Africa
AFRICA: Efficiency is key to infrastructure benefit
Sub-Saharan Africa requires estimated investment of some 93 billion dollars per year for the next...
AfricaINTERNATIONAL: Donors boost support for African polls
A number of countries prone to instability are due to hold elections in the next year, including...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: FAO warns on food crisis repeat
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) chief, Jacques Diouf, warned yesterday that nearly...
InternationalCHINA/AFRICA: Beijing signals increased assistance
China's Premier Wen Jiabao pledged significantly increased levels of assistance for Africa...
ChinaAFRICA: Health professional shortages will be critical
New academic research confirms earlier reports that projected shortages of healthcare...
AfricaINTERNATIONAL: History, geography affect development
Previous academic research has identified phenomena that are correlated with economic growth. ...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: Regulation sinks MTN/Bharti merger
Merger negotiations collapsed yesterday between South Africa's MTN and India's Bharti AirTel,...
LATIN AMERICA/AFRICA: Summit lacks practical substance
Heads of state from some 30 countries participated in the second South America-Africa summit at...
Latin America
