20120208 AFP Africa is losing out on billions of dollars in potential earnings every year because of high trade barriers on the continent, the World Bank said Tuesday.
20120208 AFP Raw materials giant Glencore and mining firm Xstrata announced a vast merger on Tuesday, creating a $90 billion (69 billion euro) group and heralding a new powerhouse in the global commodities industry.
20120207 AFP The Swiss-based commodities trader Glencore said it had reached agreement with Swiss mining group Xstrata on a merger that would create a global group worth $90 billion.
20120202 Reuters JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ageing African presidents who try to cling to power by manipulating constitutions and judiciaries risk the same popular rebellions that toppled rulers in last year's Arab Spring, Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said on Wednesday.
20120130 AFP UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in an unusually outspoken declaration on Sunday, told African leaders they must respect gay rights, an issue that is controversial in many African states.
20120130 AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An oil dispute between Sudan and South Sudan has become "a serious threat to peace and security in the region," U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Sunday as African heads of state converged on Ethiopia's capital for an African Union summit.
20120128 AFP Towering above the Ethiopian capital, cloaked in urban smog, the new Chinese-built African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa is a bold symbol of China's rapidly changing role in Africa.
20120121 AFP South African police arrested 150 supporters of opposing Congolese political factions over public violence during the DR Congo's chaotic electoral process, a spokesman said Friday.
20120110 AFP Africa's longest-ruling leader, Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema, made an unannounced visit Monday to Zimbabwe, which had helped foil a coup bid against him, and pledged to boost ties.
20120104 AFP South African President Jacob Zuma met Tuesday with an envoy from Libya's National Transitional Council seeking help from Pretoria in rebuilding after the uprising that ousted Moamer Kadhafi.
20120101 Reuters (Reuters) - A record number of rhinos were poached this year in South Africa, home to the greatest number of the animals, as rising demand in Asia for their horns led to increased killings of the threatened species.
20111204 Reuters (Reuters) - Sudan may still expel Kenya's ambassador after two weeks if Kenya does not take steps to cancel a Nairobi court ruling to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, the foreign ministry said Saturday.
20111129 Reuters (Reuters) - International drug gangs from Africa and Iran are muscling in on Southeast Asia's booming methamphetamine business which has shown a staggering increase and is spreading through the region, the United Nations said in a report on Tuesday.
20111129 Reuters (Reuters) - A Kenyan court on Monday ordered the government to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by The Hague on genocide charges, should he travel again to the east African country where he was not arrested during his last visit.
20111119 Reuters (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, arriving on his second trip to Africa as Roman Catholic leader, on Friday urged African nations to resist the temptation to surrender to market forces as they grow and modernize.
20111116 Reuters (Reuters) - Niger said Tuesday that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi would remain in the West African nation until a United Nations travel ban on him was lifted, despite Tripoli's request for his return.
20111114 Reuters JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to lead to increased average rainfall in the world's major river basins but weather patterns will be fickle and the timing of wet seasons may change, threatening farming and food stocks, experts said on Monday.
20111114 Reuters ALGIERS (Reuters) - Intelligence reports show there is coordination between the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram and the Algerian-based north African branch of al Qaeda, the Algerian deputy foreign minister said on Sunday.
20111108 Reuters VICTORIA (Reuters) - Somali pirates are holding two Seychelles sailors aboard a fishing boat that was captured 65 miles west of Mahe last week, a government minister said.
20111031 Reuters (Reuters) - The likely flight of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi from Libya to neighbouring Niger leaves the West African nation trying to balance its commitment to the International Criminal Court with avoiding another rebellion by heavily armed Tuareg tribesmen.
