20110509
IPS

Paris — Increasing industrial production of oil palm in sub-Saharan African countries, carried out by foreign corporations, is destroying the livelihoods of millions of Africans and the biodiversity of ecosystems. Despite this, industrialised countries' governments and development agencies continue to promote such production.

20110509
IPS

Istanbul — Least Developed Countries do not need charity; they want more and smarter investments. This is the point of departure for the Fourth U.N. Conference for the world's poor countries (LDC-IV) begins in Istanbul, Turkey.

20110506
vanguard

Cape Town — Governor of Bank of Botswana Linah Mohohlo has advised African countries to begin to build blocks across the continent to boost their fortunes.

20110507
IPS

Geneva — While foreign direct investment in least developed countries (LDCs) in Africa has risen sharply over the past decade, most of it went to resource-rich economies and had little impact on employment creation.

20110507
reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Brewing giant SABMiller rejected any claims of tax avoidance in Africa on Friday after South Africa, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and Mauritius decided to work together to examine the brewer's tax affairs.

20110429
reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Union presented world trade negotiators with a last-minute plan to rescue stalled free trade talks on Friday, saying there were still avenues of negotiation to explore after 10 years of trying.

20110422
State Department

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Obama administration wants to work with the African Union to find a political solution to the violence in Libya, as well as to work more closely with the organization to promote open and transparent governance across Africa.

20110420
Zimbabwe Independent

PLANS to adopt a single currency for the 15-member Southern African Development Community (Sadc) by 2018 could be overtaken by a much broader regional single currency and customs project that would include two other trade blocs, Industry and International Trade minister Welshman Ncube has said.

20110418
PlusNews

Johannesburg — A three-country study has been halted after daily doses of the antiretroviral (ARV) Truvada, used as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), failed to prevent HIV infection in the women participating.

20110418
reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 200,000 deaths from severe malaria could be averted each year if malarial countries were to switch to a more expensive but more effective drug, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday.

20110418
reuters

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi received a telephone call from South African President Jacob Zuma, Libyan state television reported on Sunday.

20110411
reuters

Nairobi — The crowds trooping to Loliondo over the past few weeks have been described as the epitome of either gullibility, desperation or both.

20110410
rfi

Top-level African Union mediators will call on both sides in Libya's conflict to lay down their arms on a mission to the divided country starting Sunday, an adviser to South Africa's Jacob Zuma tells RFI.

20110401
Reuters
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia (Reuters) - Leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community called late on Thursday for an end to political violence in Zimbabwe.

20110331
Xinhua
JOHANNESBURG, March 30 (Xinhua) -- One of South Africa's opposition leaders on Wednesday urged President Jacob Zuma to call for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to review Resolution 1973 on Libya.

20110331
Xinhua
KAMPALA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Uganda on Wednesday refuted reports that it had offered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi asylum if he chooses to go to exile.

20110326
Sapa

Johannesburg — An injury time strike from Katlego Mphela gave Bafana Bafana a 1-0 win over Egypt in their Group G 2012 Africa Cup of Nations at Ellis Park Stadium on Saturday evening.

20110311
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Doing business in Africa is not for the faint-hearted and requires patience, good local staff and above all respect for the continent, bankers and executives say.

20110304
reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Detectives investigating a network smuggling tonnes of gold from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo will question people in the United Arab Emirates and South Africa, a Kenyan minister said on Friday.

20110304
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's $107 billion financial services industry will log impressive growth for the rest of the decade as more banks target the continent's emerging middle class, a study by consultancy Bain & Company found.