President Paul Kagame yesterday addressed the opening ceremony of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
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.
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:
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.
Africa will receive $10 billion in concessional loans from China over the next three years.
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.
Just as the world's financial markets are experiencing a serious mood swing, from exuberance to gloom, so, is the environment. It is no more news that the earth is heating up, and climate change and weather patterns across the world have also changed. According to environment experts, the earth's average temperature has increased above what is considered normal leading to ozone layer depletion, ...
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 border between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo is being redrawn -- by a river!
Unity Party Senatorial aspirant Clemenceau Blayon Urey, has begun undertaking a private initiative aimed at bringing relief to residence of Montserrado through a quick impact road rehabilitation project.
CHARL Senekal holds up a clod of Libyan soil and lets it trickle through his fingers. Behind him endless rows of neglected olive trees stretch into the distance. "This place is easy to fix," says the jovial barrel-chested farmer. "We could turn it into a paradise."
Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some donors are holding back, concerned at where resources might end up in areas too dangerous for international staff.
Uganda's external debt burden could reach unsustainable levels by 2015 unless efforts are made to match borrowing to economic growth.
As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
"The GSMA's Green Power for Mobile (GPM) programme estimates there are 485 million mobile users without access to the electricity grid, a factor which severely limits usage opportunities. The report identifies a range of charging choices available that, if implemented effectively, will extend service availability and could boost average revenues per user by 10-14%." - Balancing Act Africa News ...
