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LETTER N° 14

From April 2 to April 8

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Senegal

Moustapha Niasse is named prime minister by President Wade.

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Senegal

The new government of Senegal, whose composition was announced Monday night, comprises 26 members, including 25 ministers and one State Minister. All political parties which supported the candidature of President Abdoulaye Wade are virtually represented in the government of Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse, who was appointed on Saturday. It includes four women.

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Korea (North)

Opening of the session of the Surpeme Congress of the People (Parliament).

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Japan

Political Veteran Yoshiro Mori was elected Japan's 85th prime minister today to replace Keizo Obuchi, who has been hospitalized in a coma since suffering a massive stroke on Sunday. With choreographed precision, Mori, 62, was approved by both houses of parliament, hours after his governing Liberal Democratic Party met behind closed doors and handpicked the longtime party loyalist as its leader by acclamation.

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Mauritania

Mauritania will hold elections for one-third of its 56-seat Senate on 7 April, news organisations said, quoting state officials. Campaigning is due to run from 22 March to 7 April, AFP reported. A news source told IRIN on Monday that the elections are held every two years for vacant seats in this house, now dominated by the Parti pour le Renouveau democratique et social (PRDS) of President Maaouya Ould Taya. The Mauritanian parliament is made up of the National Assembly and the Senate.

Results partial elections to he Senate (upper house of parliament). Twenty-six candidates were competing for 17 seats. A second round, if needed, will take place on April 14.

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Tunisia

Former president (1957-87) Habib Bourguiba dies.

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Vietnam

Opening of the Central Comittee of the Vietnamese Communist Party's plenum that will last until April 15.

8
Bosnia Herzegovina

Local elections. The final results of this local elections in Bosnia-Hercegovina have confirmed the dominance of Serb and Croat nationalist parties in their respective parts of the country. The Moslem nationalists, on the other hand, lost some ground to a multi-ethnic opposition party. The results, released by the European security organisation, the OSCE, show that voting along ethnic lines remains the trend in Bosnia five years after the end of the war.

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Nauru

Elections to Parliament.

2 Senegal		Moustapha Niasse is named prime minister by President Wade.
3 Senegal		The new government of Senegal, whose composition was announced Monday night, comprises 26 members, including 25 ministers and one State Minister. All political parties which supported the candidature of President Abdoulaye Wade are virtually represented in the government of Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse, who was appointed on Saturday. It includes four women.
4 Korea (North)		Opening of the session of the Surpeme Congress of the People (Parliament).
5 Japan		Political Veteran Yoshiro Mori was elected Japan's 85th prime minister today to replace Keizo Obuchi, who has been hospitalized in a coma since suffering a massive stroke on Sunday. With choreographed precision, Mori, 62, was approved by both houses of parliament, hours after his governing Liberal Democratic Party met behind closed doors and handpicked the longtime party loyalist as its leader by acclamation.
7 Mauritania		Mauritania will hold elections for one-third of its 56-seat Senate on 7 April, news organisations said, quoting state officials. Campaigning is due to run from 22 March to 7 April, AFP reported. A news source told IRIN on Monday that the elections are held every two years for vacant seats in this house, now dominated by the Parti pour le Renouveau democratique et social (PRDS) of President Maaouya Ould Taya. The Mauritanian parliament is made up of the National Assembly and the Senate. Results partial elections to he Senate (upper house of parliament). Twenty-six candidates were competing for 17 seats. A second round, if needed, will take place on April 14.
7 Tunisia		Former president (1957-87) Habib Bourguiba dies.
8 Vietnam		Opening of the Central Comittee of the Vietnamese Communist Party's plenum that will last until April 15.
8 Bosnia Herzegovina		Local elections. The final results of this local elections in Bosnia-Hercegovina have confirmed the dominance of Serb and Croat nationalist parties in their respective parts of the country. The Moslem nationalists, on the other hand, lost some ground to a multi-ethnic opposition party. The results, released by the European security organisation, the OSCE, show that voting along ethnic lines remains the trend in Bosnia five years after the end of the war.
9 Nauru		Elections to Parliament.