Posts having tag: aid and development
Ghana secures $600m loan from IMF ! Oil could offer Ghana a bright future Ghana is to get a $600m three-year loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), amid concerns about the impact of the ...
S Africa stadiums strike ending ! Workers have been dancing and singing outside the stadiums Workers building stadiums for next year's World Cup in South Africa are ending a week-long strike, according to negotiators in Johannesburg. After threatening to wreck next June's tournament ...
Bid to halt SA World Cup strike! Police are monitoring all 2010 World Cup sites throughout South Africa Mediation efforts are under way in South Africa in a bid to end a national strike which has brought construction at 2010 World Cup sites to a halt. Some 70,000 workers downed tools ...
Nigeria welcomes UK prisoner plan! Nigeria's prisons are not considered good enough for UK prisoners Nigeria's government says it is happy with a UK plan to help refurbish their prisons to allow ...
UN plans to tackle W Africa crime! Local officers will have training from overseas experts Peacekeepers, Interpol and various United Nations agencies have promised to work together to tackle the ...
Africans prepare to welcome Obama! Africa is preparing to welcome President Barack Obama. BBC News website readers in Africa tell us their hopes and expectations of the visit. The most powerful man in the world will touch ...
East Africa customs union boosted! The hope is that the union will raise living standards across the region Rwanda and Burundi have joined the East African Community Customs Union, which should ...
Somali civilians killed by shells! Thousands have fled the battles as civilians are caught in the crossfire Twelve civilians have died in the Somali capital as government soldiers retaliated to ...
Sahara gas pipeline gets go-ahead! Nigeria, Niger and Algeria have signed an agreement to build a multi-billion dollar pipeline to take Nigerian gas across the Sahara to the Mediterranean. The giant project, which will ...
Zanzibaris kicking the heroin habit! By Frederica Boswell BBC News, Zanzibar ...
Africa leaders edge towards unity! The agreement came after hours of often-heated debate in Sirte African Union (AU) members have agreed a plan to give its executive arm enhanced powers to ...
IMF refuses new aid for Zimbabwe! Morgan Tsvangirai has been trying to raise money for his country The International Monetary Fund has told Zimbabwe that it will not provide the country with more ...
Uganda gets free Google text tips! Millions of Ugandans have mobile phones but no internet A mobile-phone service has been set up in Uganda to give people weather forecasts, farming advice and ...
SAB reaches black ownership deal! Employees will not have to pay anything for their SAB shares The world's second biggest brewer SABMiller is to allocate 10% of the shares in its South African ...
From bush to bike - a bamboo revolution! A bamboo bicycle can take over a week to make by hand By Kieron Humphrey ...
China 'agrees huge Zimbabwe loan'! Mr Tsvangirai says Western countries have pledged $500m China has agreed to give Zimbabwe a loan of $950m (£573m) to help it revive its battered economy, ...
South Africa passes World Cup test! By Piers Edwards BBC, Johannesburg ...
Scant return from Tsvangirai tour! By Jonah Fisher BBC News, Johannesburg ...
"Sayings" "EXPERIENCE IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO A MAN. IT IS WHAT A MAN DOES WITH WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM"! _________________
Ethiopia looks to revive past railway glories! By Elizabeth Blunt BBC News, Ethiopia ...
