Ghana
AFRICA: First peer-review reports postponed again
Delays were announced yesterday for the first two peer-review reports, on Ghana and Rwanda, which...
AfricaZAMBIA: Debt forgiveness marks Japanese policy shift
Japan yesterday announced it will cancel over 70 billion yen (685 million dollars) worth of debts...
ZambiaAFRICA: Missed hunger targets cost lives and growth
The report notes that, on present evidence, the target of reducing to 400 million the number of...
AfricaAFRICA: Global interest lifts local bourses
African stock markets posted strong returns in 2004 on the back of improving global and local...
AfricaGHANA: Kufuor wins second term
The Electoral Commission declared on Thursday that President John Kufuor and his New Patriotic...
GhanaGHANA: Kufuor ahead in early results
Early results from yesterday's presidential and parliamentary elections give both President John...
GhanaNIGERIA: Slow progress in gas commercialisation
The government announced a new policy last month, intended to commercialise the long-neglected...
NigeriaIVORY COAST: UN expresses concern
The UN Security Council yesterday voiced concern over the pace of progress in Ivory Coast's peace...
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