Ghana

  • Apr 19, 2005
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AFRICA: First peer-review reports postponed again

Delays were announced yesterday for the first two peer-review reports, on Ghana and Rwanda, which...

Africa
  • Jan 19, 2005
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ZAMBIA: Debt forgiveness marks Japanese policy shift

Japan yesterday announced it will cancel over 70 billion yen (685 million dollars) worth of debts...

Zambia
  • Jan 7, 2005
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AFRICA: Missed hunger targets cost lives and growth

The report notes that, on present evidence, the target of reducing to 400 million the number of...

Africa
  • Jan 4, 2005
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AFRICA: Global interest lifts local bourses

African stock markets posted strong returns in 2004 on the back of improving global and local...

Africa
  • Dec 13, 2004
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GHANA: Kufuor wins second term

The Electoral Commission declared on Thursday that President John Kufuor and his New Patriotic...

Ghana
  • Dec 8, 2004
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GHANA: Kufuor ahead in early results

Early results from yesterday's presidential and parliamentary elections give both President John...

Ghana
  • Oct 28, 2004
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NIGERIA: Slow progress in gas commercialisation

The government announced a new policy last month, intended to commercialise the long-neglected...

Nigeria
  • Sep 28, 2004
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IVORY COAST: UN expresses concern

The UN Security Council yesterday voiced concern over the pace of progress in Ivory Coast's peace...

Ivory Coast