JPRS ID: 10307 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

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5 February 1982
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FOUO No. 760
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5 February 19~2
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT
FOUO No. 760
CON'tENTS
ANGOLA
UH Correspondent Interviews UNITA Leader Savimbi
(Ian Mather; THE OB3~RYE..R, 24 Jan 82) o ..............o...... 1
Lack of Progress, Alleged SA Ties Exami.r~ed
(Henry Reuter; THE STAR, 21 ~ec 81) 3
_ MADAGpSCAR
I,ibyan Accords To Est~blish Joint Companies Reported
- (MABCHES TROPICAUR ET I~DITERRANEENS, 11 ~c 81) 5
Brief s
1982 Budget ?
Toamasina Refinery 7
^_ccords With Mobil, Occidental ?
Delivery of 'Bemolanga' ' 8
MA',,AWI .
Speculation on Banda's Successor Noted
(Howard Barrell; THE STAR, 6 Jan 82) 9
NI~ER
Briefs
Threatened ~ibyan Act3on 11
SENEGAI~
5enegal Presidei~t Abdou Diouf Interviewe~
- (Abdou Drouf Interniew; JEUNE A.r''"RIQUE, 30 Dec 81) ~2
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Bulletin on ~ecent Economic Activitg
(MARCHES TROPICAU% ~T I~[EDITERRANEENS, 1 Jan 82) 17
- Mining Bureau Activtti.es Inclt~de Establishing Two New Companies
(MARCHFS TROPICAUX ET MEDITE~Rir,~i~EENS, 1 Jan 82) 19
Brief s
Budget for 1982 ~ 20

J ZIl~ABWE
- Nkomo Dismisses Party Merger Claims
(St~phen Taylor; THE TIME.S, 19 Jan 82) 21
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~ ANGOLA
UK CORRESPONDENT INTERVIEW~ UNI1A LF.ADER SAVIMBI
PM251729 London TIi~ OBSERVER in ~ngliah 24 Jau 82 p 10
[Exclusive report by Ian Mather~
[Text] The exchange of two Ruasian pilots held prisoner in Angola for two uanamed
Americans could be the first step in a move towarda reconci'liation of the warrin~
forces in Angola.
The exchange ia to be one carried out by the International Red Cr~se in agreement
- with the Angolan Goverrnnent and the main rebel force, UNITA (the National Union
for the Total Independence of Angola). It could lead t~ further exchanges of
, prisonera and is to be seen in the context of a ma~or American initiative in South
~ West Africa, oae of the objectives of which is the aetting up of a government of
national reconciliation involvi.*~g Dr Jonas Savimbi, the UNITA leader.
~ Las~ week the Angolan Government officially denied that it had aent a ler~er to
- UNITA offering negotiations for reconcil~ation. But Presideut Joae Eduardo Dos
~:in;os, bedeviled by a ruinous civil w~r in the south of his cour` y, has mad.e it
i plain that in principle he favours the 'normali~ation' of relations with the ~Jnited
' States and the economic aid that would flow from this.
I The Reagan admin~.atration, for its part, ia seeking to bring the two factions in
~ Angola together as part of a`two track' initi,ative aimed at securing the with-
~ drawal of the 30,000 Cuban troope from Angola and the departure of South Afriean
troops from neighbouring Namitiia.
I The f irst exchange of Angolan 'prisoners,' in which the hand of Dr Cheeter Croclcer,
President Reagan's assistant aecretary for African affaire, can be detected,
- will take place in about 3 weeks.
The Russian pilots, whose Antonov military transport aircraft was shot down by
UNITA forcea in November 19$0, will be flown in a Red Cross plane from a base
- in southern Angola, where UNITA has its etronghold, to a West African capital.
At the same time, the two Americana, w~o were held after their pr~vate plane
landed :in Angolan Government territory, will be brought to th~ name si.rport in a
aecond Red Cross plane. The American and Ruesian ambassadors in the chosen country
will shake hands and formally accept their citizena.
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The American initiative has sibnificantly etrengthened the position of Dr Gavimbi,
a charismatic doctor of philosophv~ who t~~+e �pent the paHt 15 ye~rh �tRhtiinA in the
A,~golan bush, first :igainst the i'~rtuKwMp calcinixl rulpr~, thF�. for th~ ~paat
- 7 years, against the Marxist govarnment of ind~pendent Aagola.
Savimbi, as a staunch anti-communist, is now the firm favourite of the Reagan
adm{:zistratioa. During a 17-day visit to Washington in December, Savimbi was given
to understand that, if neUeesaaid toyanyngroup inwAngolaeby~channe lingamoneyethrough
amendment, which forbids
a Chird country.
Last week, in an excluaive interview with the OBSERVER Savimbi told me that he was
'very interested' in the idea of a'goverament of national recoaciliation,' and
that UNITA had established unofficial contacts with the Angolan Government party,
the I~LA (Popular Liberation Movement of Angola). .
- He said that lerdaCrocker hadaexpressedionphis8behalfpUNITAJerwillingness~to~enter
foraign minist ,
into discussions with the I~LA.
The principal aim of the Reagan administration wa~ to get the Cubans.out of Angola,
he said. 'The United State Government has�told.us they will be very firm about
tre Cubans. If Angola wante American economic aid, the Cubans will have to go.
'This in turn hinges on the poaition of the Ruasians. They have acquired a
strategic position in the southern Atlantic with~ut fighting for it. They maY
not be prepared to give it up.
'On t?.~e other handWBn~eto beeseenlputting obstacles in therway.~Solthey~could try
Rusaiana will not
to find a way of cauaing delays.' ~
The interview took place in a suburban villa surrounded by a large garden ia
which roam~d [as published]. Savimbi, who has the rank of general in UNITA forces,
was wearing a kh ~8e~18i~~~8Wastride theewreckage~ofgthe crashed Ruasia~air-
w~apons and of h 8
craft.
The hard~
Within the 1~LA there appear to be two atrands of thought about Savimbi.
liners appear to be led by Lucio Lara, the I~'LA's secretary for organieation.
Lara travelled to Moscow for consultations at the same time as the Angolan foreign
minister wa~s meeting Crocker in Faris.
They want to fight on. 3ut others, including a number of senior military officers,
may believe the time has come for a aettlement that ~rill end the war.
A furthsr meeting between the Americane and I~LA was tak'ng place yesterday in
- Kinehasa.
Whatev~r the officially stated positione of the partiee, events on the ground
to appear to be moving in Savimbi.'s fa~vour. While the Angolan Government may be
forced into a corner b~cause of its grow~ng economic problema, Savimbi ean count
~ on adequate support, both overt and covert, among a nuaaber of black South African
states, as well as from Soutr. Africa and the United Stateso OSavimlies~hecneeds
to control about a third of the country and to be gettins t~:_ supp
_ for his troops.
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CQMORO ISLANDS
LACR OF PROGRESS, ALLEGED SA TIES EXAMINED
_ Johannesburg THE STAP. in English 21 Dec 81 p 23
[Article by Henry Reuter: "Confusion Reigns ia the Comoros"~
(Text~
MoRdNI ~~rande~ Aecauae of the white ~'Te~ich =overriinbnYs " ,n9 rsruse to witli-'
COIDOt'8 L1ke the e r c e n t r y invol� tt e w ipproach, t h e d~ x~r trom AtayoLte
~b~ ~~a~, vemeat, the 04U rcas 0~ U sent a sa~en t~e1y use ttze wit1?-
g never happy witb the . nation coma~itt~e un� ~iry~i a~ an excus~
' vole2~10, whiCh last ~ h d a 1 l a h re~ime. der Gabon's chalrman� ia ~ d~astic cut ~a aid :
SpBwE!d itS ~ r e a t Vejther ~v ~ a France, ~ sbip to Moroni lut 4~n.~s. '
ohbets of o13Ck which threateaed to montb to discuu the it ;
~ava ~vec the COUri- withhold aid unleu De- maL ~e~ ~ld �'��r R1~~~0n ~~T.
ttyside ~f Grande- nard was lcicked out o~T . ~aW it saaY and tbe
Comore :Jtu ~~tts. his ~eat in the yoatr behiid cloae~ doora. ~~d b=~ ~
o these normall C0�p vational Dinctor� b ~ t s u b a e q u e n t s u p~, o r t ~1+e~J~
ag , Y ate and deP~ed. lalcu~e~ inddc~ted th~t ~ia~11Y !*om tbeir own
! sleepy � islands o! tn September 197s if tne OAiJ o~mmitta i~~~ p~y~,ion
! Grande Camore~ An- Abdallah b o w e d to thouRt~t Chat 40e t~Be Spp tons
oLiBII, Mohell ~id pressures. II~entrd wu ~ae aD eet for Yet ~ ~ y~~.yisa; De~me
~ kicked out~ the Dop ot aaott�e e~sY vi~tory oi
~sy0t~e wlliCh lie ~r~acb ald resumed. ~mt!q o~va col� ~1 n~ C1~ateasd bY
~ some 380 km ofi the a n d t h e ialand oi opin~un, it waa quickty sYn~~a~ ~0~~ 300
, nOrthern Mozambi- Navotte. ahi eh had by thaeou~Ul,~ distiln-, tona of ~ani}1a. t h e
que ~COast al'~ oACe ~ national reierendum ~oaad. � yield at 90~ tv? ot
li ~,gg~A be~pml~g rgg. opted to stav under - � n~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I ~~E French rule when the ~t ~ p~op~ .
other three is1inda de� , ~ronuts
at 1drY~ ~IIT 8on t the ~
clsred themselves In� e qair.at t h i s.
; who
et
~ ~ct~eD~a dependent ie 19i3. w a nt ~ lp~n'. bave t~~ import
I continued to be a; denee ann wauld ouc~
livlns trom tbe vokan� ~ 5 OOU tons o~ re s
ic sotl o~ the~e 1 la0 sq French nav~t ba~e ~nd ~ .'+p~ ur 1i yetr to mat ~pl~
i km of mountain topo " D oE Fraace." the ttuLt~r wers yut to d 1~ ~ ~~~n~� tMlr
; peekin~ 'out ot the In� Now. wtth thls Ye~r'~ . ~ cel~�radt~m 1n ~bic~ watera b~lni po~r m
; diaa Ocean have been gr~nch etection victory the7 wrl+ t h~ on1Y lfsh. The 1~
i
dea~s'i'~?
; poUtically quie~cent of Francois ~lttennd ~oLM m tt~sK ~?A , Z~ao~ w~ltt?
sinee May 1978, whea and his aocialut p~rtv: luture. ~~~0 par ~41~~ it
white merceaarte~ led France haa iadicated . m~ i~ di11 in~si~ds~ gt tbe n~
by Cott~o veteran Bob that it b open to ovet� ; p~tber , ~ a,s peteent per 9'~ar�
Deaard overthrea the t u r e s to e e t u r n ~a ~opl~ ot tbe ot~~r � ,+ud, dntx
sovercmant o! Ali Sa!� Ha~otte to the Gomoro ~14 t,h,e dtlaa~ted
ih, and reinetalled th� Island~ RepublJc, as }nde~ GNp per dpita tw
n~ime ot Ahmed Ab~ the other three taland~ ~a ~ y~rr had an' tallen Irom RZO~ to
daiTah. now call themaelves. ~~~ty ~ ~1~,
� Fiahteen m o n t h i Thls has lett the or oe "ao" to tt.
ea*ller Solih and hia dlaary people o! ali ~y ~ btaasive L"~1 icod u
tour lalands Ir. a state '~t'd. 1~ D~D'~ ~ l~as helped the ial~
bisaiats h i d ovet� of diama9 ~ad utter j 1 l lWir ielanda are a~ert mass stan ation
thrown the elected 4b� contusion about their iearlnl thst under the threats and sporadic~
d a 11 ~ h ~overnaaent future. ~tise of a aew I~b~~' handouta from Arab.
~rith hetp trom t h e
socialist world Quick to tak~ advan� ism .tbe F~+enCh msY countries _ hav,a e#~ �
taRe oi .the new.
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fh~ b~avY ~~~dg~t ddfl~~ mantr.d a~inroni m~r�' w~t bo~ler. net ~ ~nonopo?y nt the
c?t But one o~ t1H ~ kei tniit .eller. Denard a n d ether commun~scs
~gles' ~reatest potent~al. H e a a a b i] e. Che e~s-merceaariea are also ~oa. encouraged by
i nc o m e ~~~=s - peopte complain that ~ alle~ed to be infl~uen� the J aU interest. t ~e
tourism -~~s 1~asa the rich elite ~et rl- : t~?1 in devNoping the 1 e f t undergraund is
i~nored. cher, islands' t r a d e with once again rumbline.
"If thls is indtpt~' p~esideat Abaallah S o u t h Atrica, n o w ~,bdallah's 350 � man
dence. who vvants it?" ard h~; toP aides ate ~artta ov�r R2~�million pr��ate defence fQrce
1i ~ popular questlos accused o[ monopoli- a Year. tr::ined a n d led by,
- ahich Comorians asl~ sin~ a~ricultural mar. Unlilce thoae av h o; White mercenaries. ?s _
each othe~t in their la; ~eting and mitkl~ the recently botched up ~ ~P�ned to be jttteTY~
c a 1 1 i n a n a lranca~ : ~onomy. Denard may their coup ittempt ia OTd?nary Cormorians
whicb lans heavtly on be gone, but he is. not t h e Seychelles, De. have found the fru:ts
both Fnnch attd Swa� , ot independence bitt�r�
Eorgotten. He visits fre- nard'a men did democ- T h e y wish that a:l
hili. i quentiy a~id is repo, racw a service by res-
"Only When indepen-; ted to haQe consid~-' toring an ousted elee� ~ P~+er�hungry people
d e n c e meas~s cvorY, ~ rable Cormorian busi� t e d �overnment to would go away and
enou~h , jobs for ~tl, ` MSg interests in con~ p o w e r and provtag leave them alone:
- w i 11 ~t h a v e ~ a Y: ~unction with jovereH that ~taain~ coups is
- meaaina !or ~y5:' cou4� ' '
. - ' ' � ' ~ That South Africa has ~areed to lend Abd~i-
' lle ed ~ ~ih's Qovernment R25�million;
SA linl~5 ~+i ~ � That ,there are plans to ~tep up trade beta�een
5outh .~frica and the islands: and
.~lle~ed linb aetween South 4frica and the Comoro � That the republic ~s also help~n~ the Comoran
~overnment of President ~hmed 4bdallah are beinQ Qo~ernment to build a large broadcastinY complea.
advanced by the Indian Ocean islands' clandeedne . Thtse alle~ationa are understood to ha~�e been
opposition ~roups as a maiot reason why bhey should put to an OAU mission which spent three days here
be supported, finaadally and othervriae. la a bid tor laat month to dlacuss poaslbilitiea oi persuadiaQ the
new Freach aocialist government ot Peesideat Fran�
power. coia biitternad to reston the ts4nd of blaYotte, now
The Front Natieaal Uni dee Komor~ (FNUK) a g=ench naval baae, to tha Comoro lslanda Republlc.
and the Uaioa d~a Somoriena (Unitom) ahlah
combi~ned earlier thls year it?to a u~ited movame~ The rebels have also clalmed that Gabon, which
Ca111n~ ttsell FNUK�Uaitom h a t claimed ia a chaired the aeven nataon O~iU cemmlttee meeting.
statemetit deepatched trom h4re , to the OAU sad h,s been actinQ as an lntermediary in briaging the
ieadera ot leftwin~ Arab and Africaa countrier: Comoroa Islands cloaer to South Atrica, and that aa
~ That South Airica h+s b~en Qivan..pe.rmia~ion' ~~paja ~n�u der~cover visit'to the is ad5nE8T19 it,~11S
to build a Lalecu~a?mua~cationa statien G~~ year, pasain~ himself oEf as a Swede�
- Comore; . ' No official reaction to che rebels' aUe~at~ons hds '
~ That South ~friC~ has a~reed to bu~d a de~p '
� econd a~est of the our~Como ~ islan~ iouan ; been made by President Abdall~h's Government.
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MADAGASCAR
LIBYAN ACCORDS TO ESTABLIS'I JOINT COI~ANIES REPORTED
Paris MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS in French No 1883, 11 Dec 81 p 3319
~ [Text] Agreements were signed on 4 December in Antananarivo providing for the
establishment of the Libyan-Malagasy Holding Company (LIMA) and the Libyan-Malagasy
Agricultural Company (SALM), as well as the proposed Libyan-Malagasy Sugar Company.
The agreements were signed by a Libyan delegation headed by Mr Moussa Ahmed Abou
Fria, secretary of the people's general planning committee, and a Malagasy delega-
tion headed by the minister of foreign affairs, Mr Christian Remi Richard.
The Libyan-Malagasy Holding Company (LIMA) was firat th~e subject of a protocc~l
- agreement signed 25 April 1981 in Tripoli. The company's headquarters will be in
Antananarivo, and it will have capital assets of $8 million (2.4 billion Malagasy
francs). The president of the board of directors of the deputy general manager
will be Malagasy. LIMA's mission is to invest in the fields of induetry, agricul-
ture, stockraising, fishing, maritime transport, mining and prospecting, and in
all kinds of commercial and industrial activity in general.
The Libyan-Malagasy Agricultural Company (SAJ.M) will t~eave assets of $20 million
(6 b~.llion Malagasy �rancs), with Madagascar a majority shareholder. The vice
president of the board of directors and the general manager will be Malagasy citi-
zens. The company's mandate is to invest in the field of agriculture and etock-
raising in Madagasc~r, through the production and marketing of products by the
- company itself--ri~e, wheat, soya, sunflower, coffee, tea, bovine and ovine prod-
ucta, etc.
The Libyan-Malagasy Sugar Company ia atill only in the planning stage, and by
terms of the agreement, the LIMA holding company will work out the modalities of
its establishment and financing.
We would add that th~ agreements aigned 4 December in Antananarivo also call for
Libyan and Malagasy experts to meet before March 1982 to discuss the creation of
a Libyan-Malagasy Company for the Produr;tion, Proceaeing and Marketing of Uranium.
Cooperation in the field of nickel will also be examined after a aturly of the
technical data.
Finally, promotion of trnde between Madaqascar and Libya was one of the sub3ects
discussed in the course of the meetings held 28 November-4 Decsmber. Stepa will
be taken to finalize contracts between Libyan and Malagas~ importing and export-
ing companies.
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During his speech following the signing of the I.ibyan-Malagasy agreen~ente, Mr
Christian Remi Richard noted that, following Preaident Ratsiraka's visit to
Tripoli in September, Libya had provided Madagascar a$50 mf.llion loan. A general
cooperation agreement was signed on 3 September between the two countries.
~CORYRIGHT: Rene Moreux et Cie Parie 1981
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r~nar~nsr.~x
- BItIEFS
1982 BUDGET--On 3 December the Malagasy National People's Assen?b1y began consider~a-
tion of the proposed 1982 budget of the Detnocratic Aepublic of Madagascar. That'
budget calls for 256.65 b3.llion Malagasy francs in r~ceipts and in expenditures,
compared to 267 billion tn 1981. 1'here will not be anq new taxes in 1982, but
there will be some changes in the tax rates. In particular, the Single Transac-
tion Tax (TUT) will go up from 10 t:o 15 percent. The proposed budget also calls
for a modification in regard to oil royalties: oil-producing companies will have
to pay a"primary duty" of 36 to 4~ per~ent, which can be deducted from profits
for the first 7 years of producti6n. In regard to oil, it was asserted during the .
debate that two or three oil companies including Mobil JiZ, are already prepared
to begin oil prospecting, on condition that the laws governing such operations b,e
quite clear. According to 01~1IS [National Militiary Office for Strategic Indus-
tries], research has already be un, even though final operational agreements have
not yet been signed. [TExt) Paris MARCHES TROPICAUX E~ MEDIT~RRANEENS in ~ench
No 1883, 11 Dec 81 p 331~ ~0 GHT: Rene Moreux et Cie Paris 198~ 9516
TOAMASINA REFINERY--According to officiala of SOLIMA, the state-owned Malagasy
Petroleum Company, progress is being made on the seccnd phaee of expanaion of the
Toamasina oil refinery. Investment pledges now total 5 billion Malagasy francs,
and the expanded facility c.an be turned over to the company in May 1982 by the
company carrying out the w~ork, Litwin-France. We would note that the expansion
at Toamasina will make it possible for SOT~IMA to produce, over and above ita
norwal production and without increasing the amount of imported crude, 70,000
tons per year of diesel oil, 5,000 tons per year of gasoline, and 20,000 tons
per year of asphalt for roadwork. The Toamaeina refinery, which went into opera-
tion in 1965, was first expanded in 1971 by an addition which increased its pro-
ductive~capacity by 25 percent. SOLIMA--a state-owned company established in
1975--decided upon the second expansion, which is now under ~ay, as part af the
government's inveatment policy. Work bef~an in March (Cf. MTM of 24 A~~~il 1981,
p 1204). [Text] Paris MARCHES TRQPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEIIvS in French No 1883,
11 Dec 81 p 331J ~GOPYRIGHT: Rene Moreu~ et Cie Paris 19817 9516
ACCORDS WITH MOBIL, OCCIDE:dTAL--Agreements to facilitate a resumption of oil pros-
pecting in the Malagasy West Central region wer~ signed 4 December at Antananarivo
by OI~1IS [National Military Office for Strategic Industriea] and the Mobil 011
company. Thr.se accords with one of the world's lasgest oil companiee ahould fa-
cilitate an ix:tensified search for oil in Madagascar. They allow Mobil to pros-
- pect an area cc~vering 30,000 square kilometers off the shore of Morondava. Mobil
will begin seian:ic exploration early in 1982 and continue for 2 years, an activity
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which will require an investment on the order of $3 milli~n. Four wells will then
be drilled within a period no lox~ger than 6 years, at a cost of some $10 millian
per well. On 9 October OI~1IS was to sign another oil prospecting agreement with
the A~?erican company Occidental Petroleum. [Text] Paris MARCHES TR4~ICAUX FT
MEDITERR,ANEENS in F~snch No 1883, 11 Dec 81 p 33i9 ~OPYRIGHT: Rene Moreux et Cie
Paris 19817 951b
DELIVERY OF 'BEMOLANGA'--The.oil tanker "Bemolanga," SOLIMA's [Malagasy Petroleum
Company] second international-class vessel, moored at the port of Toamasina on
22 November, 3 years to the day after the state-owned comgany ~?~livered its first
tanker, the "Tsimororo." The "Bemolanga" came from Japan, where it had been built
at the Usuki Iron Works shipyard; 100 meters 1ong, 14 n~c~zrs wide, it can carry
4 500 cubic meters of hydrocarbons. It3 home port will be Maha~anga. LText]
- aris MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS in French No 1883, 11 Dec 81 p 33197
~COPYRIGHT: Rene Moreux et Cie paris 198~ 9516
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MALAWI
SPECULATION ON BANDA'S SUCCESSOR NOTED
Johannesburg THE STAI? in English 6 Jan 82 p 19
[Article by Howard Bar~ell]
[Text] ~~e old man," said wherever'~e ~at� And trom Dr Banda in 1984; and headed a parastab
g dlplomSt , pg hfa motorcade, compr!� ~ the Con~eaa for the ~l companp that went
sin~ up to 11 vehiclea, , S e c.o n d; Se+public bantrupt, is now si~
M31awi's President usuallr inctnd4t aa tm- (CSR), hteaded by ~ tinq out 22 years for
Kamuzu BBIIdS, `~is b u 1 a n c e a n d ilre tormer External Affaira eedition. 0 n e rather
Still 8S shat'p a5 a e~t~ine. � Miniater, ~dr Kanpam, c y n i c a 1 diploma~t
tack. And nOthing T h e tatbuUtnce 1s C b i u m e; a n d the ceterred to Mr Phiri s
ha ns here with- Socialist LeaQue of Mi� c r i m e as "ado8 t
h e
� what worries- his ~up- 1,g~ ~oma), .1ed bp flwvhisk-wavlna.
o
ut hi s o
T d i AStion. p o r t e c e. But ~ the ~ old . D r A
t t i
t
i M
p h a k ati NS~+aze's prero~ative.
- In thet~ observatlon ~~N~�~~ ~ o.r heroY hi~ hands a ~ no retiable
told hls people at hhe feW yean aQo phen he ~~ure ot support ior
there fa much. though ~penir~ of the Ramuzu openeda parcel bomb. ~eSE group~~and perso-
not unMmited. comiort Academq receatlv � he ~ ~s~a ~aims t h e nalities. And~ What sup-
ior South Airica aad pas not ~draid to dk. ~ development of aa ar� port there m~y, be dces
o t h e r eonservative IT ~lVee riee .?.e th~ med wini and a nun+- not stic~ its neck ~ out.
=overnmeat~�. tao~ intriQuint ~ 4~~ - ber oi pamP~e~ t~` Theirs must .be a wait-
Man in ~da~a~wi: Wha~ . ing Qame: for Dr Ban-
Hia Excellency the ~ppe~ phen Dr Ba~ thering ita cause have da's death, aad for a
Lite Pn~tdeat, N~a?ass da ~oest ~ reportedly heen distri� aituation ~in w h i c h
Dr g g~~zu g~nda ~p}~ appait}~:, has buted in the country. then is diseatisfaction
bec~use ~al'awi's sub~
-~at'~ hi~ tull appel- rener~ed in ' t h e 27 But '.Lesoms, said to s t s n t i a 1 economic
Iation, ~nd don't for~et 7~ ~ independence be the most eifectiae ~~h h'a aot bene-
a bit oi it - remains b~ II0t�~~V�d in nny, p~~e
c d its Eawn~ nter~ llted the Yreat maaa of
meminsiul form. Dz people.
lirrah in cotetrol af all A e n r y ChlMm~. nal ruction~. PamPhleta
hb fanrltics and bis ~ho led . 3Ralawf tu i~ purportinQ to c o m e pro.~overnment Ma~
~u~try, . ;rom tt?e internal wing ' lawlan aources main-
T h e adulation ~ dependence with D* announ~�ed ite d~eciaion tain the succession will
$ands in 1984. dled in tb break With the I.esa ~be constitutional.'
r c c e i v e s lrpm hia exile in America in ~i~s ~xternal wla8 and In the event of the
p e o p 1 e irequently 1975 ~nd much al his ~o~ the. Malav:i Deeeo- pn~deat dyin~, t h e
verges on ry'cephanc9� People's Democratu Matic Uninn (~U)� MCP's secretary gener-
~ T h e Press a n d the p~rty wfth 2tim. Once Malawi'a youn=
country's o n 1~ le~.al In Juae thi~ y~u, star, tc?rmer Cabtnet al together with tmo
party, the M~lawt Con� ~~~~y thre~ other ;~nister ~tr Aleke Ban� s~ior ~Cabinet ~init
~ress Party ~MCP), r? ma~or diaaident ~mups - d~, tipped as Dr Ban- tera ahould, in terms oi
port h1s explotts and !n the soutb wes-
successes in Hercu2eaa tern Tanzanian town of d~'a succe,ssor, now. the constitution, form a
fashion. Iives the life oi t polit� presidential c o u n c i 1
Mbeya, but failed in icsl reciuse undes secu� which aould run the
His ~Tbumba - thou- their unity bid. They rity restriction. country until elections~
a a n d a~ oi Malawiaa an the ~~alawi Free- are lteld.
w o m e n in dresses dvm itovement (Mzfre- ~d ~r Gwandz
bearing his portrait - ma). led by ~r Orton p~'1� another coaten� G i.v e n the MCP's
turn out to bid hi,oo~ Chlrwa, former ~inis- der for the throne, who eomplete dominance oi
arolcom~ . a iare~e~l ter oi JusHce who SPU~ ~~ister ot Youth' Iegal politics in Malawi,
~
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FUK Ut~rl(,IAL l.+J~. UIrLY
he ahu controls the The t~1sl~ott LhA Bxn"
- Purty ~wnda the br,t dt ~ucMsgton wuye~ ia
rhance of $ainin~ the Idtla~wf is apperen~
presidency. H e r e the And one 8eplomat su&
possibilities bepn ~ geated it m~T be o~
narrow down. � reawa iar the 'prol~lie~
Preseet~y. ~!ala7ai's ~~t~on o# hea~4soehe pz~
~diniater Without Port- ~ e~�~II~ ~
folio~ Mr Bakili Muluzi. ~'o?d tows. _
do~bl~ up ~a PertF "NobodY ka~as' , tt .
- secret~ry ~ener+~l .a~d t~eY ~1l be out oi
a~strative e c r s tiaout tomatsaw." be
tary. 'rhat iaust mak+ ~ .
himn favo~rriRe Uo ear N h a t ie e 1 e a T,
ceed st this :lsQe. howe~+er. ia t2~at liala�
Some see advant~e. ~~3 'bhck buresutnatic
ehite ie, itaelt, uisll~dY'
~ otbers disadvtnta~e in to ~~e ~au~ oi,auT
� Mr Mulusi's Mualim ~.~e~tation 1~n
g~t obea'arrs a~a Malaw!'s poUciee. For
.~reed thst reli~ious � 0ee, ~he preeet?t sYatem
~iltesenees sPa'K aerv~et th~fs fntereste
_ ~ me~betsMq ~ too walY i~ that': A~
tbie Jehovab'e Witne~aea y~o~y. whateve~r the.
- ao aot pu?s. s alaior co+t to civi~ 1ib~vrM�.
role ia M~'~~ Ptes~dent Bands's ~ to~-
lce. mula ~ras acl~lt~?ed s
getvveen 19~2 : n d r~te d grow~'1s ~n M~'
hovah's Witneeaes tled ~n'Y : rbca~n lbat~~ ~
ada'lawi to, Moxa~~
b~Qel ca~ ~+s�s co. istt.
and ?.~b'~
r~Tal t~ente led
perse~ution bY ~b~
_ conntry s .Youn~
~a
P1Op
~a o~tsdidate
ibr Che succession ~
- M~r TimaA M~tfg~aze... .
onee Malaw!'s repnsen-
- E
tiv~ ~
~
~V
io bt}~lce
Pd~ ~ ~~ad
p~eo~mm~ott ~bfect ot
' jpecuyalio~ w h e n it .
aoanes to real po~ver in
~~vvi is Me~ Cecil~i~
Kadumira, Dr $anda's
persoaal aide~ and odfi�
~~,1 governmerit hoat
ess. S2u and hec, hmfilq .
ire eaid by Lrbn6We
~outces to have Qained
themselves a s3[t~leant
measun_ot power 1tte17
to swvrve Dr hE ~
_ And ~O'A� te ~Pho wtW
t h t' h~
" mrke the qt1ee~n or de~
cide the new ldn~�
COPYRIGHT: Argus Co. 1981
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NIGER .
BRIEFS
THREATENED LIBYAN ACTION--Im~inent Libyan actioa against Niger ia threatened.
Some 1,500 Nigeriena,~membere of the Islamic Legion, are being zrained at present
on Libyan soil by the son of the former Preeideat of the Republic of Niger, Hamani
Diori. [Textl [Paria PARIS MATCB in Freach 18 Dec 81 p 44]
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SENEGAL
SENEGAL PRESIDENT ABDOU DIOUF INTERVIEWED '
PM121141 Paris JEUNE AFRIQUE in French 30 Dec 81 pp 24-27
- [Interview with Senegalese President Abdou Diouf by Sennen Andriamirado: "'When
Senghor Went There Were Rumors of Disaster date and place of interview not
given]
~ [Excerpts] [Question] A year ago, on 1 January 1981, in your first message to
the nation s~s President of the Republic, you declared: "I will undertake changes
' while maintaining what has been achieved." Was that a subtle way of announcing
"de-Senghorization"?
j [Answer] I disapprove of the word "de-Senghorization" and, as far as the isaue
itself is concerned, I think that it is a false probleu,. To bring in changea
~ does not mean to "de-Senghorize". No one is more attached tihan myself--if I may
say so--to President Senghor as a person and to everything he achieved. I may
; say so--to President Senghor as a person and to everything he achieved.
! [Question] Nevertheless you have announced changes....
I [Answer] We have to confront new challenges. And for a man who has neither the
temperament nor the character of President Senghor, it is question of taking up
the reins of power, exercfsing it in his own style and using special tactics
adapted to the problems of Senegal.
j
[Question] Could you be more precis~, Mr President? What do you mean by epecial
~ tactics? The states general of education which people were calling for in
Senghor's time and which you have convoked, the multiparty system rejected by
President Senghor which you have established, are these "special tactics" or a
"desire to break with the past?"
[AnswQr] (Denying this energetically): No! No, not at all. These are things
which I thought of quite naturally. I have not done these things in order to
take a stand against my predecessor but because I considered that the time had
come to do them.
[Question] Senghor thought your decision to authorize a multiparty system with
no restrictions somewhat premature.
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[AnswerJ I thought that the ~enegalese people were mature enough to tackle this
new stagE in their political destiny. It had to be done. And had my predecessor
.remained I would have advised him to do it.
[Question] Does not the current burgeor.ing of parties (11 registered as of
7 December) present a danger of destabilization?
[Answ~r] No, provided that the party leaders show a sense of responsibility, put
the interests of the nation before their personal ambitions and do not use every
trick in the book to get into power. Having said that, I am not in favor of a
ballooning o� parties. That would be ridiculous, Mureover, we have specified
- clearly in the constitution that no party must cite as its authority elements
- that would split the nation.
[Question] A report from the World Bank says that African states have mis-
managed their economies and that not only did Africa get off to a bad start, it
never even atarted at all! It recommends integral liberalism.
- [AnswerJ Integral liberaliam? Impossible. There are sectors which can be left
to private initiative but in certain othere, if the state does not intervene, no
progress is made.
[Question] The IMF also reproaches you f or a certain amount of unheal~hy manage-
ment and recommen~3s you to take so~e draconian economic measures if you want the
IMF to help you. ~
[Answer] We are agreed upon the need to balance our economy. But we will not
take any measures which will be too difficult for our people from the social view-
point. That is the poaition as regards our negotiations with the IMF. A compro-
mise will have to be sought.
[Question] At present, rice costs only 80 Central African Community Francs
[CFAF] a kilogram thanks to a state subsidy of 20 francs. If you were to sell
things at their true price, as the IMF recommends you do, rice would cost 100 CFAF.
The people could not take that. But you need the IMF. How are Senegal's politi-
cal and social interesta to be reconciled with ita economic and f inancial
intereats?
[Answer] We are anxious to redress the imbalance in our country's economic situa-
tion and to reach agreement w3th the IMF on the main ob~ectives because we need
its help. But we are equally anxious to defend our people's purchasing powe.r and
we are not keen advocates of unsubsidized pri,ces. That is why we are negotiating.
[Question] The IMF suggests you also scale down your bureaucracy a little.
There seems to be a superabundance of public servants. Would you be willin.g to
make some tangible cuts in the budget and reduce the number of staff?
[Answer] There can be no question of such a thing! We shall make sure that the
number of people employed in the public services does not swell unleasonably in
the future. We shall pursue a more rational recruitment poli.cy. BL~t it cannoC
be said that we are going to undertake a draconian reduction in staff.
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[Question] You do not, however, have enormous means at your 3isposal. As things
stand, Senegal does not carry too much economic weight. Will y~ur influence there-
fore be a political or moraZ.... not to ffiention military?
[Answer] (Laughing) Do you have the impression that our present policies are so
very different from those we pursued before?
[Question] Abdou Diouf's first year has also been the first y~ear of Senegambia.
Senegal intervened militarily in Gambia in August--your soldiers are still there--
and, in November, the confederatiion was created. You were quick!
[Answer] The alert was serious, really serious. But I must add that it was the
Gambian President who uttered the two key words: Confederation and integrated
security forces.
[Question] The fact remains that Senegambia is an old idea of Senegals.
[Answer] Quite so. I think it correaponds to the two countries' ii~terests.
Gambia cannot live without Senegal, and Senegal cannot live unaware of the
existence of Gambia, without establiahing powerful economic ties with it.
[QuestionJ For the time being Senegambia is a reality. Could this sort of union
be extended to include other West African countries? 1?~es this mean that the
federalist dre~m is not dead?
[Answer] This old dream could become a reality if we Africans show prudence,
realism and patience.
[Question] The political systems of the countries involved must also be reconcil-
- able. Gambia znd Senegal both have multi-party systema. That is not the case
elsewhere.
[Answer] The main problem is the economy. If we manage to achieve economic
integration within the West African Economic Community or the West African States
Economic Coffiaunity, vital sectors of our nations will be grouped together and it
will be easier to envisage political groupings.
[Question] Do you now have the impression that West Africa is looking for new
leaders to create these groupings? Presidsnt Senghor has retired. President
- Houphouet-Boigny belongs to tl~e generation of f ounding fathers. Ev~n President
Sekou Toure belongs to the generation of historical leaders.
[Answer] I think that the time of historical leaders is over. After this genera-
tion we shall see the emergence--at least in West Africa--of leaders who are more
like the man in the street. And it is fraternal cooperation Lhat is the key to
- the prosperity of West Africa, without any attempts--on the part of anyone--at
hegemonism, any seeking of personal prestige or undue influence.
[Question] No one suspects you yourself then of seeking undue influence?
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iAn~rn:r1 t~m vt+ry wu~i~ agaiu~t ti~at aort a.t ch;.~~. 1u the ~asc rivalr.~eb ha~e
distorted the real problems.
[Question] Are you thinking of the old rivalry between Houphouet-Boigny and
_ 9enghor?
[Answer] A great deal has been said about this friction. I persanally never saw
any evidence of it. I was always hearing one of the two heads of state praising
the other. Attempts have been made to cultivate aome kind of antagonism between
Houphouet and Senghor or between the Ivory Coast and Senegal. That is an unhealthy
state of mind and it must be combatted. I am doing so with Fresident Houphouet,
for whom I have a great deal of respect and esteem. I regard myse].f as his
junior, as his son. And I am pleased that he regards me as such.
[Question] You are too young to have taken part in the battle between the two
historical chiefs shortly before independence.
[Answer] (Suddenly excited) I have never had any quarrel with anyone. Anyone.
Neither on the national plane nor the foreign plane. If certain people have
opposed me I have never opposed them. Some people have regarded me as their rival.
Not me. I have never had occasion to vie with anyone. I might add that I have
always practiced forgiveness.
- [Question] Do you fear that someone might be tempted by hegemony in Africa.
[Answer] The only hegemony I deplore--and I hope it will be no more than an
unpleasant memory--is that of Libya. But in West Africa I cannot see who might
be tempted by hegemony.
[Question] Nigeria?
[Answer] I don't think so. Some Africana fear it. Not I.
_ [Question] Do you believe it is possible to reason with al-Qadhdhafi?
[Answer] I don't think so. So far no one has aucceeded in doing so. I do not
think he can change fundamentally. (A silence, then raising his voice) I would like
him to change, but he will not change.
[Question] Will you take part in the OAU summit in Tripoli in 1982?
[Answer] In my opinion Tripoli will break no records in terms of participation
in an OAU summit by heads of state!
[Question] Are you afraid that conflicts ~n Africa may proliferate?
[Answer] Yes. Conflicts, particularly border conflicts, should not be under-
estimated. All uninvolved states must be vigilant and seek to extinguish the
slightest spark before it becomes a conflagration.
[Queation] Do you believe, like Senghor, that World War III has begun in Angola?
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- [Questionj In this case it would mean a confrontation of ideol~gies.
[Answer] It is not only in Angola that there is a confrontation of ideologies.
[Question] Are you afraid of communism?
- [Answer~ I am not an out-and-out anticommuniat, But I do not believe communism
to be the solution to Africa's development problems.
- [Question] Do you not believe that communism is necessarily aubversive?
(Answer] Hflan!...at any rate, it has been!
[Question] You are improving your relationa with Angola.
[Answer] I have met with President Dos Santas. We had a discussion. Senegal,
as you know, has recognized the atate of Angola, but we have never formed diplo-
matic relations with its government. We are studying this problem today in the
light of the inadmissible behaviar of the Republic of South Africa, which is daily
attacking Angola and rejecting the slightest progress in the case of Namibia.
Even if at the beginning we did not agree with the way in which the MPLA took
power in Angola, we cannot do nothing in the face of South Africa. (A silence,
then) I can tell you that between apartheid and communism I would choose
communism.
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UPPER VOLTA
3ULLETIN ON RECENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Paris MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS in F~ench No 1886, 1 Jan 82 p 27
[Article: "Recent Economic Events"]
[Text] A recent bulletin of economic and monetary statistics from the Central Bank
of the West African States (BCEAO) is devoted to Upper Volta.
The main agricultural production ~sold in the 1979-80 season came to 77,520 metric
tons [mt] of seed cotton (up 17,560 mt over the previous season). After spinning,
this yielded 28,716 mt of cotton fiber (up ~,615 mt), 40,060 mt of karite (up 33,070
mt), 4,236 mt of sesame (up 200 mt), and 1,165 mt of shelled peanuts (up 165 mt).
The value of the seed cotton Tiarvest came to 4.3 billion francs CFA [African Finan-
cial CommunityJ (up 1 billion francs CFA over the previous season), and the produc-
i tion of karite was estimated at 1 billion CFA (up 0.8 billion CFA).
~ At the beginning of the 1980-81 season, the producers purchase price was raised in
francs CFA a kilo from 24.5 to 27 for kar~te, from 54,3 to 81.93 for shelled peanuts
and lowered from 90 to 75 for sesame. The buying price of seed cotton remained
unchanged at 55. ~
In the first 4 months of 1980, rail traffic of the Abidjan-Niger Company brought in .
197,300 mt from the Ivory Coast, of Nhich 56,700 mt was in combustibles and 28,600 mt
- in cement. Of 85,400 mt going to the Ivory Coast, 15,100 mt was in cotton fiber and
there were 9,900 head of cattle.
The Ougadougou internatio~al airport had traffic of 355 commercial planes and 7,800
passengers in transit in January 1980.
As of 31 March 1981, the merchandise index of the main commercial firms was at 371.9
as opposed to 329.3 for the previous year (1970 = 100).
At the end of the first 4 months of 1981, the general consumer price index for African
families was at 271.5 as opposed to 249.6 on 30'June 1980 (1970 = 100). Since 1 Jan-
uary 1979, no change i~as been made in the guaranteed interprofessional minimu m hourly
wage.
The budget for fiscal year 1981 (January-December) has been officially calculated in
debits and credits at 40,5 billion francs CFA (as opposed to 40,2 billion CFA for 1980).
Equipment credits came to 3~9 biliion CFA (as opposed to 5 billion CFA), debt service
on the national debt came to 4 billion CFA (up 1.1 billion CFA). At the end of July
1981, customs receipts came to 12.3 billion CFA, more than 95 percent of which was in
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- ln 1!~~t), ~hr ~onw~as�:.i:~i ~lvi~i~�.it wd~ ab.b btltion ~:t~.1, yrd~tdr thdn in 1J~IJ ~a7.'7 bi l-
' lion CFA). imports rotaled 75,ci billion CFA as opposed to 19 6illion CFA in exports
= (of which 8.4 bil~.i~n L'FA was in cotton fiber and 4.5 bil~~on CFA in cattlel.
- At the end of December 1980, tfie national deBt came to 69.4 bi~lion CFA (up 17.3 bil-
lion CFA during the year); the margiii available on cxedit obtained was 33.4 billion
CFA (up 3.5 uiliionj.
On 30 June 1981, bills and coins in circulation totaled 23.3 billion CFA, as opposed
~ to 18.6 billion a year before. The amount of demand and~time deposits in banks was
= 36.5 billion CFA on 3~ April 1981 (Up 6,~ billion over tfie end of June 1980).
_ On the other hand, credits to the economy came to 62.3 billion CFA (up 3.9 billion
over June 1980), of ~hich public corporations accounted for 55 percent of the total
- and the private sector, for 45 percent.
Also at the end of April 1981, the Treasury's net balance for domestic accounts showed
a net surplus of 3.9 billion CFA, an increase of 1.2 billion over April 1980.
Net foreign holdings also improved at the same time, going from an excess coimnitment
- of -3.8 billion CFA to a surplus of 2.9 billion CFA at the end of April 1981.
= COPYRIGHT: Rene Moreux et Cie Paris 1982
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MINING BUREAU ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ESTABLISHING 'IWO NEW COMPANIES
Paris MARCHES TROPTCAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS in French No 1886, 1 Jan 82 p 27
[Article: "BWOGMI Administrative Cauncil Creates 'I~,ro New Mining Companies"]
[TextJ The administrative council of the Upper Voltan Bureau of Geolagy and Mines
(BWOGMI) met on 19 December. It was chaired by the minister for Commerce, Industrial
Development and Mines, Mr Djibrina Barry, and adopted tfie proposed 1982 budget, which
totals 942.37 million francs CFA [African Financial Community]~
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The Council alsc autfiorized the establisfiment i:~, 1982 of twa mining companies, the
Sahel Mines Company (SOMI~A) for prospecting and mining in tfie Baildjaga and Djouga
~ mines, and COMIKI (Kiere Mining Company), whicfi will also be formed in 1982 .for manga-
' nese mining in tfie Hounde region.
I On t~e same day, in Bobo-Dioulasso, the DIREGM~ (.BWOGMI Regional Administration)
~ buildings were dedicated by Mr Djabrina Barry in tfie presence of the ministers of
Social Affairs and the Status of Women, Mrs Marie Madeleine Kone, Justice, tTie State
Secretary, Nfr Bema (hiattara, Public Functions and Works, Mr Alexandre Zoungrana, and
' Post ~ffice and Telecommunications, Lt-Col Charles Hounsoufio Bambara.
, Work was performed by the SEG (General Contracting Company), especially in the con-
struction of the buildings and the courtyard; the Bernard Coulibaly Company, for
i the enclosure and the rooms for mechanical rock-processing; and the OPT (PosL Of�ice
- and Telecommunications) for telephone installations, The main building houses 9 of-
' fices, a library, a reading r~oom, a museum, and a designing room, for about 350,square
meters of usable space. The second building houses a garage, stores, a laboratory,
. and two connecting rooms for about 660 square meters of usable axea. ~
T}ie Bobo-Diaulasso regional administration will be the site of the project evaluating
the gold-bearing copper deposits of the Gaoua region, in the context of cooperation
between Upper Volta and the Netherlands. The total cost of building DIREGMI has come
to 116.6 million CFA, 20 million of which has been financed by a subsidy from the
French Aid and Cooperatioa Fund (FAC) and tfie difference by BU1rOGMT's own funds.,
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, UPPER VOLTA
~ BRIEFS
BUDGET FOR 1982-~-The Upper Voltan minister of ginance, Mr B~mond Ky, presented the 1982
draft budget for Upper Volta to tfie members of th.e Military Committee of Recovery for
National Progress (CMPi~ on 29 December. The 1982 draft budget for Upper Volta bal-
ances at 48.9494 billion francs CFA [African Financial Community], an increase of 20.8
percent over 1981. The budget receipts come fxom taxation (40.2562 billion CFA),
ordinary funds (5.8037 billion CFA), and extraordinary funds (1.7894 billion CFA)
as well as loans (1.1 billion CFA~. Expenditures: 34.0021 billion CFA will go to
services, 5.525 billion CFA to public ~rorks, and 5.3928 billion CFA to equipment and
investment. As concerns expenditures, tfie Pinance minister said, "tfie desire to
apply the principle of a balanced budget fias led the goves7tment to make difficult
and often painful choices." Mr Ky added tfiat proposals for services came to 135.4
billion francs CFA, "whicfi is out af line with the resources available." Contribu-
tions to international organizations, inter-African and others, are r.ot spelled out
- . in this draft bvdget. Mr Edmond Ky said tfiat the Upper Voltan minister of Foreign
~ Affairs and Cocperation, in conjunction With tfie other ministers, will take the ini-
tiative in making choices that Will reduce Upper Volta~s contributions to organiza-
tions that "do not Tiave any real interest for Upper Volta." [Text] [Paris MARCHES
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NKOMO DISMISSES PARTY MERGER CLAIMS
PM191633 London THE TIMES in English 19 Jan 82 p 5
[Dispatch by Stephen Taylor: "Nkomo Denies Party Merger Proposals"]
[Text] Salisbury, 18 Jan--Mr Joshua Nkomo, leader of the second largest party
in Zimbabwe's coalition government, today condemned trends with the ruling
- ZANU (PF) party and diemissed claime by Mr Robert Mugabe, the prime minister,
that talks would start in two weeks on merging their parties.
In his most outspoken statement since his followers clashed with Mr Mugabe's
supporters last February leaving more than 200 dead, Mr Nkomo indicated that
prospects of a merger had, if anything, receded.
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~ Mr Nkomo, President of the Patriotic Front, told THE TIMES he was worried that
ZANU (PF) was departing increasingly from the conatitution agreed at Lancaster
~ House and was holding itself above parliament.
i Mr Mugabe told rallies around Salisbury yesterday that talks would start between
ZANU (PF) and the Patriotic FronC shortly to discuss making Zimbabwe a one-party
' state. No party other than ZANU (PF) would rule in Zimbabwe and it would be in
; power fprever.
Nr Nkomo, veteran of nationalist politics and known by his supporters as "Father
i of Zimbabwe," said the prime miniater's statement had raised serious misgivings
in the Patriotic Front and had deeply concerned him personally. ZANU (PF) was
assuming that the Patriotic Front would acquiesce.
: The Patriotic Front holds 20 of the 80 black seats in parliament and as the main
alternative to ZANU (PF) would have to be involved in any peaceful transition to
a one-party system. Mr Nkomo indicated that there would be no talk on unif ica-
tion in the foreaeeable future and that although the possibility of a merger
had been raised "you never heard it from me."
It was on the constitution that he was most critical, noting that speeches by
Mr Mugabe which set ZANU (PF) up as the main political force were a contradiction
of the document which the two leaders signed at Lancaster House "which states
clearly that parliament is supreme and not any political party."
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' As a resuit ZAI~U (PF) members were set[ing ttiemselves above the organs of state
- such as the poliee and artay while party men had been given a disproportionate
number of appointments in the civil service.
Mr Nko~o, who has been a virtual recluse fxom pub?ic life in recent months, said
he had been shaken by i:he prin~e miraister`s weekeud speech: "I.believed w~ wer?
working together ror peace and unity... buti you can't force unity."
Speeches by M~: Mugabe on �,the one-party theme upset Mr Nkomo's supporter~ who
traditionally have differf:nt regional and trit~al affiliations but in recent
montha they have dra�arn back from public critici.sm. The fact Nir Nkomo has
:~sponded in so forthright a manner does not bod,e well.
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