Federal Government yesterday sought for Venezuela's investment in Nigerian's refineries as part of efforts to achieve successful deregulation in the downstream petroleum subsector.
The claim that biofuels are a threat to food security comes from multinational oil companies, who fear that biofuels are a threat to their business, alleged Jose Bellini, coordinator for agrobusiness of the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Research company, EMBRAPA, in Maputo on Thursday.
Mozambican Brazilian, and Southern African business people are meeting for two days in Maputo to look into investment opportunities for producing biofuels, particularly ethanol, from sugar cane in Mozambique.
Brazil has pledged to make 300 million US dollars available to finance rehabilitation work on the central Mozambican port of Beira and the airport at Nacala in the north of the country.
SA AND Brazil had agreed to set up mechanisms to fast-track solutions to agricultural disputes constraining trade between the two countries, their trade ministers said yesterday.
The government of Cuba yesterday appealed to Tanzania to support its decision to pressurize the United States to free five Cuban nationals currently being held in US jails.
The first phase of a pharmaceutical plant to produce anti-retroviral drugs in Mozambique will begin before the end of this year, according to the Brazilian Minister of Development Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge.
All is now set for the second edition of the International Colloquium on Teaching African History and Culture to the Diaspora and Teaching Diaspora Culture and History to Africa holding in Brasilia, Brazil.
Scientists from a leading Brazilian university will provide their expertise to FAO for its agricultural development programmes in Latin America and African countries under an agreement signed here today.
The new ambassador of Cuba to The Gambia, Her Excellency Ines Fors Fernandez, yesterday visited the Observer Company, publisher of the Daily Observer newspaper, at its offices on Gacem Road, Kanifing.
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Social Development has been invited to Mexico for the next year's World Youth Conference which is taking place in August, 2010.
Nigeria has pledged to work closely with Brazil as the two countries prepare to take their seat as members of the Security Council of the United Nations (UN) in January 2010.
Brazil is ready to strengthen ties with Zimbabwe and help the country develop its vast mineral resources, the head of a visiting delegation from Brasilia has said.
Brazil produced a masterclass of Beach Soccer as they swept aside Nigeria 11-5 in the Group D clash between the world and African champions.
Nigeria has pledged to work closely with Brazil as the two countries prepare to take their seat as member of the UN Security Council in January 2010.
