Mauritius foresees strengthened growth
The Mauritian economy has performed better than expected, with an increase of 4 percent in real growth at market prices in 2010, new statistics show. Growth in 2011 would be even ...
View ArticleLarge budget aid programme for Tunisia
The World Bank reveals it is working on a US$ 500 million programme in budgetary support "to provide a boost" for Tunisia's transitional ...
View ArticleProtest concerns spark Angola arrest wave
Responding to a possible wave of pro-democracy protests, the government of Angola not only organised a large pro-regime march, but also is arresting journalists and harassing ...
View ArticleEthiopia crackdown on opposition to prevent protests
The Ethiopian opposition reports that over 250 of its central members have been arrested during the week. The arrests are seen in connection with a planned mass ...
View ArticleSwaziland uprising "begins on Friday"
Trade unions and student organisations in the totalitarian kingdom of Swaziland are to start mass protests and strikes tomorrow, Friday, demanding democracy and economic ...
View ArticleGhana con-men sell sand as fertilizer
Impostors in Ghana are giving new meaning to the expression of "selling sand in the Sahara." The gang managed to sell sacks of sand to poor farmers, telling them it was ...
View ArticleUS officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time
US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time Libya-USA, Politics, 8/26/2011 US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns led the U.S. delegation to the August 25 Libya Contact ...
View ArticleFirestone Workers in Liberia Sign Historic Contract
New Contract is a Major Victory for International Campaign Against Firestone WASHINGTON - August 6 - Workers on the ...
View ArticleSudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Ouside Khartoum
Sudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Outside Khartoum, Amnesty International Says NEW YORK - August 18 - Amnesty International today accused the Sudanese government ...
View ArticleTunisia to enjoy Turkish spring
Turkey is set to increase its trade volume with Tunis from $1.1 billion to $5 billion. Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, accompanied by Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) Chairman Mehmet ...
View ArticleThe Banking Crisis, Far-Reaching Effects
THE Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti and RBZ governor Gideon Gono must be commended for recognising that crisis has developed in Zimbabwe's money market in general, and within the banking ...
View ArticleShah Files Charges Against Two Banks
CONTROVERSIAL tycoon Jayesh Shah has filed a fraud complaint with the Zimbabwe Republic Police's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) serious fraud squad against Tetrad Investment Bank and ...
View ArticlePayment Trail Reveals Challenges of Ridding Liberia of Corruption
A view of Benson Street in Monrovia, Liberia, in October 2011. A recent deal that has oil giant Chevron investing millions in Liberia has been tainted by allegations of bribery and shows how hard it ...
View ArticleIvory Coast forces accused of extortion, killings
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) -- Witnesses, human rights groups and officials say security forces who helped bring Ivory Coast's elected president to power during a political crisis are extorting ...
View Article10 dead in ethnic clashes in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) -- Ethnic clashes in a southern village of Burkina Faso have left at least 10 people dead, in a dispute over which community has the right to appoint a local chief, ...
View ArticleBasetsana beat Botswana in qualifiers
The South African Under 20 Women's Team (Basetsana) defeated Botswana 3-1 in the first round second leg qualifier of the Fifa Women's World Cup at the Sinaba Stadium in Daveyton on ...
View ArticleBeing a fragile state, Kenya would be unwise to devolve the security function
Lotodo was an extreme example of what happens when you hand control of the provincial administration and security forces to a politician in an ethnically divided ...
View ArticleHigh taxes force used clothes dealers to think Tanzania market
FILE | NATION Second-hand clothes traders at the Kongowea Market in Mombasa protest the increased import taxes on the products on February 16, ...
View ArticleLamu port gives Northern Kenya major boost
PHOTO | PPS H.E President Mwai Kibaki (c), H.E Meles Zenawi Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (l) and H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit jointly lay foundation stones for the ...
View ArticleKenya needs succession planning in the face of new trend
But Kipyego's triumph at the 42Km distance was unique in that he is a former 3000m steeplechase runner and signals a trend among athletes who are shifting from the middle distance track event ...
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