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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 took place in the presidential lounge of the Abuja International Airport -- was "frank and cordial." The Togolese head of state held talks earlier with Cameroonian President Paul Biya. | [
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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 Cameroon before coming to Abuja. His talks with the Nigerian head of state took place at the special lounge of the Abuja International Airport. The meeting lasted about one and a half hours, after which President Eyadema returned to Lome. Nigeria's foreign affairs minister, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, later talked to State House correspondents on the meeting: [Begin recording] [Kingibe] Well, as you know, the relations between Nigeria and Togo, they have always been excellent and very, very close. Nigeria and Togo have always taken initiatives jointly, initiatives of a kind that is aimed at advancing the process of integration, the process of understanding, and the process of cooperation in our subregion. And it is in this context of regular and close consultation between Togo and Nigeria that the President of Togo came for about a three-hour visit. Of course, when two leaders of the region, like they did, meet, of course they would discuss current issues, they would discuss issues of concern to the region, issues of concern to the OAU, and that kind of review of... [Unidentified Correspondent, interrupting] Excuse me, sir. The Togolese head of state was supposed to have held some two hours' meeting with the Cameroonian president. What would he bring by way of the kind Cameroonian [words indistinct]? [Kingibe] I am sure that the president of Togo would have briefed the head of state on the consultations he might have held with the president of Cameroon. Mind you, I think it is a presumption that they would have discussed the dispute over the Bakassi. But whatever it is, they held a tete-a-tete meeting, a closed-door meeting between the two of them. We have been informed that the meeting had been in the usual brotherly atmosphere, and had been fruitful, and that both leaders emerged happy from the meeting. [Correspondent] What is the latest situation at the Bakassi Peninsula? [Kingibe] Well, I think that troops are maintaining their code of conduct, which is, not to be provocative, not to provoke any incidents and maintain their positions, and not to initiate any action, except perhaps in self-defense. And it has been quiet since, and I am glad about that because we do need a quiet atmosphere in the field in order to allow us to take up the diplomatic way forward. [Correspondent] Have you heard anything on President Biya's proposals to Nigeria? [Kingibe] The position is that when earlier on, before the introduction of a new element by the arrival of the French troops, we were in close consultation and constant touch. And the process of consultation between the two heads of state led to our head of state inviting the president of Cameroon to come to Abuja for discussions. And after further consultations the president of Cameroon accepted it. In fact, he suggested that perhaps, symbolically, they should meet at a border town, and he suggested that perhaps Maiduguri would be a symbolically more appropriate place to meet. To which the head of state agreed. And the head of state went further -- as a gracious host -- to say to President Biya that he can pick or choose any date of convenience to him, he is waiting for him. And we are at this stage, and I am sure that the meeting will come off as soon as President Biya consults his diary, and a convenient time is found, I am sure he will come. | [
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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 embarked on a "one-on-one consultation" with members of the UN Security Council to [word indistinct] Nigeria's side of the dispute. On Tuesday, Cameroon took the dispute to the UN when its foreign minister, Ferdinand Oyono, sent a letter to the world body requesting an urgent meeting of the Security Council over the dispute. [passage omitted] The Nigerian mission on Thursday met the Non-aligned caucus of the 15-member Security Council, of which Nigeria is a member. Ayewa said that the main thrust of the mission's efforts was to "stall the actual consideration of the subject matter" by the council to give bilateral discussions by the two countries a chance. A reliable source said Abuja would soon reply to the Cameroonian letter. "Nigeria believes in good neighbourliness, and since there is a [word indistinct] swell of goodwill between Nigeria and Cameroon, the two countries should be able to solve their problems without any international mediation," the source said. The council, presided over by the French ambassador, Jean-Bernard Merimee, the rotational president for the month of March, met on Thursday to consider its programme of work, but did not discuss the dispute. Nigeria's ambassador to the U.S., Zubair Kazaure, has also briefed State Department officials and some members of the U.S. Congress on the conflict. [passage omitted] | [
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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 have disrupted activities at the mission, Wednesday sent a telex message to authorities in Niamey on their grievances, Adamou Tahirou, Vice President of the Union of Niger Students in Nigeria, told AFP. Niamey has also yet to pay the students, who are studying sciences, banking, engineering, computer science, business administration and arts in Nigerian universities, registration fees for last year and this year as well as other allowances, Adamou said. In a telex message Wednesday by the embassy, a copy of which was shown to AFP, the mission urged the government of Niger to send buses to Nigeria to "repatriate" the students immediately because the embassy might not be able to take care of the cost of the hospitalisation of the students, some of whom are already suffering from "physical weakness". "The students are in a catastrophic situation" following non-payment of seven months of arrears of their allowances, according to the embassy. Niger's ambassador to Nigeria, Maman Mansour, confirmed to AFP the "sit-in" strike of the students and the debt of seven months arrears of grants to the students. | [
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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 spoke for several minutes. President Eyadema's visits to Yaounde and Abuja came at a time of high tension between the two countries. The tension resulted from the border dispute over the Bakassi Peninsular. In Yaounde, President Eyadema held a long discussion with President Paul Biya. He did the same with General Abacha in Abuja. President Eyadema and his delegation were pleased with contacts made with the authorities of the two countries. President Eyadema was accompanied by Mr. Barry Moussa Barque, his special adviser; Foreign Minister Fambare Natchaba, Defense Minister Inoussa Bouraima, and Former Minister Atsu Koffi Amegah. | [
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[By Dirk van Zyl] Cape Town Mar 3 SAPA -- Inkatha Freedom Party [IFP] leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi made it clear on Thursday [3 March] that the proposed international mediation to resolve South Africa's constitutional deadlock was a new bottom-line. And he said that once the frame of reference of such mediation had been set, he would personally be willing to start campaigning for an election. The IFP Central Committee would decide on Friday whether the party should provisionally register before the Friday midnight deadline for the April election. Addressing journalists and businessmen in Cape Town, Mr Buthelezi said he had "come to the end" of the current constitutional road. "Only this international mediation might open a new chapter," he said in answer to a question at a press conference after he had addressed the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce. Mr Buthelezi revealed that the Freedom Alliance had, at a meeting in Cape Town earlier on Thursday, accepted international mediation in principle to resolve South Africa' constitutional deadlock. He told the business luncheon -- at which he had arrived about an hour late because of the Alliance meeting -- that he had "just been told" that the African National Congress [ANC] working committee had also decided in principle there should be international mediation. Mr Buthelezi and ANC President Nelson Mandela agreed in a joint statement after meeting in Durban on Tuesday that the possibility of international mediation should be explored to resolve outstanding constitutional deadlocks. Mr Buthelezi told the businessmen on Thursday that the interim constitution, as it stood, would give rise to the politics of violent recrimination when it was found that "it polarises South Africa and destroys the prospects of producing the national unity in which there will emerge the national will to establish a democracy and make it work". | [
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[Excerpt] Johannesburg March 3 SAPA--The African National Congress [ANC] on Thursday [3 March] gave notice it had apparently accepted international mediation, saying a joint ANC/Inkatha Freedom Party [IFP] task force should be established to address "the specifics" of this proposal. The ANC's national working committee said in a statement in Johannesburg it had received a full report of the March 1 meeting between ANC President Nelson Mandela and IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi and that it "warmly welcomed the positive outcome of the meeting". Committee members had discussed the idea of international mediation, proposed by Mr Buthelezi, as a way of resolving outstanding differences between the two parties, and had agreed to explore this route. "To pursue the matter further with the IFP, the ANC proposes the establishment of a joint task team to address the specifics and agree upon mutually acceptable terms of reference." The committee had also decided to set in motion discussions with the IFP on other outstanding issues, including future meetings between their respective leaders. [passage omitted] | [
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[By Ben Maclennan] Umtata March 3 SAPA -- African National Congress [ANC] leader Nelson Mandela is to meet Zulu King Zwelithini to discuss the issue of a separate Zulu kingdom. Speaking on Thursday [3 March] after a meeting with Organisation of African Unity Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim in Umtata in Transkei, Mr Mandela said a Zulu homeland was a point raised during his meeting with Inkatha Freedom Party President Mangosuthu Buthelezi earlier this week. "I indicated to Mr Buthelezi this was a matter we were prepared to discuss directly with the king and we requested Mr Buthelezi to arrange a meeting. We are awaiting a response," Mr Mandela said. The ANC had decided in principle to accept international mediation, but it had not yet discussed the structure through which this would take place. "But the principle has been formally accepted and we have conveyed this fact to Mr Buthelezi," he said. Mr Mandela said he had briefed Mr Salim on the latest political developments during their hour-long meeting in the offices of the Transkei Military Council in Umtata. Mr Salim said he had been encouraged by the discussions he had had with Mr Mandela, Mr Buthelezi, State President F W de Klerk, the Pan Africanist Congress leadership and the Afrikaner Volksfront [Afrikaner National Front]. "What has encouraged me more is the meeting the president of the ANC had with Mr Buthelezi. From all indications, it was very constructive. I believe and I'm hopeful that arising from the serious discussions and understandings arrived at there, the prospects for the country are certainly brightened," Mr Salim said. The OAU looked forward to a peaceful election. A successful outcome was vital not only to the people of South Africa, but to the continent as a whole. The attention of the international community was focused on this country, he said. "We want to see an emergent, stable South Africa which can play a central role in Africa and can be an important factor of stability for our continent," Mr Salim said. | [
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[Report by A Thomson] Johannesburg March 3 SAPA -- Motivation to vote in the April elections is high, according to the results of a survey for Matla Trust published on Thursday [3 March]. The research initiatives survey of 8,004 respondents shows 83 per cent of black voters and 85 per cent of white voters intend casting ballots. However, only 50 per cent of coloureds and 55 per cent of Indians intend voting. The survey shows six per cent of blacks, eight per cent of whites, 19 per cent of coloureds and 23 per cent of Indians intend abstaining. Motivation to vote among blacks is highest in the Eastern and Western Cape (93 and 95 per cent) and lowest in Natal and the Eastern Transvaal (74 per cent). Among coloureds, it is lowest in the Western Cape (47 per cent) and in the North-West Region (46 per cent). Indian voters in the PWV [Pretoria, Witwatersrand, Vereeniging] region are more motivated than those in Natal (62 and 54 per cent). Women are less motivated than men in all regions except the Western Cape. The gender gap is between seven and 12 per cent, except in the Eastern Transvaal where 85 per cent of men and 62 per cent of women will vote, and Natal where 80 per cent of men and 68 per cent of women will go to the polls. The gender gap is highest among Indians, at 29 per cent. Principal reasons for not voting are confusion about political events, personal reasons (such as "too old", "against religion") and ignorance about elections and voting. Among blacks, lack of identity documents is the fifth most important reason for not voting. The survey also shows the secrecy of the ballot is either doubted or mistrusted by about 25 per cent of voters. Belief in ballot secrecy is highest among blacks, at 81 per cent. The figure for whites is 77 per cent, for coloureds 70 per cent and for Indians 74 per cent. | [
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[By Pierre Claassen] [Excerpts] Cape Town March 3 SAPA -- International mediation and the government's attitude to it has become the key to a quick and inclusive constitutional settlement. This became clear as the Freedom Alliance closed ranks on Thursday [3 March] and backed the mediation initiative proposed by IFP [Inkatha Freedom Party] leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi with the African National Congress' [ANC] national working committee also giving it the green light. The proposal, made at the Buthelezi/Mandela summit on Tuesday, now needs only the government's backing to ensure agreement by the majority in the multiparty negotiating process. [passage omitted] Mr F W de Klerk and his government will now have to give its response to the mediation proposal, an option not popular with the NP [National Party] government in the past. An all-inclusive settlement has, however, become a clear priority for the two major parties and there seems little chance, observers say, that Mr de Klerk will resist ANC President Nelson Mandela in accepting it. The Angola/Namibian settlement is cited as a clear precedent of successful international mediation involving South Africa. The Alliance backing came after a three-hour meeting between leaders at a Constantia Hotel in the Cape on Friday morning. Speaking on their behalf, Alliance Chairman and Bophuthatswana Foreign Minister Rowan Cronje said they were backing the intiative and were united on the issue. It was up to the ANC to indicate its acceptance of the offer. Mr Buthelezi said the offer was made in return for a recommendation to his Central Committee to register "provisionally" to give negotiators a chance to find a settlement. He rejected Mr de Klerk's view, expressed in Parliament on Wednesday, that negotiations could continue to reach agreements which could be implemented after the elections. "We want a settlement before elections," he said. The Alliance accused the government of having unilaterally suspended negotiations, but the new initiative has given the process new momentum which the government will find difficult to resist. Mr de Klerk acknowledged the IFP offer in Parliament on Wednesday with careful wording which clearly left the door open. Asked whether there was enough time, Mr Cronje said at the Thursday summit the principle first had to be accepted before details of the who, where and when could be negotiated. He made it clear the Alliance was taking its cue from the IFP Central Committee's decision on Friday which in turn was subject to ANC acceptance. Mr Buthelezi's response was that if the IFP Central Committee accepted the initiative it was implicit that it considered there was enough time to negotiate and participate in the elections, although the Alliance and the IFP's position remained that the election date itself had to be postponed. Although there is virtually no chance of the latter, senior negotiators said on Thursday night a concession by the government and the ANC on international mediation was now a logical next step. Postponements of technical deadlines could then follow. The Alliance was confident enough to appoint a committee to deal with the details of such a process once the IFP's Central Committee decided in favour of it. | [
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[Excerpts] There is still a good chance that members of the Freedom Alliance will register for the elections. They have accepted international mediation in principle to resolve South Africa's deadlock. This followed an alliance meeting in Cape Town today. Conrad Burke reports: [Burke] [passage omitted] The names of possible mediators that have been suggested so far include the Italian-based Venus Commission, the German Constitutional Court, the Swiss-based International Institute for Federalism, American former Chief Justice Warren Burger, and the Carter Center, which has been involved in Ethiopia. But getting this together could take time. On the other hand, if the ANC [African National Congress] and the Government signal a positive response, the Freedom Alliance's parties could go ahead and register before midnight tomorrow and tighten up on the nuts and bolts of mediation over several days. There is a slim possibility that the registration deadline could be amended, but even this won't afford them much time. Candidates' lists need to be submitted in six days' time. [passage omitted] | [
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The leader of the National Party, Mr. F.W. de Klerk, says the elections cannot be postponed to allow time for international mediation to break the constitutional deadlock. Addressing a meeting in Durban last night, Mr. de Klerk said the government had not been consulted on this issue, and that he needed a concrete proposal to be tabled before it could be considered. However, he had serious reservations as to whether international mediation could address the issues at stake. Mr. de Klerk said he was open to negotiations to reach agreement for implementation after the elections. Mr. de Klerk said he was disappointed with the Freedom Alliance's actions regarding the amendments proposed by the government to break the constitutional deadlock. He described the alliances' reaction as inadequate, as the government's proposals address the core of the problems. Mr. de Klerk said he rejected the alliance's efforts to play down the latest amendments. | [
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[Interview with Dr. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, kwaZulu chief minister and Inkatha Freedom Party leader, in the Cape Town parliamentary studio by Max du Preez on the "Agenda" program -- live] [Excerpt] [passage omitted] [Du Preez] Earlier I referred to the state president's statements earlier tonight that there is not enough time for foreign mediation. What is your reaction to that? [Buthelezi] Well I don't know. Mr. de Klerk has always been saying there is no time for this, there is no time for that, there's this deadline and that deadline, and really it's something that depresses me immensely, Mr. du Preez, because I think that the main thing is to find a solution. What is the use of meeting deadlines, as happened in Angola, and still have mayhem like that in the country. I think that it's important for us to find solutions, rather than to gallop regardless of whether we find a solution or not. [Du Preez] Now I suspect then what Mr. Moosa said about the election date being cast in stone, that you will also not be very happy with that statement? [Buthelezi] Well I'm not happy with it because it's based -- in fact from the very beginning, you know Mr. du Preez, without rehashing, you know, arguments that have taken place at the multiparty talks, you know, in Kempton Park -- from the very beginning, the very idea of fixing a date before there was a constitution was wrong. But we provisionally accepted the date on the proviso that certain things should come first. But those things which should have come first did not even come first, and that is why our teams or delegations had to walk out of Kempton Park. [Du Preez] I put it to the other two gentlemen earlier -- I think viewers and voters will imagine now that this is the next deadlock: that the Freedom Alliance parties will come in and say we have not had enough time -- the ANC [African National Congress] and government saying it's virtually cast in stone. Do you have sympathy with the position that there could be violence -- it would be a massive disappointment to a large majority of the people -- if we had to move the date from the 27th of April? [Buthelezi] Well I think that is propaganda that is being built by both the government, Mr. de Klerk, and also by the leaders of the ANC that, you know, people are itching to have the 27th, they are itching for that regardless of the result, regardless of whether there is an all inclusive solution. I mean that is their attitude all along, and it's propaganda, of course, which has become a hype, sort of deliberately created, you know, in their public relations work. [passage omitted] | [
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Ulundi March 4 SAPA -- Inkatha Central Committee members gathered in the kwaZulu capital of Ulundi on Friday [4 March] morning to decide on the IFP's [Inkatha Freedom Party] provisional registration for the April elections. Sources said the meeting was expected to endorse IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi's proposal for provisional registration, pending international mediation on the constitutional deadlock. Friday's meeting also follows the ANC's acceptance of mediation, opening the way for Inkatha's registration before the Friday midnight deadline. Central Committee members were tight-lipped on their arrival for the 10AM Ulundi meeting. IFP sources said on Thursday however that details of mediation and the time period remaining for electioneering would also come under the spotlight at the meeting. Inkatha officials said it could last several hours. | [
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An opinion poll conducted for the SABC [South African Broadcasting Corporation] has found that the majority of blacks in Natal-KwaZulu want King Goodwill Zwelithini to be the head of the province. The poll released today found that even supporters of the king believed he was wrong to be so politically involved with the IFP [Inkatha Freedom Party]. Asked to rate leaders on a scale of 1-10, the king came first with an average of 6.64. The second most popular leader is Mr. Nelson Mandela with 5.8, followed closely by Chief Buthelezi with 5.37, and State President F.W. de Klerk with 5.04. The ANC's [African National Congress] candidate for premier in Natal, Mr. Jacob Zuma, received a negative rating from nearly half the sample. | [
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The deadline for political parties to submit their lists of candidates has been extended by five days. The deadline for the registration of political parties to take part in the elections is midnight tomorrow. Candidates' lists should be in by 1600 on 9 March. The Independent Electoral Commission [IEC] said in Kempton Park any further changes to these dates would be very difficult. [Begin IEC spokesman Norman du Plessis recording, in English] Now that would be very difficult in terms of the logistics. Obviously that is a matter for Parliament to decide if there is to be any further postponements. But in terms of logistics, the printing of ballot papers and various such matters, it would be extremely difficult to effect further changes. [end recording] | [
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[Italicized passages recorded] [Excerpts] Foreign Minister Durao Barroso and Nelson Mandela have met in South Africa. Both came out in favor of peace and of a peaceful channeling of the South African electoral process. [Correspondent Antonio Mateus] An election boycott poses a potential conflict situation in South Africa. After meeting the South African president, the ANC [African National Congress] president, and the PAC [Pan-Africanist Congress] president, Barroso still has reservations regarding the future of this country. The consensus between the government and the ANC raises hopes of a peaceful transition but this is not enough. Six weeks away from the elections the objective is to extend participation in the process. Barroso's message was echoed by some of those involved, anxious to prevent the worst. Barroso found today in Mandela an attentive listener to the experience of transition in Africa. [Mandela, in English with superimposed translation] They have had a lot of experience regarding the problems that South Africa will have to face, because the former colonies, Angola and Mozambique, had difficult experiences that we do not want to see repeated in this country. I have found the exchange of opinion with him [Barroso] very useful in that regard. [Mateus, interviewing Barroso on the street] After the brief contacts, are you more optimistic regarding the future of this country, or is it too early to say? [Barroso] I still have many reservations because I think that until we can ensure that everyone will participate there will be the potential for destabilization. Essentially, I think there is a great consensus in South Africa -- for which it would be enough that the ANC and the National Party saw eye to eye -- but it is important for that agreement to be as widespread as possible in order to reduce to a minimum the potential for destabilization of some forces. [passage omitted] | [
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Foreign Minister Durao Barroso has told RDP that if things take a turn for the worse in South Africa steps will be taken to make it possible for nationals to leave the country. He was speaking in Johannesburg to our correspondent Carlos Pacheco. [Pacheco] The Government has plans for the repatriation of nationals should things worsen in South Africa. Minister Durao Barroso gave no details, but confirmed that planning is in progress to enable us to respond to a worst-case scenario. However Durao Barroso is confident of a positive evolution in South Africa and does not believe that repatriation will be necessary. The foreign minister also denied rumors that nationals are returning home in massive numbers, stating that the figures supplied by the Embassy show nothing out of the ordinary. [Begin Barroso recording] If in the past, in extreme conditions, we were able to receive our compatriots [post-1974 return from the African colonies], now we would certainly be able to receive them much better. But this is not our goal, nor is it, I believe, the goal of most of the who have settled here. [end recording] | [
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[Report by political correspondent Themba Molefe] The African National Congress [ANC] has increased security around its leadership after being informed of a rightwing plot to assassinate Mr Cyril Ramaphosa. The ANC has confirmed that Afrikaner Volksfront [National Front -- AVF] co-leader General Constand Viljoen "volunteered" information linking the plot with covert military operations. The ANC has, however, not divulged the full details of Viljoen's information and referred inquiries to him. SOWETAN has learned that Viljoen approached the ANC with the information because he wanted to draw suspicion away from his people who, he said, were not part of the conspiracy. Viljoen was this week travelling around the country on AVF and Freedom Alliance business and could not be contacted for comment. ANC chief media officer Mr Carl Niehaus said the organisation had stepped up security, especially around Secretary-General Ramaphosa, in the light of the threat. ANC leaders have been targets of rightwing forces for some time, and several leaders have been killed in suspected plots. The most prominent was Mr Chris Hani, while SACP [South African Commun?st Party] chairman Mr Joe Slovo has also been a target. | [
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Johannesburg March 4 SAPA -- Police would seek an immediate interview with Afrikaner Volksfront [National Front -- AVF] co-leader General Constand Viljoen in connection with a reported plot to assassinate African National Congress [ANC] Secretery General Cyril Ramaphosa, police said on Friday [4 March]. Law and Order Ministry Spokesman Craig Kotze was reacting to a report in Friday's SOWETAN newspaper which said Mr Ramaphosa's security had been stepped up after Gen Viljoen had "volunteered" information to the ANC linking the alleged plot with covert military operations. The SOWETAN said it had learned Gen Viljoen had approached the ANC with the information "because he wanted to draw suspicion away from his people who, he said, were not part of the conspiracy". Mr Kotze told SAPA police would take immediate steps "to get to the bottom of this matter and in this regard will seek an immediate interview with Gen Constand Viljoen. This matter is seen in an extremely serious light as South Africa cannot afford a repetition of the Chris Hani affair." Gen Viljoen could not immediately be traced for comment. | [
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[Excerpts] The Council of Ministers yesterday held an extraordinary meeting chaired by Prime Minister Anatole Kanyenkiko. [passage omitted] The first point on the agenda of the Council of Ministers was a briefing on the state of security in the country. It was introduced by the minister of state charged with interior and public security and expanded by the minister of national defense. The briefing noted that security was slowly returning to normal inside the country, while in Bujumbura, especially in Kamenge, this morning the situation worsened. It should be noted that arms are being kept almost everywhere in the country, particularly in the capital. The council therefore recommends an in-depth study of ways to install appropriate mechanisms to disarm the public. Members of the government also deeply deplored the balkanization trends currently affecting Bujumbura. In the face of the generalized insecurity in Burundi, the Council of Ministers found it necessary to put in place operational structures charged with following up and solving on a daily basis questions related to security. The people will be regularly informed about the steps taken to that effect. The council recommended the strengthening of the National Security Council. The media were called upon to support the government's action towards restoring security, especially in the mayorship. The members of the government believe that the solution to the crisis will necessarily pass through a judicial process devoid of complacency and with the cooperation of the various bodies of the police and the people. Last, in order to emphasize its determination to bring about a rapid return to security and peace in the country, the council decided that until further notice it would meet at least once a week to study the security problem as a priority. [passage omitted] | [
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[Excerpt] [passage omitted] Cameroon appears keen to play down the situation. We spoke to Augustin Kontchous, spokesman for the Cameroon Government and communications minister: [Begin Kontchous recording] We on the Cameroonian side do not want to see the crisis escalate, but we do not control all the factors. We cannot do anything about the Nigerian position. The Nigerians came and occupied a part of Cameroonian territory. The Cameroonian Armed Forces are on the ground to prevent the Nigerians from going any further. We cannot see in what way the could complicate the situation. For a start, the are not present in the theater of operations, they are far from the theater of operations. It is in case the Nigerians were to make the situation worse that perhaps the would [word indistinct], not perhaps, certainly. France would implement the defense accords that exist between Cameroon and France. None of this is very good in the current world context. Like yesterday, we do not see what would be the use of bellicose spirits, of war. Perhaps this bellicose mobilization has aims other than war itself. We do not know. [end recording] | [
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Yaounde, 5 Mar (AFP) -- Cameroon is ready "for any eventuality," in its border conflict with Nigeria, even though "Yaounde's option remains the search for a peaceful solution," Cameroonian Communications Minister Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni stated today. Stating the stand of the Cameroonian Government on the Bakassi Peninsula for the first time in public, Mr. Kouomegni asserted that "we are within our rights and our option is still finding a peaceful solution to the problem." "This solution can only be found through the strict respect for each country's territorial integrity -- that of Cameroon and of Nigeria. It is for this reason that Cameroon has informed international institutions and does not rule out any initiative, be it bilateral or multilateral," added Mr. Kouomegni who was speaking at a news conference. "However, if war is imposed on us, we must go to war and we will count on the bravery of our soldiers who have so far given an excellent demonstration of their bravery and we will count on our allies, including France, whose readiness to help us has remained intact," the minister continued, adding: "We recognize, and this is very clear, that this option would be harmful for our two states. We do not wish for it." | [
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Yaounde, 5 Mar (CAMNEWS/PANA) -- Invoking a military defense pact, Cameroon said Saturday [5 March] that the French military presence in the west African country was aimed at assessing "the situation" on island in the Bakassi Peninsula claimed by Cameroon and Nigeria. Cameroon State Minister for Communications Kontchou Augustin Kouomegni said Saturday at a press conference in Yaounde, the capital, that heightened French military and diplomatic activity was aimed at averting the possibility of a war between the two African neighbors. Kontchou said Cameroon can only go to war if it was imposed on her. "We are fully committed to solve all our problems peacefully and we call on Nigeria to do the same," he said. Dismissing Nigeria's claim to the oil rich peninsula, Kontchou said Cameroon had allowed Nigerian settlers on the islands to continue living there out of good neighborliness,"but this does not mean that the land belongs to Nigeria." In a letter to the United Nations Security Council dated 28 February requesting a debate on the matter, Cameroon alleged that Nigeria violated its territorial integrity by attacking its troops stationed in the peninsula on 18 February. Cameroon said also that Nigeria annexed two villages in the disputed area on 31 December 1993. Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema met Camerooonian President Paul Biya and Nigerian leader Sani Abacha on Thursday in efforts to resolve the dispute. Cameroon bases its claim to the peninsula on a 1913 agreement between Britain and Germany. It said former Cameroonian President Ahmadou Ahidjo and Nigerian leader Yakubu Gowon signed an accord which reinforced Cameroon's ownership. Nigeria said the Gowon-Ahidjo Agreement was not binding because it was not ratified by the Supreme Military Council, the then ruling body in Nigeria. | [
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In Chad, Yorongar Lemohiban, coordinator of the Front of Forces of Action for the Republic [Front des Forces d'Action pour la Republique], an illegal party, was arrested at his home by police yesterday. After 24 hours of detention there is still no information on the reasons behind his arrest. The law says that the 48-hour limit on detention without charge can only be renewed once. | [
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The Chadian Government and the National Awakening Committee for Peace and Democracy [CNSPD] are still not on the same wavelength. Chadian Interior Minister Abderamane Izzo yesterday accused the CSNPD leader, Moise Kette, of being responsible for the failure of recent talks in Bangui. Moise Kette, in return, blames the failure of the Bangui talks on the government in an interview with Raphael Mbadinga. [Begin recording] [Kette] Ndjamena blames us for the failure of the roundtable negotiations. We categorically reject this, as we think that it is Ndjamena which is to blame for the failure. We raised the real problem which has been tearing Chad apart for over 30 years: the form of the state. Each time we raise this problem, the government delegation retreats behind the idea of sovereignty so that it will not have to discuss the issue, although it well knows that this is the problem which has been undermining the country for 34 years. [Mbadinga] Will the negotiations resume shortly? [Kette] I think the mediating parties are maintaining contacts with the two parties and each party has gone back to its base to receive fresh instructions before coming back to the negotiating table. As far as we are concerned, for the Chadian problem to be definitely resolved we would prefer that all other political- military forces -- political parties and civil associations -- take part in the second meeting so that we bury the hatchet once and for all. [end recording] | [
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Libyan and Chadian delegations met this morning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Their discussions centered on the application of the verdict of the International Court of Justice at The Hague, which was handed down a month ago. For Chad, the meeting is to examine with the Libyan delegation how the Chadian administration could take back the Aouzou Strip or fix the date for the withdrawal of Libyan forces from the Chadian territory. The nine-member Libyan delegation, led by 'Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, secretary of the General People's Committee for External Liaison and International Cooperation, arrived this morning in Ndjamena at the invitation of the Chadian Government. After welcoming the Libyan delegation, Foreign Minister Fakadi Lokna stated that this meeting is in line with contacts between the leaders of the two countries following the pronouncement of the verdict by the International Court of Justice. Let us listen to him. [Begin Lokna recording] Our meeting today must enable us to examine the modalities for the execution of the verdict pronounced on 3 February by the International Court of Justice. I would like to assure you that my delegation has come here with the strong determination and an open mind to discuss with you the timetable for this withdrawal which will usher in a new era in the relations between our two countries. I am convinced that a rapid implementation of the verdict of the International Court of Justice will enable us to strengthen the basis for the fruitful cooperation that we are all yearning for. [end recording] 'Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, leader of the Libyan delegation, noted that the verdict of the International Court of Justice is a permanent solution for the problem. [Begin al-Muntasir recording, in Arabic fading into translation] We think that the verdict of the International Court of Justice provided a permanent solution for the problem which existed between us. We must therefore agree to implement the (?agreements) between our two countries, including the decision of the International Court of Justice. We are therefore prepared to implement those agreements and accords as best as we can. I assert that we will endeavor to seriously implement all the decisions on which we have agreed and work seriously to build strong relations for the future well-being of our two countries. [end recording] | [
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In Zaire, President Mobutu's party, the Popular Movement of the Revolution [MPR], has reacted to an opposition leader's harsh statement. Convention of Nationalist Reformers Chairman Jacques Matanda announced two days ago that the radical Zairian opposition would launch an armed struggle to paralyze the country and force President Mobutu to quit. Jacques Matanda also said, quote: Mobutu can be overthrown, the main thing is to start it. As one might imagine, the MPR, the former sole party, has reacted to the statement. The party's European representative, Jean-Paul Huamba, has expressed his displeasure at Mr. Matanda's statement. He spoke to Mohamed Youssouffou Saliou. [Begin Huamba recording] Any idea of democracy that includes violence and any kind of undemocratic behavior must be rejected. Mr. Matanda has no right to incite people to violence, as Zairians are currently seeking a political solution to their problem through the High Council of the Republic-Transitional Parliament [HCR-TP]. The MPR, therefore, finds Mr. Matanda's statement in Luanda offensive. We have only just signed the Palais de Marbre agreement, which welcomed negotiators and former parliamentarians into the HCR- TP. He could have waited until the constitutional document governing the transitional period has been formulated, as this will clarify the political situation. [end recording] | [
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["Rebuttal" issued by Mulongo Mukalai and Mpondo Wabanga of the Katanga Parliamentary Group; place and date not given] The Katanga parliamentary group of the High Council of the Republic [HCR] was surprised by the publication of your article "Katanga Withdraws From the Premiership Race." We found it surprising because there is no indication whether the author of the article is Katangese. Moreover, the author's anonymity is not even disturbed when he speaks on behalf of all members of the HCR. This is why we insist on making the following clarification: Members of the HCR from Katanga Province of all shades of opinion have formed the Katanga Parliamentary Group governed by a bureau, which is the sole organ authorized to speak for them. No decision of the kind mentioned in the article has been made by its plenary session. A decision to engage in or withdraw from the premiership race is the responsibility of the plenary session of their parliamentary group, which acts freely and independently in matters under its jurisdiction. We therefore categorically deny this information, which is likely to harm Katanga's interests. We call on you to publish our rejoinder in the same place the original article was published for the sake of justice. [Signed] For the Bureau of the Katanga Parliamentary Group: Copresidents Mulongo Mukalai, HCR member, and Mpondo Wabanga, HCR member | [
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[Excerpt] The fourth session of the Eritrean National Assembly was held in Asmara from 2 to 4 March 1994 and adopted the following resolutions: 1. Formation of the Eritrean Government: Recalling the decision made by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front [EPLF] Central Committee in its seventh session; transitional decree No. 37/1993 proclaiming the establishment of the Government of Eritrea and the National Assembly; and the resolutions of the Third Congress of the EPLF that the Eritrean National Assembly comprise 75 members of the Central Council of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice, and by an equal number of popularly elected members, the National Assembly has resolved that the former executive body comprising ministers and provincial administrators be replaced by competent cabinet ministers, hence: a) basing itself on the above resolution, the National Assembly has decided to amend decree No. 37/1993 on the formation, duties, and competencies of the Eritrean Government and to adopt decree No. 52/1994; b) that the institutions formerly operating independently at authority level, such as those for road, sea and air transport, be reconstituted to ministerial level and named the Ministry of Transport; also noting the importance of tourism to our country's economy, the National Assembly resolved to establish a Ministry of Tourism by excising the sector from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The National Assembly accordingly resolved that a 16-man cabinet be formed to be chaired by the president and that it should hold monthly meetings. 2. Formation of a Constitution Commission: Conscious of the need to start drafting a transitional constitution with full popular participation, of studying the preparations made in the past, and having discussed recommendations made by experts on the formation and responsibilities of a constitutional commission, the National Assembly: a) adopted the decree on the formation of a constitutional commission and b) elected 42 members of the Constitutional Commission including seven members of the Executive Council and also the chairman, deputy chairman, and the secretary of the commission, with the chairman of the National Assembly being empowered to fill any vacancy arising in the commission. 3. Decree on land tenure: Conscious of the major importance of the land tenure issue and of the previous rigid system of land tenure as obstructive to development, [passage indistinct], the National Assembly resolved: a) [passage indistinct], adopted the decree on land tenure. [passage indistinct]. 4. New decentralization of Eritrea: Recognizing the (?former) provincial system as incompatible with national reconstruction and development programs, the National Assembly has appointed a committee responsible for drawing up new administrative divisions [words indistinct]. 5. Press law: Reviewing the previous efforts made to draft a press law and recognizing the urgent need for a press law, the National Assembly: a) resolved to set the basic guidelines for an Eritrean press law, elected a committee to draft it and to issue the press law as soon as possible after the committee accomplishes its duties. [passage omitted] | [
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[Excerpt] [passage omitted] Dear listeners, according to the resolutions adopted by the Eritrean National Assembly today the list of cabinet ministers and provincial administrators is as follows: Ministers: - Muhammad Ahmad Sharifo, minister of local government; - Mesfin Hagos, defense minister; - Ali Sayyid Abdullah, minister of internal affairs; - Petros Solomon, minister of foreign affairs; - Haile Welde Tensea, minister of finance and development; - Baraki Gebre Selasie, minister of culture and information; - Tesfaye Gebre Selasie, minister of energy, mines and water resources; - Uthman Salih Muhammad, minister of education; - Sebehat Ephrem, minister of health; - Giorgis Tekle Mikael, minister of transport; - Fawziyyah Hashim, minister of justice; - Abraha Asfew, minister of construction; - Worku Tesfa Mikael, minister of tourism; - Ekuba Abraha, minister of commerce and industry; - Tesfaye Girma Tseion, minister of agriculture; - Salih Makki, minister of maritime resources. Provincial Administrators: - Muhammad Sa'id Nawid, administrator of the Sahel Province; - Asmerom Gebre Egziabhier, administrator of Senhit Province; - Al-Amin Shaykh Salih, administrator of Barka Province; - Behane Gebre Egziabhier, administrator of Hamasen Province; - Germano Nati, administrator of Gash and Setit Province; - Adhanom Gebre Mariam, administrator of Seraye Province; - Ibrahim Idris Totil, administrator of Semhar Province; - Salih Ahmad (Iyaye), administrator of Akele Guzay Province; - Humed Ahmad Karikareh, administrator of Denkaliya Province; - Sebhat Ephrem, acting administrator of Asmara Province. | [
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The commissioner of police, Shedrach Kiruki, refuted reports in yesterday's DAILY NATION, which alleged that the general service unit and the regular police fired in the air and sealed off the biggest polling station in Lumakanda for 30 minutes. A statement to Kenya Broadcasting Corporation from police headquarters clarified that there was no explosion in the township as alleged by some FORD [Forum for the Restoration of Democracy]-Kenya officials. Police investigations further confirmed to members of the public, FORD-Kenya officials and the press that a government vehicle was backfiring and misfiring. The commissioner of police described the report as malicious and meant to tarnish the good name of the police force. | [
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[Excerpts] His Excellency President Daniel arap Moi, today said that the government was going to make a formal protest against some friendly countries to Kenya for their persistent interference in the country's internal affairs. The president noted that, as a sovereign state, Kenya deserves respect from these nations the way it respected them. Saying that these countries were partisan, the president wondered why their embassies had not disassociated themselves from the subversive elements operating in the country in the name of democracy. The president gave examples of the tribal clashes started by the opposition and their assertion of terrorism as areas where these countries never came up to condemn. President Moi noted that he had implemented a lot of conditions by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and wondered why these countries have not appreciated all these efforts. President Moi was speaking at Eldoret showground when he officially opened this year's Uasin Gishu Agricultural Show. At the same time, President Moi once again criticized a section of the local press for their lack of patriotism and thriving on lies and sensationalism. He disclosed that it was now clear that these newspapers have a hidden agenda, and told Kenyans to be on the lookout. The president observed that the KANU [Kenya African National Union] government has for a long time been the target of intimidation and said should the country be pushed to civil war, then Kenyans should know who pushed them that far. He challenged those subversive elements in the country to come out and state whether they do not want a united nation instead of hiding behind the song of democracy. Saying that violence breeds violence, President Moi told those friendly countries to Kenya to take time off to understand the way Kenyans live, instead of rushing to call for changes in the country. President Moi reiterated that although he has been tolerant for quite some time now, tolerance has a limit. [passage omitted] Once again, President Moi told civil servants, including the police, that the government will not enter into any negotiations over their loyalty to the government of the day. He told the commissioner of police to make it clear to the police that they had an obligation to serve the government in power loyally or risk dismissal. He gave an example of the armed forces who, despite being officers and soldiers drawn from all over the country, lived harmoniously as a family. [passage omitted] | [
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Mombasa District Kenya African National Union chairman Shariff Nassir today accused the British Government of assisting youths of the unregistered Islamic Party of Kenya [IPK] to flee to Britain, where they declare themselves as refugees. Nassir claimed that two-thirds of the IPK youth had left the country for Britain as self-made refugees. Addressing a news conference in Mombasa today, Nassir, an assistant minister for information and broadcasting, noted that yesterday's stone-throwing incident in Mombasa was the work of remnants of IPK youth who wanted to create a crisis, which they would use as an excuse to flee the country. Nassir asked the government to investigate cases in which businessmen in the old town of Mombasa were assisting Muslim youths to flee to Britain. When contacted, the British High Commission declined to comment. | [
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[Excerpt] Nairobi, 4 Mar (KNA) -- The national organizing officer of KANU [Kenya African National Union] Mr. Japheth Kiti denied press reports that KANU was meddling with the multiparty election in Malawi, saying that all that KANU was doing was responding to requests by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on how best to win the elections. Mr. Kiti, who was receiving nine defectors from opposition parties at KANU headquarters today, said that it was due to the cordial relationship between KANU and MCP over the years that KANU had agreed to respond to the Malawi Congress Party's request. [passage omitted] | [
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The national chairman of the Uganda People's Congress, UPC, Haji Badru Wegulo, has been arrested by the police on charges of publishing seditious materials against the government and the president of Uganda. In the booklet entitled "The 1994 Constituent Assembly Elections," the UPC position is claimed to portray the National Resistance Movement, NRM, of President Yoweri Museveni as a foreign occupation government and dominated by foreigners. Wagulo, who was arrested this morning by police officers at the UPC headquarters in Kampala, was due to appear in court this afternoon, but Chief Magistrate Jorokamu Bamwine, who was to hear the case, refused to hear it because Wegulo was brought in after office hours. The charge sheet says Wegulo and others still at large in February in Kampala did utter, print, publish for sale and caused the booklet to be distributed. | [
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Another Uganda People's Congress [UPC] official, Dr. (Patrick Rubaihayo), has been arrested. According to the UGANDA NEWS AGENCY, UNA, Dr. (Rubaihayo), who is a member of the UPC Presidential Commission and chairman of the Manifesto Committee, was arrested yesterday on his farm in Kashari, Mabarara District. Dr. (Rubaihayo) was another signatory to the publication of the 1994 constituency assembly election, the UPC position. [as heard] | [
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President Yoweri Museveni has received the Sudanese foreign minister, Dr. Husayn Sulayman Abu-Salih. The meeting took place at the Uganda International Conference Center yesterday evening. The Sudanese foreign minister delivered a special message from the Sudanese President al-Bashir. He was accompanied by the Sudanese high commissioner to Kenya, Mr. Martin Malwal. | [
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There has been another arms theft at the Ouidah Military Camp. A large quantity of arms and ammunition disappeared last night. The armory guard is said to have left his guard post to have something to eat between 2100 and 2130. When he returned he found the armory door ajar. Seven rocket launchers, [name indistinct] automatic pistols, assault rifles, magazines, and 300 cartridges had already disappeared. The camp officials were alerted and an initial search led to the discovery of some cartridges but most of the arms and ammunition are still missing. This theft, which is not the first at the Ouidah Camp, is happening at a time when security problems have increased and tension has risen slightly after the CFA franc devaluation. | [
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Praia, 4 Mar (AFP) -- Cape Verdean Prime Minister Carlos Veiga today reshuffled his cabinet, including two new faces as ministers of justice and health. Here is the lineup: - Carlos Veiga, prime minister and minister of defense; - Manuel Chantre, minister of foreign affairs; - Jose Tomas Veiga, minister of economic coordination; - Mario Silva (former minister of internal administration), minister of cabinet affairs; - Helena Semedo, minister of fisheries, agriculture, and rural development; - Teofil Figueiredo Silva, minister of infrastructure and transport; - Ulpio Fernandes, minister of finance; - Joao Higino do Rosario, minisiter of tourism, industry, and commerce; - Manuel Faustino, minister of education and sports; - Ondina Ferreira, minister of culture and communication; - Pedro Monteiro Freire de Andrade (new), minister of justice; - Jose Medina (new), minister of health; - Jose Luis Monteiro, secretary of state for foreign affairs and cooperation; - Antonio Pascoal Santos, secretary of state for immigration; - Manuel Vicente Anastacio Silva, deputy secretary of state for infrastructure. A new Ministry of Employment, Youth, and Social Promotion was also created, but the portfolio has not yet been filled. | [
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[By Iddi Ali] Accra, Mar 4 (AFP) -- Gunmen seriously wounded 10 passengers when they opened fire on a bus in northeastern Ghana, which has recently seen a major flare-up of tribal strife, press reports said Friday [4 March]. The bus was attacked just after leaving the town of Salaga, 330 kilometres (205 miles) north of Accra, for Tamale, 90 kilometres (about 55 miles) further north, one passenger told the DAILY GRAPHIC. The driver forced his passage through the ambush and pressed on to Tamale, the paper said. On Tuesday, Ghanaian military police killed 14 people and wounded 15 others when they intervened after tribal clashes at Tamale, according to a new official toll released Friday. The soldiers opened fire after an angry crowd composed mainly of Dagombas, who had clashed with members of the Konkomba tribe, ignored warning shots and was set to attack the troops, an Information Ministry statement said. The government, which Thursday sent a team headed by Defence Minister Mahama Iddrisu to the region, has expressed its "deepest regrets for the incidents" and conveyed its "profound condolences" to the families of those who died. Initial investigations indicated that the Dagombas launched their attack at Tamale, after the Konkombas had collected their pay from a bank, the statement added. Early last month, tribal strife claimed at least 1,000 lives in northeastern Ghana. The army brought about a fragile truce in mid- February after a state of emergency was declared in the region. That fighting between Konkombas on the one hand and Nanumbas, Dagombas and Gonjas on the other was started by a brawl in a market-place at Yendi, 440 kilometres (270 miles), north of here. The two communities, separated by their tribal backgrounds, social status and religious practices, have been fiercely antagonistic for more than 20 years. In 1981, a dispute over a game of cards eventually led to 1,500 deaths. Ghanaian press reports said that troops sent to the northeast with orders to disarm the rival tribes did not dare to venture into the bush, which hampered their operations considerably. | [
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Twenty-one shotguns, 73 packets of ammunition, and 18 ammunition belts have been seized by the police in a raid at the Konkomba yam market in Accra. Also seized were two shotguns wrapped in a map and concealed under the driver's seat of a vehicle. During the operation, a total of 30 suspects were rounded up, most of whom are Konkombas. Briefing newsmen after the operation, the greater Accra regional police commander, Mr. Joseph Mprah, said the shotguns were hidden in the roofs of yam stalls, which also serve as residence for the traders at the market. He stated that the exercise is the result of information reaching his office that the Konkomba market is used as a source of arms supply to the north. Mr. Mprah said the inspector general of police, Mr. Kwofie, therefore ordered the operation as a way of eliminating the source of arms supply and ensuring that all arms are retrieved from the warring parties in the conflict. He appealed to arms and ammunition dealers in the country to complement the government's efforts for peace by being circumspect in their business transactions. He asked them to place the national interest above their personal interests and refuse the sale of arms to anyone bearing a suspicious permit or one with a name belonging to the conflict zone. The exercise was later extended to the timber market, where 32 persons were arrested for dealing in Indian hemp. | [
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[From "Focus on Africa" program] In Liberia, the seating of the transitional government on Monday [7 March] continues to look increasingly doubtful due to the rivalry within Alhaji Koromah's ULIMO [United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia] faction. Signs of a split in the movement first began to emerge with the sacking of Dr. al- Mohamed Sheriff as ULIMO's representative in the transitional council. This was followed by a claim by Alhaji Koromah that the NPFL [National Patriotic Front of Liberia] of Charles Taylor were attacking ULIMO in Lofa and Bong counties but this claim was promptly denied by ULIMO's very own military head, Roosevelt Johnson. And now more evidence of a widening gap between the two men and their supporters have come to light. From Monrovia, Nienate Allison telexed this report. The rift in Alhaji Koromah's ULIMO is deepening. There was a shoot-out last night between Koromah loyalists and forces in favor of Roosevelt Johnson. The shooting, lasting for several hours, occured near the Po River bridge just outside Monrovia and sources said the situation remains confused today. Travelers who arrived here today from ULIMO headquarters in Tubmanburg said tension started building up when ULIMO leader, Alhaji Koromah, ordered the disarmament of elements of the Krahn ethnic group -- the second largest fighting force in ULIMO. They said Koromah loyalists had disarmed all Krahn elements in areas covering Kre and southwards toward the Po River bridge where they met some resistance and decided to return to Tubmanburg. However, they returned later in the day with reinforcement and succeeded in disarming Roosevelt Johnson loyalists. Thereafter, Roosevelt Johnson ordered troops from his base in Kakata, 35 miles north of Monrovia, into the Po River area to tighten security. Sources said that shooting broke out finally between the two sides and lasted into the early morning hours. On Thursday, the cracks in ULIMO were highlighted. In an interview on Focus on Africa, Koromah alleged that forces of Charles Taylor's NPFL were attacking ULIMO forces in Salayie. Roosevelt Johnson, chairman of ULIMO's military wing, denied Koromah's claim and yesterday accused him of attempting to derail the peace process. Meanwhile in another development, ULIMO today named (Dex Tayowo) as its representative on the five-man transitional state council. Tayowo, a Krahn, was an immigrant captain and until his appointment served as ULIMO press coordinator. He replaces Thomas Ziah, also a Krahn, who was sacked from the council on Thursday. | [
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Monrovia, March 6 (AFP) - The West African force that is to begin disarming Liberia's various factions Monday [7 March] will use force if necessary to accomplish its mission, John Inienger, the commander of the ECOMOG [Economic Community of West African States Cease-Fire Monitoring Group] force said Sunday. Inienger said in an interview aired on national radio that the UN-supervised force would be "evenhanded" and "neutral" but warned that "any party acting alone or in contract to frustrate disarmament will be forced to disarm." He said he was aware the disarmament process would be lengthy and fraught with obstacles but that his force is "resolved and committed to bring about total peace to Liberia." But so far the Nigerian-led ECOMOG force which began deploying here last Tuesday has made little headway as it attempts to fan out across the country. Local observers fear that an internal power dispute among leaders of one of the country's two main factions, the United Liberation Movement (ULIMO) could scuttle the peace process. On Sunday ULIMO's military command, headed by General Roosevelt Johnson, issued a communique announcing that the president of the movement, Alhaji Koromah, had been dismissed. Johnson is from the Krahn ethnic group and Koromah from the Mandingo group. Johnson in his communique accused Koromah of engaging in "inconsistent activities which the movement considered obstacles in the peace process" and rejected his decision earlier this week to dismiss Thomas Ziah, an ULIMO representative appointed to the country's State Council, an interim collegial presidency which is to rule the country between March 7 and September 7. Koromah's stand against Ziah was apparently prompted by the latter's refusal to support ULIMO representative Mohamed Sheriff to the presidency of the transitional government on February 28. As a result, David Kpormakor, an interim government representative, was elected president of the State Council, a decision immediately contested by the ULIMO representatives. Meanwhile Koromah on Friday ordered his followers to disarm members of the Krahn ethnic group, a decision that resulted in a shootout that left four Krahn members injured. | [
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Nigeria has formally responded to allegations made against her by Cameroon on the dispute over the Bakassi Peninsula. In a letter to the United Nations Security Council, the minister of external affairs, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, refuted Cameroon's claims that Nigeria violated its territorial integrity and annexed its land. Nigeria expressed surprise at the steps taken by Cameroon to internationalize the issue before the commencement of summit talks by the two countries to resolve the issue. Such steps, Nigeria said, included the invitation of French troops to the area, initiating a process with the International Court of Justice at The Hague, and bringing the matter to the attention of the OAU chairman. Giving the background to the dispute, the letter explained that on the 31st of last December, Nigerian troops were dispatched to the Nigerian Bakassi Peninsula to avert a violent clash between communities in Akwa Ibom and the Cross River States who were laying claim to the Bakassi settlements, but following the concern expressed by Cameroon on the Nigerian troops' movement, the minister of external affairs visited Yaounde to explain the troops' movement to President Paul Biya. The Cameroonian foreign minister also visited Abuja with a message from President Biya, and both sides agreed to resolve the issue peacefully. The Nigerian note said that surprisingly, while peaceful dialogue was proceeding, Cameroonian soldiers from their position launched an attack on the Nigerian troops first on 14 February and again on the 18th and 19th of the same month. The Nigerian troops felt obliged to defend themselves, but they were ordered to cease fire as soon as the attack on them stopped. The letter expressed the hope that the Security Council would encourage the initiative for a bilateral resolution of the dispute. Nigeria called on all third parties to refrain from acts which could internationalize or aggravate the situation. | [
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The Federal Government says it is unwilling to mobilize troops in the Bakassi Peninsula, now a subject of dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, to (?defuse) tension in the area. Nigeria has, however, opted to establish her presence in a portion of the disputed region, which is the bone of contention between two Nigerian communities. The director of information at the defense headquarters, Brigadier General Fred Chijuka, clarified the Federal Government's position today on a Radio Nigeria program, "Behind the Headlines." Brig. Gen. Chijuka explained that the government was keeping a close watch on developments in the area, while making all contingency arrangements. | [
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[By Paul Ejime] Calabar (Nigeria), 6 Mar (PANA)--Nigeria's chief of Army Staff, Major General Mohamed Chris Alli, at the weekend paid a two-day visit to troops at the Bakassi Peninsula which is disputed by Nigeria and Cameroon. Military sources in Calabar, the capital of Nigeria's Cross River State on Sunday [6 March], said the "routine" visit was to Army units in the state, including the disputed oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula. Informed sources said the Army chief was in the area to reassure the troops about Nigeria's diplomatic efforts to resolve the dipsute peacefully. According to reports in Calabar on Sunday, the situation in the disputed territory was calm after reported skirmishes on 18 and 19 February. Nigeria has denied a Cameroonian report that there was a clash in the area saying that its own troops were fired on by Camerooninan gendarmes, but did not return fire. Cameroon has taken the case to the United Nations and informed the International Court of Justice at The Hague and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). Nigeria has also intensified diplomatic efforts after it accused France of introducing "an elemement of war" by sending its paratroopers, a frigate and arms to Cameroon under their defence pact. France last week sent a diplomatic mission to Cameroon and Nigeria, while Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema also met the leaders of the two countries in another diplomatic move to avert hostilities. | [
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The Federal Government has been urged not to allow Nigeria to be used as a testing ground by the superpowers over the boundary issue with Cameroon. The (Monkrala Katsina) [traditional ruler's title], Alhaji Tukuri Idriss, gave the advice in an interview with our correspondent in Kaduna. Alhaji Tukuri Idriss, who is also the district judge of Bakuri in Bakuri local government of Katsina State, stressed the need for Nigeria and Cameroon to resolve the Bakassi Peninsula issue amicalbly without foreign interference. He noted that the issue had been existing since the 1914 amalgamation and that the matter should be taken seriously to avoid war between the two nations. The (Monkrala Katsina) expressed the fear that should war break out, France would, along with other Western nations, fight Nigeria. | [
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[Excerpt] Lagos, March 6 (AFP) -- Nigeria is wary about joint military manoeuvres planned for Monday [7 March] between France and Benin, which come amid conflict with another French-backed neighbour, the daily GUARDIAN said Sunday. France recently sent troops to its former colony Cameroon, which is at odds with Nigeria over their border in the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula. Last week it also sent a warship to the Cameroonian port of Douala. "There is no way you can say you want to ease tension with all this show of might," the GUARDIAN quoted a Nigerian official as saying, renewing Friday's accusations that Paris was escalating the dispute with Cameroon. The manoeuvres and an "increasing French military presence" were seen as "part of gun-boat diplomacy by Paris to intimidate Nigeria," the paper wrote. But French diplomats in Lagos said the French-Benin manoeuvres starting Monday had been planned for a year, "long before conflict broke out on the other border, and all countries in the region had been given notice." "The defence attache of the Nigerian embassy in Benin, and two Nigerian military observers, are taking part in the manoeuvres," the diplomats said. Officials in Paris said the arrival of the ship, due to be replaced by a smaller vessel from the French Navy on Monday, was part of "routine" movements which had nothing to do with the Cameroonian border conflict. In an effort to dispel Nigerian suspicions, Paris has also insisted that only about 15 "technical military assistants" were sent to Cameroon at its own request, and that France wanted to see a peaceful resolution of the conflict. [passage omitted] | [
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[Excerpts] Lagos, 7 March (AFP) -- Nigerian military authorities announced Monday [7 March] that they will send observers to joint military manoeuvres involving Beninese and French troops expected to begin the same day in neighbouring Benin. France "requested us to send observers and the Nigerian Armed Forces decided to send them at the weekend", defence spokesman General Fred Chijuka told AFP. The military authorities expect a report from the Nigerian observer team sent to witness to military manoeuvres, he added. Nigeria, he said, must have been requested to send observers to clear any lingering doubts about the aim of the military exercise, especially since France has been accused by Abuja of allying with Yaounde over a current border dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon. The tension between the two countries generated as a result of a dispute over the ownership of Bakassi peninsula has abated and Nigerian military authorities believe that the military manoeuvres might have been planned before now, said Chijuka. [passage omitted] The fact that the military manoeuvres were to start at this moment of conflict between Yaounde and Abuja might be a "coincidence", he said. Sunday, press reports here quoted Nigerian officials as being suspicious of the military exercise, describing it as "a show of might" at the moment of crisis. "When they return, our people should be able to tell us" the exact situation of things, Chijuka said. In another development, the military administrator of one of the states bordering the disputed territory has said Nigeria was making plans to solve refugee problems that may crop up as a result of the conflict. The military administrator of Akwa Ibom state, Colonel Yakubu Bako, said that necessary logistics have been put in place in the state to tackle refugee problem, the official NAN reported late Sunday. "We are expecting that problem, we have worked out the logistics and submitted it to the Nigeria federal government", Bako told journalists. Although the state was not having refugee problems at the moment, Bako said he has initiated moves to hold talks with his colleagues in Abia and Cross River, two states neighbouring on Akwa Ibom over the matter. The independent CONCORD newspaper reported Sunday that an average of 300 displaced Nigerians fleeing Cameroon arrive daily in Ikang, a border village in Cross River State. The newspaper report has not been officially confirmed. | [
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The Nigerian and Cameroonian heads of state are going to meet very soon to settle their territorial dispute. For the moment, the tense atmosphere between the two countries has cooled off. This disclosure was made this afternoon by Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister Babagana Kingibe who was granted audience in Lome II by the head of state, General Gnassingbe Eyadema. Let's listen to the Nigerian diplomat. [Begin recording] [Kingibe] My visit to Togo today is in line with regular consultations between Nigeria and Togo especially when a problem arises in our region or between our two countries. As you are aware, the Togolese president has taken an initiative which has deeply touched all Nigerians by going to Cameroon and Nigeria to see if he could offer some sort of mediation in this small problem between Nigeria and Cameroon. So, I have come here in this context and presently there is a Togolese delegation in Abuja. My Togolese counterpart is currently in Abuja. So, you see that it is normal for Nigeria and Togo to always have regular and very close contacts and consultations. I have come here in this context and I am highly satisfied with the outcome of my talks with the president. I came to convey some suggestions and viewpoints of President Sani Abacha and I am very pleased with the observations made by President Eyadema on this viewpoints. I am happy to confirm that, thanks to President Eyadema's personal intervention and also to other measures adopted by President Sani Abacha and President Paul Biya, the present tension has cooled off a great deal. Calm prevails now, and the two governments -- the two leaders -- have demonstrated their desire to engage in fraternal dialogue and to avoid internationalizing the dispute. So, the prevailing atmosphere is very, very satisfactory now. Calm now prevails. [Unidentified correspondent] Will the heads of state meet? [Kingibe] By the grace of God. [Correspondent] And will the meeting come very soon? [Kingibe] I hope very, very soon. But the truth is that no precise date has been fixed now. However, I am very confident that a meeting will be held very, very soon. [end recording] | [
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In continuation with his diplomatic move aimed at resolving the dispute over Bakassi Peninsula between Nigeria and Cameroon, Foreign Affairs Minister Ambassador Babagana Kingibe was in Lome, the Togolese capital, this evening to deliver a special message from General Sani Abacha to the Togolese leader, President Gbassingbe Eyadema. The meeting between Ambassador Kingibe and the Togolese president, which lasted half an hour, was witnessed by Nigeria's envoy in Togo, Ambassador Vincent Okobi, and the Togolese foreign minister, Mr. Fambare Natchaba. Correspondent Shegun Adeluye, who was in the minister's entourage, asked Ambassador Kingibe what was achieved from the diplomatic visit. [Begin Kingibe recording] In light of these conversations, I am very optimistic that the situation is going to improve day by day until such a time that we can have the dialogue between ourselves and our brothers, the Cameroonians, and we shall be able to resolve our problems and bring ourselves [words indistinct] to this dialogue. I think that with the conditions at this point in time are getting more and more favorable toward that end. I am sure that the initiative by President Eyadema and others will all go a long way in contributing to create the right atmosphere that will enable us to resolve this problem once and for all in a very peaceful manner. [end recording] The foreign affairs minister said he is confident that General Eyadema is experienced and trustworthy enough to contribute meaningfully to the peaceful resolution of the Nigeria-Cameroon border dispute. | [
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National Union for the Total Independence of Angola's [UNITA] rebels have shelled Chiobo area in Cabinda Province, near the border with the Republic of Zaire. The area was recaptured by the Angolan Armed Forces [FAA] a few days ago. UNITA has been shelling the area from Zairian territory. On the situation in Cabinda FAA's Colonel Manuel Paiva said: [Begin Paiva recording] UNITA has been carrying out offensive movements, particularly in northern Cabinda Province. This has caused certain instability at (Candozinsi) and (Chombo). UNITA troops, coming from Zaire, have been shelling areas and carrying out terrorist actions, ambushes, and attacks on government positions in those areas. In response, our forces expelled the enemy in certain areas, notably Chimbuande and Choco. In brief, we can say that the political and military situation is relatively calm, since our forces were able to put the enemy on the defensive and establish greater tranquility and security in northern Cabinda. [end recording] | [
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The political and military situation in northern Angola is characterized by war. This was revealed by Army General Abilio Kamalata Numa, chief of the general staff of the northern front, in an interview with the Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel and TERRA ANGOLANA newspaper. According to Genertal Numa, Luanda is carrying out a full military offensive, totally disrespecting the Lusaka peace talks. It wants to capture positions under the control of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] in the provinces of Zaire, Uige, Bengo, and Cuanza Norte. General Numa said the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Labor Party [MPLA-PT] relies on the assistance of mercenaries from different nationalities, including marines stationed in Cabinda Province. He said MPLA-PT warships cruise along the Cabinda-Luanda corridor weekly, carrying lethal materiel. However, Commander Kamalata Numa reaffirmed UNITA's desire to continue to find peace through dialogue, but stressed that the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola will henceforth not tolerate any kind of provocation. He said UNITA was carrying out all kinds of defensive measures to defend the strategic city of Soyo. In conclusion, General Numa stressed that UNITA will not be held responsible for damage to oil installations in the event of an attack on Soyo. | [
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Army General Abilio Kamalata Numa, chief of staff for the northern front, says Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola [MPLA] troops are trying to enter diamond rich areas of Lunda Province. Gen. Numa said a huge motorized column left Dondo for N'Dalatando a few hours ago. The column consists of more than 2,000 men, 13 tanks, 12 TM bridgelayers, four B-30 guns, two IL-46 guns, six AG-17 rocket launchers, and 20 logistical and personnel carriers. Two Mi- 25 helicopters stationed in Cambamba and several fighter bombers stationed in Luanda are also part of the column. Gen. Numa said the ongoing offensive is aimed at the civilian residents of N'Dalatando. Turning to Bengo Province, Gen. Numa said the Luanda government is also involved in an offensive in that province. He said People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola [FAPLA] units intend to take the District of Quibaxe in order to establish a support base to mount an attack on Uige. He said heavy clashes are taking place in Ucua District, and National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] forces are fighting bravely. Heavy MPLA troop movements have been reported in Muxaluando area of Bengo Province. FAPLA forces have been ordered to head to Vista Alegre and N'Zeto. Fierce clashes are also taking place on the Ambriz-N'Zeto axis. Gen. Numa said the MPLA-Labor Party is being assisted by Katangese mercenaries, many of whom have been captured. As a whole, Gen. Numa said he is confident that UNITA forces will succeed. | [
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There is enormous evidence that the Futungo de Belas regime is not interested in peace. Recently, more lethal equipment arrived at the Luanda airport at night coming from Brazil, the DPRK, Russia, Israel, and Argentina. Such an attitude is dangerous to the current atmosphere of expectation in Angola, since the negotiators in Lusaka are about to reach an agreement. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] alerts the international community, particularly the United States to persuade the Futungo regime to abdicate its warmongering thoughts. UNITA also says that the Luanda regime has on various occasions tried to hinder the success of the Lusaka talks. The Luanda regime will be responsible for a possible failure in the process. UNITA believes that there is no possibility of establishing peace through a military solution in Angola, as stated recently by UNITA President Dr. Jonas Malheiro Savimbi in an interview with AFP journalists. | [
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[Interview with Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Chikoty by unidentified correspondent in Geneva; date not given--recorded; in English with superimposed translation into ] [Unidentified correspondent] Which countries provide aid to UNITA [National Union for the Total Independence of Angola]? Is South Africa directly involved? [Chikoty] Yes, we know that South Africa continues to deny that. As you know, recently there was a court case involving three South African pilots accused of ferrying weapons from South Africa to Angola in 1993. That confirms what we have been saying all along. We also know that there is an important logistical base in Zaire. It is headed by Colonel (Karizer). You should know that I was also a UNITA member. Col. (Karizer) lives in Kinshasa, and he supervises all the logistical aid earmarked for UNITA camps. Basically, all neighboring countries -- namely, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia have revealed that in 1993 a considerable number of aircraft from South Africa overflew their territories and landed in southern and eastern Angola. Now the aircraft land in Zaire and then proceed to Angola. So, as you can see Zaire and South Africa are involved in the dispute. UNITA enjoys a great deal of assistance. UNITA has offices in the United States, Portugal, England, and France. We do not know what form of assistance they get from the governments of those countries, though we think there is a degree of tolerance. We believe UNITA has become a terrorist organization now that elections have been held in Angola. There is no justification for the claim that UNITA is fighting communism in Angola and for human rights and democracy. We believe the cold war is over. The only way of assisting Angola's democratic development is to stop the war. One cannot allow UNITA to destroy everything and kill innocent people. | [
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Afonso Dhlakama today showed RTP his shadow cabinet. The Renamo leader said he is ready to take over power, but he will accept remaining in opposition. Our correspondent in Maputo, Fernando Magalhaes, met Renamo's shadow cabinet: [Magalhaes] This is Renamo's first shadow cabinet and Afonso Dhlakama introduced it to us: [Begin recording] [Dhlakama] This is Minister for Internal Administration Albino Faife. This is Agostinho Murrial, information minister. This is Minister of Agriculture Paris [Raul] Baza. [end recording] [Magalhaes] He also introduced us to the recently appointed aides of provincial governors. This will be a way of sharing regional government that many Frelimo people fear will paralyze its government. [Begin recording] [Magalhaes] Will this shadow government dynamize or paralyze the country's activities? [Dhlakama] It will dynamize them. It will help the reintegration and reunification of the country. [Magalhaes] The appointment of the aides was decided at the first Dhlakama-Chissano summit, which took place in Maputo on 3 September 1993. Maybe this is the beginning of a government of reconciliation which the international community wants to see still before the elections. Do you hope to win the elections? [Dhlakama] Well. [Magalhaes] Or do you hope to win the next? [Dhlakama] Well, I want to make it clear that I did not fight for power but rather, I fought for democracy and freedom and I have already won. We will have to see whether I will win the elections or not. We will have to see. I have hope that the results will be good. [end recording] | [
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Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] President Afonso Dhlakama has expressed his leadership's readiness to begin to demobilize his movement's troops beginning next week. At a meeting with OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim today, Afonso Dhlakama spoke of the efforts being made to prepare for the elections, with the establishment of the National Elections Commission and the Elections Administration Technical Secretariat. He also spoke of good relations existing with President Chissano. On the occasion, the Renamo leader deplored the canceling of logistical assistance to his movement by the government, which he says violates the General Peace Accord. In turn, the OAU secretary general hailed the parties for the achievements made during the pacification of Mozambique. He also promised to encourage the international community to assist the Mozambican peace process in every way. Radio Mozambique learned this from Raul Domingos, Renamo's head of the political affairs department, in a telephone contact. | [
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UN Special Representative Aldo Ajello says that contradictory decisions by the Supervision and Control Commission [CSC] and the Cease-Fire Commission [CCF] have contributed toward the delays in the demobilization of government and Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] troops. The UN official noted that, though the CSC had decided that demobilization should begin on 1 March, the CCF ordered that, until Renamo had produced its lists, the government should not send its lists to the Finance Ministry to have demobilization subsidies paid out. Aldo Ajello announced that greater control is to be exerted on the CCF in the future. The UN special representative also disclosed that the first UN police contingent is scheduled to arrive in Mozambique before the end of this month. The UN Security Council recently endorsed the deployment of more than 1,000 UN policemen in this country to observe the work done by the police of the Republic of Mozambique. | [
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The United Nations special representative in Mozambique, Aldo Ajello, has been giving details of the arrangements for the deployment of more than 1,000 UN police observers in Mozambique, following a Security Council resolution last month. Mr. Ajello told a Maputo press briefing today that 1,144 UN police will be deployed in three phases. This month should see the arrival of UN police headquarters staff. Thirty-six police for regional centers and 327 observers for the 11 provincial capitals. From April to June, 70 percent of the 720 UN police to be deployed at districts and lower levels should be in place. A full police contingent must be in place one month before the country's first multiparty elections due to be held in October this year. Mr. Ajello said the UN police would be very useful for the unification of the territory and the republic's administration. He guaranteed that the Mozambican police should freely enter Renamo-held areas. Mr. Ajello found it very encouraging that Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama yesterday reiterated his commitment to unifying the country under a single administration. Mr. Ajello said he believed that both Renamo and the government were now strongly committed to implementing the peace process on time. He said there could be no question of postponing the elections until 1995 because both sides understood that [words indistinct]. | [
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OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim arrived in Maputo this morning for a four-day visit. Salim Salim is scheduled to meet with President Joaquim Chissano, UN Special Representative Aldo Ajello and Foreign Minister Pascoal Mocumbi. He is also scheduled to visit Corrumani dam in Maputo and the city of Beira. | [
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In Maputo today, President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano received OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim, who arrived in the country this morning for a four-day working visit. President Chissano briefed Salim Ahmed Salim on the peace process in Mozambique. The two also examined the political situation in South Africa and the peace process in the region. Speaking to journalists at the end of the audience, Salim Ahmed Salim stressed that the Mozambican people have an opportunity to live in peace and have a harmonious economic and social development. Salim Ahmed Salim will also meet with Mozambique National Resistance leader Afonso Dhlakama and the UN representative in Mozambique, Aldo Ajello, today. The OAU secretary general is also expected to visit an assembly area in Maputo Province and the Corrumana Dam. Salim Ahmed Salim arrived in Maputo after a five-day visit to South Africa, where he familiarized himself with that country's political process. He also stopped over in Maseru, Lesotho. In Maputo this afternoon President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano also received Sadako Ogata, UN high comissioner for refugees, who arrived in the country on 2 March. | [
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Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] leader Afonso Dhlakama has called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR] to speed up the return of refugees before the elections to enable them to vote. Raul Domingos, Renamo's head of political affairs, said this appeal was made during a meeting between the Renamo leader and UNHCR chief Sadako Ogata. Raul Domingos also said that Dhlakama requested Sadako Ogata to create facilities so that Renamo cadres can visit refugee camps abroad, before the refugees' return. | [
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Sadako Ogata, UN high commissioner for refugees, left Maputo this afternoon for Geneva at the end of a four-day visit to Mozambique. Yesterday, Sadako Ogata was in Angonia District, Tete Province, to familiarize herself with projects for the reintegration of more than 200,000 people returning from Malawi, where they had sought refuge because of the war in the country. During her stay in Mozambique Sadako Ogata met with President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano and Mozambique National Resistance leader Afonso Dhlakama and visited a number of development projects. | [
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Another political party has been founded in Mozambique. It is called the Mozambique Internationalist Democratic Party, Pidemo, founded by Joao Kamacho. The party views federalism as the best system of government to guarantee the country's development. | [
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There was no plenary meeting at the Lusaka peace talks yesterday, but important steps were nevertheless taken to restore peace in this country. The Voice of Resistance of the Black Cockerel has learned that the mediators have presented a new general document to the negotiating parties, who responded to it yesterday. It is not known yet how the two sides responded to that document because the official mediator continues to demand secrecy. Meanwhile, Dr. Jorge Alicerces Valentim, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] information secretary, told Radio France Internationale yesterday that talks were on the right track and progress was being made. [Begin recording] [Valentim] The talks are going very well indeed. In practical terms, we have reached consensus concerning more than 50 percent of all the issues that have been raised. I would like to [words indistinct] the sides have agreed that there should be a major campaign after an accord has been signed to promote a spirit of tolerance and trust that would allow its implementation. We have also reached an understanding concerning a very important role by a free press that would serve the whole nation. Obviously, decentralization is a very important point. We have not reached complete agreement on that score yet, but we have covered more than three quarters of the ground needed to achieve that goal. As for the issue of participation by UNITA deputies in the National Assembly, or Parliament, it is true that there is an understanding but, unfortunately, that issue has run into some difficulties because we are of the opinion that there must be no interference in the choice of UNITA deputies to take up seats in Parliament. It will be up to the UNITA leadership to choose the deputies who will be in Parliament, those who will be in government -- at whatever level -- and those who will be working in other areas. [Unidentified correspondent] What about the government posts that UNITA has been demanding? [Valentim] The talks are continuing but we have reached an agreement that that matter should be discussed (?on the ground). [end recording] | [
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National Union for the Total Independence of Angola's [UNITA] rebels have shelled Chiobo area in Cabinda Province, near the border with the Republic of Zaire. The area was recaptured by the Angolan Armed Forces [FAA] a few days ago. UNITA has been shelling the area from Zairian territory. On the situation in Cabinda FAA's Colonel Manuel Paiva said: [Begin Paiva recording] UNITA has been carrying out offensive movements, particularly in northern Cabinda Province. This has caused certain instability at (Candozinsi) and (Chombo). UNITA troops, coming from Zaire, have been shelling areas and carrying out terrorist actions, ambushes, and attacks on government positions in those areas. In response, our forces expelled the enemy in certain areas, notably Chimbuande and Choco. In brief, we can say that the political and military situation is relatively calm, since our forces were able to put the enemy on the defensive and establish greater tranquility and security in northern Cabinda. [end recording] | [
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The political and military situation in northern Angola is characterized by war. This was revealed by Army General Abilio Kamalata Numa, chief of the general staff of the northern front, in an interview with the Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel and TERRA ANGOLANA newspaper. According to Genertal Numa, Luanda is carrying out a full military offensive, totally disrespecting the Lusaka peace talks. It wants to capture positions under the control of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] in the provinces of Zaire, Uige, Bengo, and Cuanza Norte. General Numa said the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Labor Party [MPLA-PT] relies on the assistance of mercenaries from different nationalities, including marines stationed in Cabinda Province. He said MPLA-PT warships cruise along the Cabinda-Luanda corridor weekly, carrying lethal materiel. However, Commander Kamalata Numa reaffirmed UNITA's desire to continue to find peace through dialogue, but stressed that the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola will henceforth not tolerate any kind of provocation. He said UNITA was carrying out all kinds of defensive measures to defend the strategic city of Soyo. In conclusion, General Numa stressed that UNITA will not be held responsible for damage to oil installations in the event of an attack on Soyo. | [
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There is enormous evidence that the Futungo de Belas regime is not interested in peace. Recently, more lethal equipment arrived at the Luanda airport at night coming from Brazil, the DPRK, Russia, Israel, and Argentina. Such an attitude is dangerous to the current atmosphere of expectation in Angola, since the negotiators in Lusaka are about to reach an agreement. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] alerts the international community, particularly the United States to persuade the Futungo regime to abdicate its warmongering thoughts. UNITA also says that the Luanda regime has on various occasions tried to hinder the success of the Lusaka talks. The Luanda regime will be responsible for a possible failure in the process. UNITA believes that there is no possibility of establishing peace through a military solution in Angola, as stated recently by UNITA President Dr. Jonas Malheiro Savimbi in an interview with AFP journalists. | [
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[Interview with Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Chikoty by unidentified correspondent in Geneva; date not given--recorded; in English with superimposed translation into ] [Unidentified correspondent] Which countries provide aid to UNITA [National Union for the Total Independence of Angola]? Is South Africa directly involved? [Chikoty] Yes, we know that South Africa continues to deny that. As you know, recently there was a court case involving three South African pilots accused of ferrying weapons from South Africa to Angola in 1993. That confirms what we have been saying all along. We also know that there is an important logistical base in Zaire. It is headed by Colonel (Karizer). You should know that I was also a UNITA member. Col. (Karizer) lives in Kinshasa, and he supervises all the logistical aid earmarked for UNITA camps. Basically, all neighboring countries -- namely, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia have revealed that in 1993 a considerable number of aircraft from South Africa overflew their territories and landed in southern and eastern Angola. Now the aircraft land in Zaire and then proceed to Angola. So, as you can see Zaire and South Africa are involved in the dispute. UNITA enjoys a great deal of assistance. UNITA has offices in the United States, Portugal, England, and France. We do not know what form of assistance they get from the governments of those countries, though we think there is a degree of tolerance. We believe UNITA has become a terrorist organization now that elections have been held in Angola. There is no justification for the claim that UNITA is fighting communism in Angola and for human rights and democracy. We believe the cold war is over. The only way of assisting Angola's democratic development is to stop the war. One cannot allow UNITA to destroy everything and kill innocent people. | [
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Afonso Dhlakama today showed RTP his shadow cabinet. The Renamo leader said he is ready to take over power, but he will accept remaining in opposition. Our correspondent in Maputo, Fernando Magalhaes, met Renamo's shadow cabinet: [Magalhaes] This is Renamo's first shadow cabinet and Afonso Dhlakama introduced it to us: [Begin recording] [Dhlakama] This is Minister for Internal Administration Albino Faife. This is Agostinho Murrial, information minister. This is Minister of Agriculture Paris [Raul] Baza. [end recording] [Magalhaes] He also introduced us to the recently appointed aides of provincial governors. This will be a way of sharing regional government that many Frelimo people fear will paralyze its government. [Begin recording] [Magalhaes] Will this shadow government dynamize or paralyze the country's activities? [Dhlakama] It will dynamize them. It will help the reintegration and reunification of the country. [Magalhaes] The appointment of the aides was decided at the first Dhlakama-Chissano summit, which took place in Maputo on 3 September 1993. Maybe this is the beginning of a government of reconciliation which the international community wants to see still before the elections. Do you hope to win the elections? [Dhlakama] Well. [Magalhaes] Or do you hope to win the next? [Dhlakama] Well, I want to make it clear that I did not fight for power but rather, I fought for democracy and freedom and I have already won. We will have to see whether I will win the elections or not. We will have to see. I have hope that the results will be good. [end recording] | [
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Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] President Afonso Dhlakama has expressed his leadership's readiness to begin to demobilize his movement's troops beginning next week. At a meeting with OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim today, Afonso Dhlakama spoke of the efforts being made to prepare for the elections, with the establishment of the National Elections Commission and the Elections Administration Technical Secretariat. He also spoke of good relations existing with President Chissano. On the occasion, the Renamo leader deplored the canceling of logistical assistance to his movement by the government, which he says violates the General Peace Accord. In turn, the OAU secretary general hailed the parties for the achievements made during the pacification of Mozambique. He also promised to encourage the international community to assist the Mozambican peace process in every way. Radio Mozambique learned this from Raul Domingos, Renamo's head of the political affairs department, in a telephone contact. | [
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UN Special Representative Aldo Ajello says that contradictory decisions by the Supervision and Control Commission [CSC] and the Cease-Fire Commission [CCF] have contributed toward the delays in the demobilization of government and Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] troops. The UN official noted that, though the CSC had decided that demobilization should begin on 1 March, the CCF ordered that, until Renamo had produced its lists, the government should not send its lists to the Finance Ministry to have demobilization subsidies paid out. Aldo Ajello announced that greater control is to be exerted on the CCF in the future. The UN special representative also disclosed that the first UN police contingent is scheduled to arrive in Mozambique before the end of this month. The UN Security Council recently endorsed the deployment of more than 1,000 UN policemen in this country to observe the work done by the police of the Republic of Mozambique. | [
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The United Nations special representative in Mozambique, Aldo Ajello, has been giving details of the arrangements for the deployment of more than 1,000 UN police observers in Mozambique, following a Security Council resolution last month. Mr. Ajello told a Maputo press briefing today that 1,144 UN police will be deployed in three phases. This month should see the arrival of UN police headquarters staff. Thirty-six police for regional centers and 327 observers for the 11 provincial capitals. From April to June, 70 percent of the 720 UN police to be deployed at districts and lower levels should be in place. A full police contingent must be in place one month before the country's first multiparty elections due to be held in October this year. Mr. Ajello said the UN police would be very useful for the unification of the territory and the republic's administration. He guaranteed that the Mozambican police should freely enter Renamo-held areas. Mr. Ajello found it very encouraging that Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama yesterday reiterated his commitment to unifying the country under a single administration. Mr. Ajello said he believed that both Renamo and the government were now strongly committed to implementing the peace process on time. He said there could be no question of postponing the elections until 1995 because both sides understood that [words indistinct]. | [
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OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim arrived in Maputo this morning for a four-day visit. Salim Salim is scheduled to meet with President Joaquim Chissano, UN Special Representative Aldo Ajello and Foreign Minister Pascoal Mocumbi. He is also scheduled to visit Corrumani dam in Maputo and the city of Beira. | [
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In Maputo today, President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano received OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim, who arrived in the country this morning for a four-day working visit. President Chissano briefed Salim Ahmed Salim on the peace process in Mozambique. The two also examined the political situation in South Africa and the peace process in the region. Speaking to journalists at the end of the audience, Salim Ahmed Salim stressed that the Mozambican people have an opportunity to live in peace and have a harmonious economic and social development. Salim Ahmed Salim will also meet with Mozambique National Resistance leader Afonso Dhlakama and the UN representative in Mozambique, Aldo Ajello, today. The OAU secretary general is also expected to visit an assembly area in Maputo Province and the Corrumana Dam. Salim Ahmed Salim arrived in Maputo after a five-day visit to South Africa, where he familiarized himself with that country's political process. He also stopped over in Maseru, Lesotho. In Maputo this afternoon President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano also received Sadako Ogata, UN high comissioner for refugees, who arrived in the country on 2 March. | [
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Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] leader Afonso Dhlakama has called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR] to speed up the return of refugees before the elections to enable them to vote. Raul Domingos, Renamo's head of political affairs, said this appeal was made during a meeting between the Renamo leader and UNHCR chief Sadako Ogata. Raul Domingos also said that Dhlakama requested Sadako Ogata to create facilities so that Renamo cadres can visit refugee camps abroad, before the refugees' return. | [
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Sadako Ogata, UN high commissioner for refugees, left Maputo this afternoon for Geneva at the end of a four-day visit to Mozambique. Yesterday, Sadako Ogata was in Angonia District, Tete Province, to familiarize herself with projects for the reintegration of more than 200,000 people returning from Malawi, where they had sought refuge because of the war in the country. During her stay in Mozambique Sadako Ogata met with President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano and Mozambique National Resistance leader Afonso Dhlakama and visited a number of development projects. | [
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Another political party has been founded in Mozambique. It is called the Mozambique Internationalist Democratic Party, Pidemo, founded by Joao Kamacho. The party views federalism as the best system of government to guarantee the country's development. | [
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National Union for the Total Independence of Angola's [UNITA] rebels have shelled Chiobo area in Cabinda Province, near the border with the Republic of Zaire. The area was recaptured by the Angolan Armed Forces [FAA] a few days ago. UNITA has been shelling the area from Zairian territory. On the situation in Cabinda FAA's Colonel Manuel Paiva said: [Begin Paiva recording] UNITA has been carrying out offensive movements, particularly in northern Cabinda Province. This has caused certain instability at (Candozinsi) and (Chombo). UNITA troops, coming from Zaire, have been shelling areas and carrying out terrorist actions, ambushes, and attacks on government positions in those areas. In response, our forces expelled the enemy in certain areas, notably Chimbuande and Choco. In brief, we can say that the political and military situation is relatively calm, since our forces were able to put the enemy on the defensive and establish greater tranquility and security in northern Cabinda. [end recording] | [
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The political and military situation in northern Angola is characterized by war. This was revealed by Army General Abilio Kamalata Numa, chief of the general staff of the northern front, in an interview with the Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel and TERRA ANGOLANA newspaper. According to Genertal Numa, Luanda is carrying out a full military offensive, totally disrespecting the Lusaka peace talks. It wants to capture positions under the control of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] in the provinces of Zaire, Uige, Bengo, and Cuanza Norte. General Numa said the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Labor Party [MPLA-PT] relies on the assistance of mercenaries from different nationalities, including marines stationed in Cabinda Province. He said MPLA-PT warships cruise along the Cabinda-Luanda corridor weekly, carrying lethal materiel. However, Commander Kamalata Numa reaffirmed UNITA's desire to continue to find peace through dialogue, but stressed that the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola will henceforth not tolerate any kind of provocation. He said UNITA was carrying out all kinds of defensive measures to defend the strategic city of Soyo. In conclusion, General Numa stressed that UNITA will not be held responsible for damage to oil installations in the event of an attack on Soyo. | [
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Army General Abilio Kamalata Numa, chief of staff for the northern front, says Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola [MPLA] troops are trying to enter diamond rich areas of Lunda Province. Gen. Numa said a huge motorized column left Dondo for N'Dalatando a few hours ago. The column consists of more than 2,000 men, 13 tanks, 12 TM bridgelayers, four B-30 guns, two IL-46 guns, six AG-17 rocket launchers, and 20 logistical and personnel carriers. Two Mi- 25 helicopters stationed in Cambamba and several fighter bombers stationed in Luanda are also part of the column. Gen. Numa said the ongoing offensive is aimed at the civilian residents of N'Dalatando. Turning to Bengo Province, Gen. Numa said the Luanda government is also involved in an offensive in that province. He said People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola [FAPLA] units intend to take the District of Quibaxe in order to establish a support base to mount an attack on Uige. He said heavy clashes are taking place in Ucua District, and National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] forces are fighting bravely. Heavy MPLA troop movements have been reported in Muxaluando area of Bengo Province. FAPLA forces have been ordered to head to Vista Alegre and N'Zeto. Fierce clashes are also taking place on the Ambriz-N'Zeto axis. Gen. Numa said the MPLA-Labor Party is being assisted by Katangese mercenaries, many of whom have been captured. As a whole, Gen. Numa said he is confident that UNITA forces will succeed. | [
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There is enormous evidence that the Futungo de Belas regime is not interested in peace. Recently, more lethal equipment arrived at the Luanda airport at night coming from Brazil, the DPRK, Russia, Israel, and Argentina. Such an attitude is dangerous to the current atmosphere of expectation in Angola, since the negotiators in Lusaka are about to reach an agreement. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola [UNITA] alerts the international community, particularly the United States to persuade the Futungo regime to abdicate its warmongering thoughts. UNITA also says that the Luanda regime has on various occasions tried to hinder the success of the Lusaka talks. The Luanda regime will be responsible for a possible failure in the process. UNITA believes that there is no possibility of establishing peace through a military solution in Angola, as stated recently by UNITA President Dr. Jonas Malheiro Savimbi in an interview with AFP journalists. | [
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[Interview with Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Chikoty by unidentified correspondent in Geneva; date not given--recorded; in English with superimposed translation into ] [Unidentified correspondent] Which countries provide aid to UNITA [National Union for the Total Independence of Angola]? Is South Africa directly involved? [Chikoty] Yes, we know that South Africa continues to deny that. As you know, recently there was a court case involving three South African pilots accused of ferrying weapons from South Africa to Angola in 1993. That confirms what we have been saying all along. We also know that there is an important logistical base in Zaire. It is headed by Colonel (Karizer). You should know that I was also a UNITA member. Col. (Karizer) lives in Kinshasa, and he supervises all the logistical aid earmarked for UNITA camps. Basically, all neighboring countries -- namely, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia have revealed that in 1993 a considerable number of aircraft from South Africa overflew their territories and landed in southern and eastern Angola. Now the aircraft land in Zaire and then proceed to Angola. So, as you can see Zaire and South Africa are involved in the dispute. UNITA enjoys a great deal of assistance. UNITA has offices in the United States, Portugal, England, and France. We do not know what form of assistance they get from the governments of those countries, though we think there is a degree of tolerance. We believe UNITA has become a terrorist organization now that elections have been held in Angola. There is no justification for the claim that UNITA is fighting communism in Angola and for human rights and democracy. We believe the cold war is over. The only way of assisting Angola's democratic development is to stop the war. One cannot allow UNITA to destroy everything and kill innocent people. | [
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Afonso Dhlakama today showed RTP his shadow cabinet. The Renamo leader said he is ready to take over power, but he will accept remaining in opposition. Our correspondent in Maputo, Fernando Magalhaes, met Renamo's shadow cabinet: [Magalhaes] This is Renamo's first shadow cabinet and Afonso Dhlakama introduced it to us: [Begin recording] [Dhlakama] This is Minister for Internal Administration Albino Faife. This is Agostinho Murrial, information minister. This is Minister of Agriculture Paris [Raul] Baza. [end recording] [Magalhaes] He also introduced us to the recently appointed aides of provincial governors. This will be a way of sharing regional government that many Frelimo people fear will paralyze its government. [Begin recording] [Magalhaes] Will this shadow government dynamize or paralyze the country's activities? [Dhlakama] It will dynamize them. It will help the reintegration and reunification of the country. [Magalhaes] The appointment of the aides was decided at the first Dhlakama-Chissano summit, which took place in Maputo on 3 September 1993. Maybe this is the beginning of a government of reconciliation which the international community wants to see still before the elections. Do you hope to win the elections? [Dhlakama] Well. [Magalhaes] Or do you hope to win the next? [Dhlakama] Well, I want to make it clear that I did not fight for power but rather, I fought for democracy and freedom and I have already won. We will have to see whether I will win the elections or not. We will have to see. I have hope that the results will be good. [end recording] | [
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Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] President Afonso Dhlakama has expressed his leadership's readiness to begin to demobilize his movement's troops beginning next week. At a meeting with OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim today, Afonso Dhlakama spoke of the efforts being made to prepare for the elections, with the establishment of the National Elections Commission and the Elections Administration Technical Secretariat. He also spoke of good relations existing with President Chissano. On the occasion, the Renamo leader deplored the canceling of logistical assistance to his movement by the government, which he says violates the General Peace Accord. In turn, the OAU secretary general hailed the parties for the achievements made during the pacification of Mozambique. He also promised to encourage the international community to assist the Mozambican peace process in every way. Radio Mozambique learned this from Raul Domingos, Renamo's head of the political affairs department, in a telephone contact. | [
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UN Special Representative Aldo Ajello says that contradictory decisions by the Supervision and Control Commission [CSC] and the Cease-Fire Commission [CCF] have contributed toward the delays in the demobilization of government and Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] troops. The UN official noted that, though the CSC had decided that demobilization should begin on 1 March, the CCF ordered that, until Renamo had produced its lists, the government should not send its lists to the Finance Ministry to have demobilization subsidies paid out. Aldo Ajello announced that greater control is to be exerted on the CCF in the future. The UN special representative also disclosed that the first UN police contingent is scheduled to arrive in Mozambique before the end of this month. The UN Security Council recently endorsed the deployment of more than 1,000 UN policemen in this country to observe the work done by the police of the Republic of Mozambique. | [
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The United Nations special representative in Mozambique, Aldo Ajello, has been giving details of the arrangements for the deployment of more than 1,000 UN police observers in Mozambique, following a Security Council resolution last month. Mr. Ajello told a Maputo press briefing today that 1,144 UN police will be deployed in three phases. This month should see the arrival of UN police headquarters staff. Thirty-six police for regional centers and 327 observers for the 11 provincial capitals. From April to June, 70 percent of the 720 UN police to be deployed at districts and lower levels should be in place. A full police contingent must be in place one month before the country's first multiparty elections due to be held in October this year. Mr. Ajello said the UN police would be very useful for the unification of the territory and the republic's administration. He guaranteed that the Mozambican police should freely enter Renamo-held areas. Mr. Ajello found it very encouraging that Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama yesterday reiterated his commitment to unifying the country under a single administration. Mr. Ajello said he believed that both Renamo and the government were now strongly committed to implementing the peace process on time. He said there could be no question of postponing the elections until 1995 because both sides understood that [words indistinct]. | [
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OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim arrived in Maputo this morning for a four-day visit. Salim Salim is scheduled to meet with President Joaquim Chissano, UN Special Representative Aldo Ajello and Foreign Minister Pascoal Mocumbi. He is also scheduled to visit Corrumani dam in Maputo and the city of Beira. | [
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In Maputo today, President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano received OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim, who arrived in the country this morning for a four-day working visit. President Chissano briefed Salim Ahmed Salim on the peace process in Mozambique. The two also examined the political situation in South Africa and the peace process in the region. Speaking to journalists at the end of the audience, Salim Ahmed Salim stressed that the Mozambican people have an opportunity to live in peace and have a harmonious economic and social development. Salim Ahmed Salim will also meet with Mozambique National Resistance leader Afonso Dhlakama and the UN representative in Mozambique, Aldo Ajello, today. The OAU secretary general is also expected to visit an assembly area in Maputo Province and the Corrumana Dam. Salim Ahmed Salim arrived in Maputo after a five-day visit to South Africa, where he familiarized himself with that country's political process. He also stopped over in Maseru, Lesotho. In Maputo this afternoon President of the Republic Joaquim Chissano also received Sadako Ogata, UN high comissioner for refugees, who arrived in the country on 2 March. | [
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Mozambique National Resistance [Renamo] leader Afonso Dhlakama has called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR] to speed up the return of refugees before the elections to enable them to vote. Raul Domingos, Renamo's head of political affairs, said this appeal was made during a meeting between the Renamo leader and UNHCR chief Sadako Ogata. Raul Domingos also said that Dhlakama requested Sadako Ogata to create facilities so that Renamo cadres can visit refugee camps abroad, before the refugees' return. | [
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[Excerpts] It has been a day of sensational developments on the election front. The Inkatha Freedom Party [IFP] decided at the eleventh hour to register conditionally for participation in next month's election. The party's national chairman, Dr. Frank Mdlalose, is on his way from Ulundi to Kempton Park by plane to register the IFP. Over the next four hours -- at midnight -- it will be all over for political parties that have not yet registered for the election. [passage omitted] At Ulundi, the Central Committee of the IFP made a last-minute decision. For news from Ulundi we switch over live to Gary Alfonso. [Alfonso] Good evening from here in Ulundi, where it has been a very busy day. Inkatha's Central Committee eventually decided, after a meeting of more than seven hours, to pass the resolution that they would in fact register. Dr. Frank Mdlalose is already on his way to Johannesburg where he will register the IFP conditionally as a party to take part in the election. TV News has just spoken to some of the members of the committee after the meeting and they were all cautiously optimistic. I have in my hand here the resolution and one of the significant decisions is of course the first one -- that they will register conditionally to take part in the election, but they also add that the decision does not mean that the IFP supports the current state of discussions or the transitional constitution. There are two clauses that are perhaps very important at this stage. The first is that mediation is also necessary to revise the election process and that of course means that the mediation can be employed and according to the IFP, to possibly postpone the election date, and that is what the clause says here. The role of the king must also be looked at by the mediators. A little while ago we spoke to Chief Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi and this is what he had to say about this decision. [Begin Buthelezi recording, in English] In the first place, we don't want anyone to have any illusions that this means any shift in our position as far as our rejection of the 1993 interim constitution is concerned because we still have those reservations about that, and really, that is the reason why we seek international mediation because all the negotiations have flopped, they have come to naught. So therefore the very first thing that should be done is mediation itself, and we are very happy that the ANC [African National Congress] has endorsed this resolution of the Central Committee passed on the 12th which, after our discussions with Mr. Mandela, has also been accepted in principle by the ANC. So Monday, I expect Dr. Mdlalose and a committee to look at the question of terms of reference for such a mediation and what kind of people can conduct the mediation itself. So those are things that come first. So we would like to make it clear that there can be no progress unless that goes forward first before we go on to the other steps that we should be taking in terms of the Electoral Act. And then also we would like also to say that we expect the mediation also to include mediation [as heard] -- it should not in any way undermine any of the steps that his majesty the king has taken as far as the kwaZulu kingdom is concerned, and we have of course also informed members of the Freedom Alliance already this afternoon what we have decided. We were together yesterday and they endorsed my stand and the stand of the Central Committee at our meeting in Cape Town, and we are informing them now, and we are going to meet in that committee where Dr. Mdlalose is, members of Central Committee present [as heard] as well as members of the Freedom Alliance. So I hear that also...[interrupted by announcer] [end recording] | [
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The leader of the Afrikaner Volksfront [National Front], General Constand Viljoen, has provisionally registered a party called the Freedom Front for the coming election. The step came only hours after the leader of the IFP [Inkatha Freedom Party], Dr. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, had provisionally registered his party. Gen. Viljoen said he had realized after the IFP decision that the freedom of the Afrikaner people to exercise their options would be limited if he did not apply for provisional registration. He said participation in the election would depend on whether negotiations or international mediation delivered the desired results. Gen. Viljoen said the Volksraad [National Assembly] would decide in Pretoria today whether the Freedom Front would participate in the election. The party has until 1200 [1000 GMT] this afternoon to make any changes to the party's name. A spokesman for the IFP, Miss Sue Vos, said a final decision on the IFP's participation in the election would depend on a meeting of the Freedom Alliance on Monday [7 March], and talks with the ANC [African National Congress] on Tuesday. Parties participating in the election have until 4:30 Wednesday afternoon to confirm their participation by submitting the names of their candidates. The chief negotiator for Bophuthatswana, Mr. Rowan Cronje, says Bophuthatswana could consider participating in the election if the deadline for registration is extended. The leader of the National Party, Mr. F. W. de Klerk, has welcomed the IFP's decision to register provisionally for the election. However, he said that he regretted that there were conditions attached to the IFP's participation. | [
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In a dramatic development late last night, with only minutes to go before the deadline for election registration was due to expire, Afrikaner Volksfront [National Front] leader Constand Viljoen made his appearance and signed up provisionally. The development came only hours after the Inkatha Freedom Party [IFP] also announced its decision to register. Gen. Viljoen, a former South African Defense Force chief, insisted, however, that his party's decision had still to be confirmed by the front's controlling Volksraad [National Assembly] today. A total of 29 parties have registered for the election. [Begin recording] [Correspondent Caro Kriel] Gen. Constand Viljoen made his surprise entrance at 15 minutes before midnight. He said the registration was provisional, because the Volksfront did not have enough time to discuss the IFP's decision to contest the elections provisionally. [Viljoen] No, I didn't come to register tonight, because the decision from the IFP, a member of our alliance, came this evening, and then our controlling bodies will only be meeting tomorrow, and because of the deadline, and because of the fact that the [Independent Electoral Commission, IEC, Chairman] Judge [Kriegler] has said to us that this is the real deadline, we decided to come and discuss with the officials here tonight whether, if we hand in all our papers and refer the case to the controlling body tomorrow, then we can by phone confirm that it is OK, they can carry on. [Kriel] But IEC officials confirmed the registration and said the party had paid the 70,000 rands deposit. The party, registered under the name Freedom Front, has until 12 noon today to change its name. Earlier the IFP delegation, headed by the party's national chairman, Dr. Frank Mdlalose, arrived to register. This was provisional, pending negotiations on international mediation concerning key constitutional issues. Dr. Mdlalose also denied any split in the Freedom Alliance. [Mdlalose] People have wanted to see a split ever so often. There's no split. We are different parties, and we formed the Freedom Alliance as a negotiating alliance. [Kriel] As midnight drew closer, other parties also registered, among them the African Moslem Party, the African Moderates Congress, and the Federal Party. [Federal Party spokesperson Frances Kendall] It's the poor people, the ordinary people, that get sidelined all the time. Nobody in the end ever reaches their needs. [Kriel] And a maverick party, calling themselves the Soccer Party. [First unidentified Soccer Party member] We've only just finished a game, and, you know, sport comes first. We were playing with the other guys in our neighborhood. [Second unidentified Soccer Party member] We believe we are the only fit party, actually, to represent the voters. We're the only guys fit to govern. Yes, the sporting party. [end recording] | [
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[News by G. Arde] Durban March 4 SAPA -- State President F W de Klerk on Friday welcomed the Inkatha Freedom Party's [IFP] decision to provisionally register for the April elections. Speaking at a National Party [NP] meeting in Chatsworth, south of Durban, the NP leader said the party's decision, before the midnight Friday deadline, indicated the "strong possibility" of Inkatha's participation in the elections. However, Mr de Klerk said: "I would have preferred registration full stop with no strings attached". The NP leader was addressing thousands of supporters on the last leg of his two-day election roadshow through Natal. | [
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The leader of the ANC [African National Congress], Mr. Nelson Mandela, has welcomed the decision of the Inkatha Freedom Party and the Afrikaner Volksfront [National Front] to register for the elections. However, speaking on his election campaign at Mqekezweni in the eastern Cape, Mr. Mandela condemned the president of Bophuthatswana, Mr. Lucas Mangope, for his continuing hard line. Asked if he was prepared to meet Mr. Mangope, Mr. Mandela said he believed a meeting was being set up for next week. | [
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Johannesburg March 5 SAPA -- ANC [African National Congress] National Chairman Thabo Mbeki hailed the registration of the Inkatha Freedom Party [IFP] and the Afrikaner Volksfront [National Front -- AVF] to participate in the April election as a step towards peace and stability. Addressing the Socialist International Africa Committee in Johannesburg on Saturday, Mr Mbeki said the ANC had always strived for an inclusive political settlement so that the outcome of South Africa's first democratic election could be accepted as legitimate. "We salute leaders of these political formations for their sense of patriotism." AVF Directorate Chairman Gen Constand Viljoen provisionally registered the Freedom Front to contest the elections. The IFP has also registered provisionally to contest the elections, provided their constitutional demands were settled by international mediation. The ANC sincerely hopes the registration of these parties would indeed lead to their participation in the elections, he added. "The ANC was of the view that it was important that the negotiated resolution of the South African conflict should be an inclusive process, with the participation all political parties irrespective of size." He said the multiparty negotiations had produced an interim constitution, which the majority of South Africans could claim as their own, which was important to achieve legitimacy and stability of the political settlement. "We have bee very concerned that the elections should be accepted by all South Africans, as a legitimate instrument to bring the country to a democratic settlement," Mr Mbeki said. "The greatest danger to the holding of free and fair election is political violence. The parties which registered on Friday night had been saying openly, that not only would they boycott the elections, but would in fact disrupt the elections. The effect of their registration hopefully helps to address that matter to some degree, to the extent that they would then not disrupt the elections." The ANC believes that amendments to the interim constitution addressed the concerns of the IFP, but the organisation would continue with further negotiations with the party, he added. "We are prepared to enter into an agreement which the ANC would consider to be binding on itself." The ANC was also committed to further discussion with the Afrikaner rightwing around their demand for a "volkstaat" [homeland], provided their self-determination did not contradict the principle of non-racial democracy. "In the process of considering the issue of an Afrikaner volkstaat we have to be bound by principles of non-racialism and democracy." Mr Mbeki thanked the Socialist International and its member parties for the supported they had given to the ANC and the struggle to overthrow apartheid. | [
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