United Nations
AFRICA: UN Security Council seat for Africa?
Brazil, Germany, India and Japan yesterday launched a joint campaign for permanent seats on the...
AfricaINTERNATIONAL: FDI falls for third year in a row
FDI inflows fell for the third year in a row last year as cross-border merger-and-acquisition...
InternationalANGOLA: Investment at risk despite oil windfall
Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo Jaime recently announced that Angola had received a windfall of...
AngolaROMANIA/UKRAINE: Bucharest intensifies border spats
At the UN yesterday, Romanian President Ion Iliescu accused Ukraine of placing navigation buoys...
RomaniaARGENTINA: Critical Kirchner calls for IMF reform
Speaking at the UN General Assembly yesterday, President Nestor Kirchner sharply criticised the...
ArgentinaEQUATORIAL GUINEA: Alleged plot shows regime cracks
The suspected mercenaries arrested in Zimbabwe in March and accused of plotting a coup in...
Equatorial GuineaSUDAN: UN resolution hints at sanctions
The UN Security Council on Saturday passed a US-drafted resolution demanding Khartoum end the...
SudanWEST AFRICA: Locust swarms threaten agriculture
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) announced on Friday that unless drastic measures are...
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