Kenyan firms await AGOA forum
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 3 - About 132 Kenyan companies will have the opportunity to showcase their products at the sidelines of the 8th Sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Forum in Nairobi next month. Organisers will put together a trade fair during the
Africa leaders want payment of ransoms made illegal
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - African leaders condemned the payment of kidnap ransoms to free hostages and said the practice should be made illegal because the cash is being used by militants to fund violence. The 53-member African Union adopted a resolution
BP Southern Africa
operates under this global brand in the downstream sector of the industry. It is involved in a joint venture refinery with Shell in Durban, which produces 180,000 barrels a day and supplies the South African inland market. In the African region BP
S.African human rights bodies slam arrest of homeless Zimbabweans
South African human rights organisations on Saturday condemned the arrest of about 300 destitute Zimbabwean nationals. 'We have been informed by the SAPS (South African Police Service) that the purpose of the raid was to clear the streets and enforce
Roundup: African leaders reach agreement on new authority, ICC's Bashir indictment
African leaders wound up a summit on Friday after reaching a deal on the creation of a new authority and approving a resolution to abstain from cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over extraditing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
President Barack Obama And Global Africa [opinion]
Barack Obama's Africa policy may become more active in a positive sense in the months and years ahead. But on the evidence so far it does seem credible that the African continent itself would have been better off if Hillary Clinton had become President
Ghana's Mills asks African leaders to prioritize agriculture to end food crisis
President John Evans Atta Mills has urged his colleague African leaders, to give priority to agriculture, to help solve the food deficit in the continent. 'No country or continent has achieved rapid economic progress, and improved the lives of its
Obama Scolds Kenya
US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised Kenya's leadership, expressing concern about the country's political and economic direction. Explaining why Ghana was chosen as his first official destination in black Africa, President Obama singled out
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