CONTENTS

NEWSFLASH 7 Newsflash 8 Agenda 9 Psst 10 Watchdog

FEATURES 11 L e t te r fr om Lagos: A m b u s h fo r a g e n e r a l 12 T h e B e ira C o r r id o r : G e t t in g a t th e fa c ts

16 W h a t B a k e r is c o o k in g up f o r A fr ic a

18 K e n y a 's Bura i r r ig a t io n s c a n d a l

COUNTRY BRIEFINGS 21 E th io p ia : G ove rnm en t losing donor confidence

22 A n g o la : Oil crucia l fo r d e velopm ent and war 23 S u d a n : Bread queues fo llow IMF w ith draw a l

24 Z am b ia : Policy re fo rm s begin to pay off 25 C had: Food aid th rea te ns local markets

2 6 N ig e r: Coping with la con jo ncture 2 7 Iv o ry C oa s t : ‘ A c lim a te of uneasy p ro sperity ’ ’

SECTOR BY SECTOR 2 8 A g r ic u l tu r e : Coffee boom to precede co lla pse?

2 9 B a n k in g & F in a n c e : New Ecowas bank;

3 0 First Ugandan-owned bank; 3 0 Sudan bank gets fo rex others cannot reach 31 C o n s t ru c t io n : Kenya p lans cost-sharing fo r All A fric a games

3 8 E n e rg y : Z im babw e prom o tes b iogas boom 3 9 T r im med S ie rra Leone power p ro je c t may start 39 L a b o u r : ZCCM jo in s la y-o ff bandwagon in Zambia 4 0 M a n u f a c t u r in g & T e c h n o lo g y : Last s tand fo r Union Carbide Sudan;

4 0 Zam b ia bus f irm re trenches

41 M a r k e t N e tw o r k : Coffee t ra de r a ffirm s Uganda confidence

4 3 M in in g : Mozambique wants coa l-m ine finance;

4 3 Rwanda powers tru cks w ith methane 4 4 T r a n s p o r t & C om m u n ic a t io n s : UTA helps re vamp A ir Zaire; 4 4 Kenyan f lie s unchartered te rrito ry 4 4 Togo a irp o rt expansion

MOTOR SURVEY 45 O v e rv ie w : An industry in sharp reverse 4 6 Z am b ia : Forex auctions hit motor tra de

4 8 P a r is -D a k a r ra llie s opponents 50 Lo ca l C o n te n t : T ru ck-m aker fin ds local assem b ly is

“ better than going it a lo n e ’ ’ 51 T r u c k s as A id : Trucks and fam ine re lie f

NIGERIA SURVEY 53 O v e rv ie w : Non-oil exports may be non-perform ing

5 4 Oil: The NNPC holds its breath

55 T h e B u s in e s s C l im a te : T rade rs re jo ice over new fo re x rules

59 A g r ic u l tu r e : Boosting production is the top priority 61 T r a d e D eb ts : JMB case casts doubt on debt figu res

6 6 P r iv a t is a t io n : The big sell-o ff is here

BOOKS 7 0 Zambia: The N ig h t W ithou t a P reside n t

A O The Beira Corridor scheme is the key to

I t aSADCC’s transport independence from South Africa. AB probes the politics of marshalling the necessary aids funds.

A Q Farmers

I O suffered bandit raids, bad housing, malnutrition and disease down on the Bura irrigation scheme while the officials in charge preferred the comforts o f Nairobi. When he found out, President Moi said heads would roll. Barbara Gunnell was there too, and reDorts for AB.

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IC would like to state tha t George Lowenstein of A ustria does not represent any of ou r publica tio n s in any capacity in any country.

This month’s Nigeria Survey analyses the risky mixture o f incentives and austerity that is President Babangida’s first budget, and assesses its ambitious aims.

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