While the global environment is extremely supportive for investment-led growth across the African continent, there are a number of countries facing significant political risk in the coming year which will dampen investment enthusiasm, says a new Standard Bank report. Read more »
A study has revealed that African nations risk giving investors access to large areas of land in deals that fail to deliver real benefits or create new social and environmental problems. Read more »
The Confederation of African Football announced that Morocco will host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, and South Africa the 2017 tournament. Read more »
The Confederation of African Football announced Saturday that Morocco will host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, and South Africa the 2017 tournament. Read more »
While high food prices can negatively impact the food security of vulnerable households, they can also create opportunities for developing agricultural production and rural development. Read more »
The Global Fund Observer, an independent watchdog, reports and comments on recent findings of fraud in the use of grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Read more »
The South African sports administrator and politician Mr. Daniel Alexander "Danny" Jordan was last night named as the Daily Trust African of the Year 2010 for his work in organising the very successful hosting of the football World Cup for the first time on the African continent.
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Amid suspicion among pro-democracy activists over France's close relations with North Africa's rulers, Paris has been forced to replace its ambassador to Tunis. Read more »
The same banks, hedge funds and financiers whose speculation on the global money markets caused the sub-prime mortgage crisis are thought to be causing food prices to yo-yo and inflate. Read more »
Food has become subject to one of the sharpest global debates, with rising anxiety about how the world's growing population is going to feed itself. Read more »
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