Fearing US, UE sanctions, Kenya cancels oil deal with Iran
Kenya has cancelled an agreement it signed end of May with Iran under which it was to import Iranian crude oil to cover all its […]
Month: July 2012
Tunisia: Media authority slams doors
Debate over the fragility of the coalition government in Tunisia led by Ennahda has been around for a while and it seems as if evidences […]
Sudan: Fighting and strikes continue
Clashes continue at the Diem Mansour area, south of Kurmuk close to the Ethiopian border, between rebel and government forces in the Blue Nile State […]
Syria: Opposition Groups meet in Cairo
Cairo plays host to a two-day meeting between opposition groups of the Assad regime under the auspices of coming to a conclusion of the proposed […]
Ethiopia to extend railway network under $3.2 billion deals
Ethiopia will extend its railway network by the construction of 5,000 km of railway lines by 2020. To this end, Ethiopia struck deals with a […]
Gabon, best environmentally sustainable country in Africa
Gabon has been ranked as the best environmentally sustainable nation in Africa by the 2012 Environmental Performance Index, published by the US Yale University. At […]
Foreign Capital Flowing Back To Egypt
After the inauguration of Mohamed Mursi as the first islamist and the first civilian freely elected president in Egypt, it seems that the foreign capital […]
Libya: Benghazi’s elections office attacked
Protesters in Benghazi have attacked the High National Election Commission (HNEC) in there with the parliamentary elections to be held in a weeks’ time. The […]
SA’s Zuma slammed for plan to purchase a $700M Boeing jet
The President of South Africa Jacob Zuma is being severely criticized by his country’s opposition over his plans to purchase a Boeing 777 jet worth […]