Mozambique police fire at crowds protesting high prices; 7 dead Hartford Courant MAPUTO, (AP) — Police opened fire Wednesday on stone-throwing mobs who were protesting rising prices, killing seven people as the U.N. noted that international food prices have risen to their highest in two years — a level that could see unrest spread. | Police had declared the marches i...
Nigeria: Royal Dutch Shell says $1.1B oil pipeline through restive delta nearly complete Hartford Courant LAGOS, (AP) — says a $1.1 billion crude oil pipeline running through Nigeria's restive southern delta is almost complete. | Shell issued a statement Monday saying the 97-kilometer (60-mile) Nembe Creek Trunkline will have the capacity to transport 600,000 barrels of oil a day. The pipeline wil...
Sepp Blatter Tells Mills: FIFA Abhors Interference But Upholds Accountability Peace FM Online The Head of Communications at the Presidency, Mr. Koku Anyidoho, has in an interview with Radio Gold revealed FIFA's stance on government's decision to set up the Public Interest Committee (PIC) to oversee the disbursement of funds invested in footba...
Climate Change Sparking Huge Interest All Africa The Polytechnic of Namibia this week hosted the second international APEDIA Conference on Sustainable Land Use in Africa, themed, "Land Use and Climate Change: Challenges for Adaptation Strategies," on campus. | ...
Fifteen Rural Banks Marked For Liquidation Peace FM Online Mr. Okoh Sai, Director Banking Supervision Department of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), on Thursday revealed that fifteen Rural and Community Banks (RCB) have been categorized for liquidation. | He said transactions of about 121 out of the current 136 RCB ...
Violent protests over food price increases cost Mozambique economy $3M, government says Hartford Courant MAPUTO, (AP) — Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns. | Those losses includ...
Fund Raising for SADC Defence Inspection Recommended All Africa The 3rd meeting of military inspectors from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) ended Friday in Harare, Zimbabwe, recommending a raise of funds for the organisation. | ...
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Million set to march in S Africa Al Jazeera | More than one million South African civil servants are expected to march in protests across the country over low wages. | Labour unions planned the action on Thursday as part of ...
Banking [column] Insurance Newsnet | WHAT South African game enthusiasts know about civets is that they are small, shy, nocturnal cat- like animals and that they are a rare find on a game drive. Even to game- watchi...
Zimbabwe offer to tour Pak to raise funds for flood victims Deccan Herald Karachi, Aug 24 (PTI) Tuesday, August 24, 2010 --> | International cricket may soon return to Pakistan following Zimbabwe's offer to visit the country to play fund-raisers for the ...
Poor Provinces 'Not Receiving Profits From Food Exports' All Africa ALTHOUGH SA is one of six countries in the world to be a net food exporter, the country's most impoverished provinces are not receiving their share of the profits, Michael Sudarkasa, CEO of Africa Business Group, said yesterday. | ...
Experts to Look at Steel Prices All Africa The negative effects of ArcelorMittal's steel prices on local industry are going to come under the parliamentary spotlight once again when the trade and industry portfolio committee conducts an interrogation into the steel giant's "reckless disregard...
Delays by Department 'Will Cost Business' All Africa THE Department of Trade and Industry's failure to provide clarity on aspects of the Consumer Protection Act is creating uncertainty among businesses that is likely to have serious financial implications, commercial law firm Webber Wentzel said yester...
Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike The Press Democrat | A spike in food prices has triggered deadly riots in Mozambique this week, and experts worry other countries that saw such unrest during the last global food crisis in 2008 could be hit again. Over the last two months alone, food prices worldwide have risen 5 percent. | "I think everyone is wondering if we are going to have a repeat of 2008 when ...
