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Zimbabwe’s MDC calls off boycott
Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai ends his party’s boycott of the unity government with President Robert Mugabe.
China-Africa cooperation pertinent to needs of African countries: Zambian diplomat (People’s Daily)
With priority given to agriculture and infrastructure in the draft action plan for next three years, the cooperation launched by the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) addresses the fundamental needs of the African countries, Ambassador of Zambia to China Lupando Mwape told Xinhua Friday after attending the 7th senior officials meeting of the Forum. ”Most of the African land is wide and …
UK expats learn Nigerian culture
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GUINEA: Political crisis only sharpens daily hardship (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a September 2009 report says Guinea is “volatile” due to a combination of sharp economic decline; widespread and chronic poverty; limited access to basic services like …
AU sets Guinea sanctions (News 24 South Africa)
The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea’s military rulers, says AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra.
Somali adulterer stoned to death
Islamists in Somalia stone a man to death for adultery but spare his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.
Turkey defends Sudan leader visit
President Abdullah Gul criticises the EU after it asks Turkey to reconsider an invitation to Sudan’s president.
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NCME launches Gold Guinea Contract (The Hindu)
Ties up with Muthoot Group to set up multiple delivery centres
England warned they need African votes for 2018 (Guardian Unlimited)
• Danny Jordaan says continent’s four Fifa votes will be vital • South African mastermind offers advice to England bid team The man responsible for bringing the World Cup to South Africa has warned that England’s bid to host the 2018 tournament is doomed to fail in the first round of voting unless it secures the support of African countries. Danny Jordaan, the chief executive of the organising …
China plays key role in developing African infrastructure (People’s Daily)
As senior officials from China and African countries are gathering in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to prepare for the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to be held on Nov. 8 to 9, African countries are heaping praises on China for the key role it has played in developing the continent’s infrastructure. Poor infrastructure, including roads …
‘Big guns’ herald Guinea’s crisis
Capital under the gun as junta appears anxious
Africa: ‘Africans Should Become Their Own Philanthropists’ (AllAfrica.com)
Africans “should dare to imagine an African world not defined by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund but one that comes out of Africa”. This is necessary for Africans to grow out of dependence and become the agents of their own development.
