West Africa
GUINEA: Arrests, isolation may signal junta strain
The military junta which took power over Christmas today confirmed several arrests of former...
GuineaAFRICA: Global crisis hits Ecobank share offering
West African regional banking group Ecobank Transnational has yet to disclose the results of its...
AfricaPROSPECTS 2009: West African stability concerns grow
After a year characterised by soaring food and fuel import costs as well as strong commodity...
AFRICA: Europe sees promise in Saharan solar power
European Commission and African Union Commission officials will sign a new European-African...
AfricaWEST AFRICA: Mauritania raises fears of new coup surge
The August coup in Mauritania was Africa's first successful coup d'etat since that country's...
West AfricaAFRICA: Ecobank will expand with record rights issue
Togo-based Ecobank announced yesterday that it would go ahead with a 2.5 billion dollar rights...
AfricaUS/AFRICA: Navy aims to curb wariness towards AFRICOM
The APS is primarily a public relations exercise designed to promote the US Navy's role as a...
United StatesAFRICA: Franc zone countries seek food price policy
The World Food Summit in Rome on the impact of surging global food prices closed on June 5. While...
