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ZAMBIA: New initiatives to reduce unemployment

14/10/2004 ANA 0

Johannesburg, 13 October, 2004— Zambia’s labour ministry on Wednesday said greater efforts would be made to create jobs for millions of unemployed youth, as the country grapples with widespread joblessness. With around 65 percent of […]

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NIGERIA: New fuel strike shuts down key cities

12/10/2004 ANA 0

Lagos, 11 October, 2004— Several of Nigeria’s biggest cities were paralysed on Monday as labour unions began a four-day general strike to protest at the latest fuel price increases under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s deregulation programme. […]

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United Nations Releases World Investment Report

23/09/2004 ANA 0

Berlin/Geneva, 23 September, 2004— Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) declined globally in 2003 for the third time in a row, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its annual report […]

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Bush Lifts Trade, Transportation Sanctions on Libya

21/09/2004 ANA 0

Washington, 20 September, 2004— President Bush has lifted trade, commercial and travel sanctions on Libya with an executive order declaring an end to the national emergency declared by former president Ronald Reagan in January 1986. […]

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