President Paul Kagame yesterday addressed the opening ceremony of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama of the United States and President Ian Khama of Botswana after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday November 5, 2009:
The decision to give Zimbabwe no more than a slap on the wrist for the human rights abuses which its army has committed on the Marange alluvial diamond fields in the south-east of the country seriously threatens the future of the diamond industry's initiative to avert consumer boycotts of its gemstones.
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has offered Africa $10b in concessional loans over the next three years along with a range of other measures aimed at strengthening African-Chinese ties.
CHINA'S partnership with Africa provides the best example of how countries should relate globally at the economic, political and cultural levels, President Mugabe has said.
Traders in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti will have their turnaround time on roads while transporting their goods from within and outside the countries reduced because of the planned improvement in the region's road infrastructure.
IN a move with damaging implications for investment, Zimbabwe plans to grab a 51% stake in foreign-owned firms within 60 days of the gazetting of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act regulations, documents in the possession of the Zimbabwe Independent show.
Houston-based ERHC has declared intention to enter its concession to drill five oil wells in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) over the coming months after a lengthy delay caused by a shortage of deepwater rigs.
The ANC proposed national health insurance (NHI) as seen through the ideological lense by Jasson Urbach of the Free Market Foundation in the Sowetan of 21 October 2009, which he labels a "threat to health," is nothing but a scare tactic designed to persuade the public and policy makers to abandon the idea of implementing it.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua said yesterday that there was no going back on the planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
FORMER Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ambassador Idris Waziri has disclosed that Nigeria and China have signed an agreement to stop the inflow of substandard and fake products from the latter into the country, just as he disclosed that the proposed first Nigeria-China Trade and Investment Forum will help put a stop to counterfeiting and importation of fake products into the country from China.
The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today.
A high-powered delegation from South Africa is today expected in Zimbabwe to meet Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere over proposals to dispose of BP and Shell's assets in the country.
Governor of the Central Bank, CBN, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has vowed that there will be no respite for banks on corporate governance, insisting that this will help rid the industry of criminals.
Looking out of the window when flying over large parts of Africa at night, one sees large swathes of darkness. In contrast, flying over Asia, you see large areas of darkness are interspersed with interesting patches of light below, which are more noticeable in Europe and North America.
