Africa
Gbagbo probe renews focus on African financial crime
A series of sovereign asset freezes and financial investigations arising out of the political...
AfricaMajor foreign land deals in Africa carry dormant risks
A Sierra Leone opposition party yesterday called for state cancellation of major land deals, days...
AfricaCourt's Libya ruling may test Security Council unity
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today accepted the chief prosecutor's request to issue...
AfricaCoal demand will sustain Southern Africa's rail focus
Walvis Bay Corridor Group yesterday announced that construction of a rail link between the...
AfricaGlobal slowdown increases protectionist pressures
World trade levels declined by 2.5% in April, the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Analysis...
InternationalRinderpest goes but African livestock still at risk
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) next week will declare that rinderpest has been...
AfricaAfrica's central banks search for anti-inflation tools
In an interview reported in London's Financial Times yesterday, the Ugandan central bank governor...
AfricaNatural disaster prevention rises up the global agenda
Natural hazards will continue to exact a toll in deaths and damage to property, but there is...
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