Business

Nairobi, 9 July, 2007— Restrictions on the movement of people, in addition to continuing insecurity, have closed Somalia’s largest market for the first time since the start of the civil war in 1991, limiting the […]

Washington, 9 July, 2007— Strengthening the partnership for economic reforms and development between the United States and 38 African nations is the aim of the sixth annual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum. The […]

Those who remember the heady days of Dr. Hilla Limann’s People National Party (PNP) and Agripetco (or some such company) and the whole business of Black Gold-prospecting, are not likely to be too ecstatic about […]

A June 14, 2007, Ghana News Agency (GNA) report had some leading parliamentary members of the so-called Provisional National Democratic Congress (P/NDC) hotly disputing with some of their counterparts from the ruling New Patriotic Party […]

Washington, 7 May, 2007— Planning for the upcoming African Growth and Opportunity Forum in Ghana includes input from African partners who believe the U.S.-originated trade program has the best chance to bring the continent into […]

Washington, 27 April, 2007— Even the least developed countries can accelerate growth and poverty reduction by embracing trade and building strong institutions, a U.S. central bank governor says. Opening domestic markets to foreign goods weakens […]

Washington, 3 April,2007— Two years into the five-year U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an evaluation committee at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concludes that the program has made a good start toward […]

Johannesburg, 3 April, 2007— Working with governments that are committed to fight corruption helps ensure that assistance provided by an innovative U.S. development fund — the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) — has the greatest impact […]