October 31, 2008
Olmert ‘wants more Syria talks’
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wants to resume indirect peace negotiations with Syria, his spokesman says.
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Despite a good harvest in 2008 Nigeria’s grain stocks are running low causing cereal prices - which usually fall post-harvest - to climb, according to merchants and farmers in northern states.
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Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi arrives in Russia for talks likely to focus on boosting arms deals and energy ties.
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Italy claims to have warned the Libyan government about the US plan to bomb Tripoli a day before the 1986 attack.
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AS ELECTION fever spreads in the US, the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) has come under scrutiny.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has found that Mozambique has been hit by rising international food and fuel prices, which have slowed growth.
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British bank Barclays announces plans to raise up to £7.3bn to strengthen its balance sheet mainly from Mid-East investors.
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As your plane taxis along the runway at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, a first-time visitor to Kenya will marvel at the world class status of the major entry-point to east Africa’s premier economy.
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Major oil discovery, which can fetch Nigeria another commercial crude exploration and production, is likely in the northern part of the country, petroleum explorationists have said.
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There were six of them - esteemed Kenyan nationals working at east and central Africa’s largest media house, the Nation Media Group. They were supposed to demonstrate the value of the East African Community (EAC) by being allowed to ply their profession in neighbouring Tanzania. The year was 2005.