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In the last week of April, India announced a US $5.4 billion credit to African countries for developing their infrastructure and meeting other development goals.
AU budget: 7 debtor countries threatened by sanctions
The contributions sub-committee of the African Un ion has recommended to African ambassadors meeting in an ordinary session i n Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, to sanction seven countries that failed to pay their arr e ...
Britain offers $100 mln for Congo basin
LIBREVILLE. June 18. KAZINFORM The British government has given a grant of over 100 million U.S. dollars to help protect the forest ecosystem within the expansive Congo Basin, the second largest tropical forest ...
Kenya now admitted to Sahara community
Kenya has been admitted into Community of the Sahel and Sahara States membership alongside Gabon, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome and Principe.
Outed' CIA agent to speak at benefit
Two of the most controversial figures of our time - Ambassador Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson - will speak at a benefit dinner for SOMOS Sunday , 5:30 p.m., at The Bavarian Lodge & Restaurant in Taos ...
Mother tongueBrazil dominates in move to standardise Portuguese
As Portugal agrees to standardise its language - spoken by eight far-flung countries around the world - Hugh O'Shaughnessy muses on the benefits of knowing a little of the "lingua portuguesa". The bulk of ...
Africans call for BBC to screen "Cuba! Africa! Revolution!"
Sunday, May 25th is the 45th anniversary of Afrikan Liberation Day and Afrikans at home and abroad will commemorate this historical occasion.
Genealogy Query - REUBEN : ROTHSCHILD
I need to know if there are any relatives of Miss Abe Reuben who gave birth to Teodoro Rothschild with Hannibal Rothschild.
It's official: Portuguese spellings to match Brazil
Lawmakers on Friday adopted a widely contested standardization of Portuguese that will require hundreds of words to be spelled the Brazilian way. via Arizona Republic
Indigenous oil service firm, Nestoil, to invest N50b in offshore activities
P OISED to position itself effectively as an international oil service company of repute, Nestoil Limited, an indigenous oil service firm has concluded plans to invest N50 billion in its offshore activities in ... via Guardian Newspapers
ERHC Energy Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
“The Company continues to maintain adequate cash reserves due to careful, responsible cost controls”
ERHC Energy Inc. , a publicly traded American company with valuable oil and gas assets in the highly prospective Gulf of Guinea off the coast of central West Africa, today reported financial results for the ... via Earth Times
Remengesau off this month to several nations
President Remengesau is off to different countries this month for official visits. via Marianas Variety
Project 21's Nedd Joins Other Religious Leaders at UN Public Health Conference
“The things I do ye also can do them.”
Project 21 member Council Nedd II, a bishop in the Episcopal Missionary Church, is returning from Geneva, Switzerland, where he helped lead a non-governmental organization delegation to the World Health ... via Amy Ridenour
Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe to drill six more oil wells in JDZ
“Spirited efforts are being made to secure deep offshore rigs for the drilling of these blocks”
S IX more oil wells are to be drilled in blocks 2, 3 and 4 by the contracting parties in the Joint Development Zone of the Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe Joint Development Agency in 2009. via Guardian Newspapers
As spelling changes, Portugal feels the empire str
“It's natural there is resistance”
LISBON, Portugal Portugal's former empire is striking back - through language. As Brazil rises on the international stage and its one-time colonial master wanes, a proposed standardization of the Portuguese ... via NewsChannel 8
Portugal, Sao Tome Sign Economic Accords
Lisbon, Apr 22 Portugal and Sao Tome and Principe signed several health care and economic cooperation accords on Tuesday worth 53 million euros. via Prensa Latina
African allies not severely affected by soaring prices
By Jenny W. Hsu STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, Apr 23, 2008, Page 3 None of the nation s four African allies are severely affected by the recent surge in worldwide food prices, the International Cooperation and ... via Taipei Times
Sao Tome and Principe joins global patent pact - " UN intellectual property agency
Sao Tome and Principe has become the 139th State to accede to the Patent Cooperation Treaty , the pact designed to stimulate innovation and promote economic activity worldwide, the United Nations agency that ... via United Nations
Oil Speculation in S o Tom : How to Rob an African Nation
The residents of a tiny African island nation have been dreaming of great wealth since oil was discovered in their territorial waters. via Der Spiegel
Locally-based vessel wraps up work in Africa
“It's been extremely rewarding”
An amphibious dock landing ship based out of Little Creek is wrapping up more than five months of diplomatic work in West Africa. via WVEC-TV Norfolk