EI
of adaga car ha
uled pr . ntial electio in the island nation for
.. "' ...... -..12. Three men have announced their candidacies:
o . run t the h d of the ruling Arema
, erome oj Razanabahiny, 0 will represent
the coali . on Vo jyNITM party; and onja leona of the
MOID:·una Party. Pres' dent Didier Ratsir is e pected to
be re-e cted p' e fonnidab opposition.
Group Und r Attack
Four member of a group affiliated with the ruling Kenya
Afr' can tional Union (Kanu) have been murdered in the
five ee .
The slain Kenyans belonged to Kanu's Youth wing,
hich i charged . th eeping order at party meetings and
. th trying to co
vinee Keny ns to join Kanu. Observers in Narobi,
Kenya's capital, y some youth-wingers have been carry-
ing pons and acting as an unofficial police force.
Cover-Up?
Amnesty international said last month th t Saleh Gaba,
dian reporter for Agense-Fr nee Presse and the As-
sociated pr h d died i1e in cret detention.
After being detained ithout charge in 1981 and 1984,
G arr ed in June 1987 for allegedly possessing
firearms illegally and killing # farmers. It is generally
believed th t, the real reason G b wasjailed because
the H' scin bre government considered him an op­
po eat,
ty Intern ti nal estimates th t 50,000-300,000
ere illcd during Amin's eight-year eignofter-
bdaltah Again
A commission to e plore possibilities for revising the
Comoros constitution 0 th t a president may run for more
th n terms h s been ppointed in the capital, oroni.
ccordin to the Indian Ocean e letter, two members of
e op iti n Union for th Restor tion of Democracy in
th Comoro r nam d to th 14-member commission.
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