Food security improving in Zimbabwe, says UN Independent online | By Nelson Banya | Harare - Zimbabwe's troubled farm sector has started to recover from depths plumbed two years ago when it faced a food crisis, but funding problems could cut into programmes helping farmers recover, a United Nations official said. | "There was an improvement from 1.2 million tons...
BP on the run in Pakistan? Asia Times | Jul 27, 2010 BP on the run in Pakistan? | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI - The decision of British oil giant BP to sell its assets in Pakistan may be as much to do with its security concerns in the country as to the rising costs it faces from the Gulf of Mexico oil disast...
General Assembly Chief Voices Deep Sadness After Deadly Boat Accident All Africa General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly killing around 140 people. | ...
Public service workers walk off the job Independent online | By Jon Herskovitz | Thousands of South African public service workers seeking higher wages walked off the job on Thursday, with union leaders saying the strike could set the stage for nearly a million workers downing tools next week. | The initial ...
Minority On STX Deal: We Will Ensure Ghana Gets Value For Money Peace FM Online Minority in parliament assured Ghanaians on Thursday that they (Minority) would ensure Ghana gets value for money in the highly criticized STX housing deal which is to provide houses for the security services. | Mr Ambrose Dery, Deputy Minority Leade...
Government Spent GH¢9.1b In 2009 Peace FM Online Dr. Kwabena Dufuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, has taken a swipe at critics who say decline in inflation rate indicated that government was not spending stressing that expenditure figures indicated otherwise. | He said in 2009, govern...
Cabinet Approves Tea Bill All Africa Cabinet has approved the Tea Amendment Bill, 2010, and it is now set to be presented to Parliament once it reconvenes, Agriculture minister Dr Sally Kosgei has said. | ...
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Minister moves to save steel plant Independent online | Next » 1 2 | By Lynnette Johns and Andisiwe Makinana | Staff Writers | Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies was meeting ArcelorMittal and Kumba today to tr...
Bank of Ghana Predicts 9.2% Inflation Peace FM Online With inflation-average change in price level expected to remain low till the end of the year, the Bank of Ghana has predicted an end of year inflation of 9.2 percent for this year....
What comes next in South Africa public sector strike? Business Report | Submit your comment | Thousands of South African public service workers seeking higher wages went on strike on Thursday, with union leaders saying it could set the stage for nearly 1 million workers downing tools next week. | The following s...
What can South Africa do about the rand? Business Report | Submit your comment | Calls for South Africa's government to weaken the rand are getting louder from powerful labour unions and manufacturers. | Even the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says the relatively strong...
Atebubu Assembly starts rice cultivation Joy Online The Atebubu-Amantin District Assembly has embarked on commercial rice farming project on a 50 acre land to boost internally generated funds. | The project will also create employment, business opportunities and economic growth as well as encourage ma...
Boost For Investors On Ghana Stock Exchange Peace FM Online Global investors will now obtain adequate information from the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) after Thomson Reuters commenced a daily real-time data feed from the Accra Bourse yesterday. | The collaboration between GSE and renowned Thomson Reuters is exp...
PepsiCo profit lifted by overseas markets Irish Times | PepsiCo reported a quarterly profit just above analysts' expectations, helped by strength in international snack and beverage markets and the recent acquisition of its North American bottlers. | The company, which makes Tropicana juice and Quaker Oats cereals in addition to its namesake soft drink, stood by its full-year earnings forecast, assuag...
Mugabe a front for military dictatorship, says PM aide Irish Times | BILL CORCORAN in Cape Town | SENIOR MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) politician, Roy Bennett has claimed Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe is just a front man for a military dictatorship that refuses to relinquish power in the country. | The outspoken adviser to prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the BBC that Mr Mugabe wanted to stand dow...
