@unh.edu              |                           -Lewis Carroll
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From: pcs_mbei@gallua.gallaudet.edu
Subject: CAMEROON: After the Stolen Victory, What Tactic/Strategy ?
Organization: Gallaudet University
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:59:30 GMT

I don't have any fresh news from Cameroon. I have tried to read this and
that as usual, to find some newly updated information regarding the
actual political situation. But nothing I have read some has appeared
to answer some of my questions. Therefore, I am resorting to you
brothers, and readers of this. If anyone does have updates, please
feed me with !

Second, after the fraudulent victory of president Biya durent th recent
presidential elections, and its condemnation by the international
community, what has been the Cameroon's people re-action ? What (if
any) strategy has been implemented in order to revert the situation ?
Because the situation is ongoing, I think it is time for the opposition
strategists and anyone interested in bringing about democracy to
devise tactics which would force the government to either accept a run
off election, or void the recent results.

In the past, a very successful movement (Operation Villes Mortes) was 
initiated. Even though such a movement can hurt the economy, it should
be used if the power appears too stubborn, arrogant, etc. Other 
strategies (I want to say tactics) could be devised. For instance, rather
than decree a massive "Opeartion Ghost Cities," the opposition could
(1) boycott all or major government services (none would travel by train, 
or use the SOTUC buses in Douala and Yaound, CAMAIR, etc.), (2) organize
massive and non-violent demonstrations throughout the country, prayers.
These should then be relayed by very massive, well-orchestrated "Opeartions
Ghost Cities," sheduled on either a weekly or bi-weekly basis. The purpose
being to attract more attention from foreign governments, and in a long
run, weaken the government, and PEACEFULLY bring it down. The opposition
should then avoid anti-democratic actions such as burning houeses of
some of the government's members (even though the security forces fire
tear gas or true bullets on them). For the opposition might lose its foreign
support if it failed into the trap and decided to resort to violent acts.
One would argue that it is easy to say when yo are not in Cameroon to
sustain so much humiliation, oppression, etc. But there are various ways
people can fight. Mongo Beti has used his pen over the decades. Not
being able to visit our parents for 30 years can be construed as having
passed away ! I know some of their agents may have access to this stuff,
and may not hesitate to send our names to their bosses. But that is the 
least of Poppi's worries. They could jail us, torture us, or murder us.
But one thing is clear. The truth will prevail. They will kill us. But
they won't perpetuate their nasty dictatorship. Cameroon will become
truly DEMOCRATIC ! If they ignore that, then they are all blind, and 
more deaf than Poppi !

Poppi
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: purwinto@rodan.acs.syr.EDU ()
Subject: PEACE: To whom it may concern
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 20:50:38 EST

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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 01:36:40 EST
Reply-To: CFE Graduate Student List <CFEGRAD@SUVM.SYR.EDU>
Comments:     Warning -- original Sender: tag was CFELIST@SUVM
From: FKELLE@SUVM.SYR.EDU
To: Multiple recipients of list CFEGRAD <CFEGRAD@SUVM.SYR.EDU>

Some of you may be interested, so I thought I would send this along to
the crowd and hope to catch a few possible participants.  Peace, I think
that's what this is about, Fay
_____________________________________________________________________________

To all supporters of peace and justice in former Yugoslavia:

Action for Peace in the Balkans, a multiethnic, San Francisco Bay
Area-based peace group, has organized a nationwide telegram hotline to
President Bill Clinton, urging him to seek a peaceful solution to this
conflict. The telegram reads:

"I oppose military intervention or lifting the arms embargo in the civil war 
in former Yugoslavia.  Such action will fuel the fighting, prolong civilian 
suffering, and lead to an even wider conflict in the region. Exercise 
evenhanded diplomacy and pressure the three warring sides in Bosnia and 
Hercegovina to negotiate a mutually acceptable political solution."

The procedure for using the hotline is as follows:

1. Call (800) 372-2626 (Western Union, Telegram Hotlines)

2. Ask for hotline no. 9337; it will be identified as "Peace in the
Balkans"; the recepient and begining of text will be confirmed (full text
also read on demand; however, note that within this hotline the text is not
alterable)

3. You will be asked for a name and address of the sender, as well as your
home phone number; a $6.95 charge will appear on your next telephone bill
(however, you can call from any phone)

4. You may (optionally) provide your name and address to the organizers.


We urge you to take part in and advertise broadly this action, which will
be taking place for a limited time after inauguration. Our new
administration's policy on this issue has apparently not been set yet, but
defining it is its highest foreign policy priority. This is why it is of
paramount importance to immediately  let them know that military
intervention is *not* a viable option. This message must be sent in a
clear, visible and organized way, and this action serves that purpose.
Certainly, other means of voicing your opinion on the subject remain
equally important as before. But we ask you to take this action seriously,
since only many thousands of telegrams can make a difference.


ACTION FOR PEACE IN THE BALKANS

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From: StarOwl@uiuc.edu (Michael D. Adams)
Subject: Question about Nigerian government
Reply-To: StarOwl@uiuc.edu
Organization: Actuarial Science Program at UIUC
X-Political-Statement: Bigotry is not a family value -- boycott Colorado, think twice about Oregon, watch out for Ohio and Idaho
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:49:34 GMT

I'm currently responsible for maintaining the list of world leaders
for the UIUC Academic Buzzer Team (aka UIUC's College Bowl team), 
and I was wondering if someone could help fill in some sketchiness
I've encountered.

1. I understand that there was supposed to have been an election
late last year or sometime this year.  Has this occured/will this
still occur?

2.  If the election has already taken place, who won, and if it is
someone other than Ibrahim Babangida, when will he take office?

3.  If the election has not yet occurred, when will it take place,
and who are the candidates?

Thanks in advance

--
Michael D. Adams	      | Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not
StarOwl@uiuc.edu	      | for themselves.  -- Abraham Lincoln
an692@anon.penet.fi	      | We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting
NBCS: B1f+t-w+g+k++s+me+h-qv  | it at home.  -- Edward R. Murrow		
From: zld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Zemen Lebne-Dengel)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:08:37 GMT
Subject: Re: Speculations about the future of Ethiopia (Re: Ethiopia: response to Zemen's misinformation.)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
From: donatus@surya.UWaterloo.CA 
Subject: testing
Reply-To: donatus@surya.UWaterloo.CA 
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:42:20 GMT

This is just an attempt at posting things on the network.
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From: barnhart@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Mr. Aaron Barnhart)
Subject: IPS:SIERRA LEONE: GOVERNMENT RECAPTURES VITAL DIAMOND TOWN
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:45:23 GMT
Organization: Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.

Copyright Inter Press Service 1993, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Area: Opecna Afternoon Transmission
Title: SIERRA LEONE: GOVERNMENT RECAPTURES VITAL DIAMOND TOWN


freetown, jan 18 (ips) -- the government has recaptured the
capital of its diamond-rich eastern province from rebel control
and is determined not to loose it again.

koidu, 340km from freetown was won back saturday by a special
forces unit, a volunteer group of local hunters, and the
assistance of troops from neighbouring guinea.

lt. tom nyuma, the state secretary of the eastern region who
led the contingent that took the town said the battle left 13
rebels of the revolutionary united front (ruf) dead and three
government soldiers wounded.

a number of ruf officials were captured as were documents,
and according to nyuma, quantities of heroin. wharehouses and
homes had been looted.

but there had been some attempt to set up an
administrative structure. looted food was redistributed to
the needy and medicine was distributed free of charge. local
people were allowed to prospect and sell the diamonds to the
ruf.

some of the captured rebels and civilians caught behind the
lines confirmed that corporal foday sankoh, the shadowy ruf
leader had payed visits to the town.

koidu has been lost by the government twice, last october and
again in december. nyama insisted that it would not happen again
and the town would be garrisoned by more disciplined army units
and an undisclosed number of guineans.

its loss has cost the government of capt. valentine strasser
dearly in revenue on diamonds, the main foreign exchange earner
in this impoverished west african country.

the victory at koidu has been part of a rolling back of the
ruf recently. the army, which has been on the ropes due to low
moral and lack of equipment throughout much of this
20-month-long war, has managed to recapture a string of mining
towns in the east.

the aims of ruf are vague. ideologically they are believed to
have socialist inclinations and a streak of regionalism. sankoh
is from the north, home area of former president joseph momoh
deposed in a coup by strasser last april.

the ruf is also supported by liberian warlord charles taylor
across the south-eastern border. his backing is regarded as
deliberate destabalisation of sierra leone, rear-base of the six
nation west african peacekeeping force in liberia for over two
years trying to impose a negotiated settlement to its civil war.
(end/ips/lf/oa/92)
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From: gds@ikura.cs.uct.ac.za (Riel Smit)
Subject: Re: IPS:MALAWI: ... and doing the 'right' thing
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 07:18:11 GMT
Organization: University of Cape Town

Mr. Aaron Barnhart posted from
> Copyright Inter Press Service 1993,
> blantyre, malawi, jan 18 (ips/obinna anyadike)

> it has been a deliberate policy of the government to prevent
> urban drift and keep the people on the land. around 85 percent
> of malawi's nine million people are subsistence farmers in an
> economy in the rural areas which is based on barter trade.
> 
> although the countryside is lamentably under-developed,
> ''people are extremely modest in their expectations. if they
> have enough to eat and a place to live it will be difficult to
> mobilise them'', one western diplomat alleged.

What do others think, was this policy of the government wrong?  To me it seems  
(and this is also how I experienced it while living in Malawi) quite sensible  
given the almost total lack of mineral resources in Malawi.  There are not many  
other economic activities one can do in Malawi but farm, fish and trade.  What  
would it have helped if the people moved to the cities?  As for under-developed  
countryside, I wonder what kind of "development" the diplomat had in mind.  As  
it is, there are a number of farming projects in the country-side.  How  
effective they are in improving the standard of living of the rural people as  
opposed to fill the pockets of the officials, I am not in a position to tell.

It has always been my impression that, apart from its human rights record (and  
compared to many, if not most other African states, South Africa included, it's  
not that bad either -- which still does not make it right), Malawi has done  
most things right, given her particular circumstances.  Am I completely wrong?   
I would be interested to hear other opinions.
--
Riel Smit                                                 gds@cs.uct.ac.za
Computer Science                             gds%cs.uct.ac.za@rain.psg.com
University of Cape Town      "..and he walked his days under African skies"
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