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 […]
Year: 2012
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 […]
UNESCO: Two Malian sites on List of World Heritage in Danger
The Malian city of Timbuktu and the Tomb of Askia, threatened by the armed conflict in the region, were placed on the UNESCO’s List of […]
France’s representative for the Sahel tours the region
Shortly after he was appointed last Monday by the French Foreign Minister as his special representative for the Sahel, diplomat Jean Felix-Paganon met president Dioncounda […]
Kenya awards offshore oil exploration permit to Total
Kenya has awarded the French oil company Total a new oil exploration permit to cover an area of over 10,000 square kilometers off the Lamu […]
Emirates airlines increases flights to Zambia, Zimbabwe
The Dubai-based Emirates airlines will increase the number of its flights to Zambia and Zimbabwe as of next October. The carrier which currently operates Dubai-Harare-Lusaka […]
IMF-WB: Côte d’Ivoire gets over $4 Billion in debt relief
Côte d’Ivoire will benefit from more than $4 Billion in Debt Relief, out of which $3.1 billion under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, […]