Business

Tombia, 16 July, 2004— The old, colonial buildings dotted around Tombia hark back to its former prosperity in the 19th and early 20th century when this town in the Niger delta was an important stop […]

Washington, 16 July, 2004— West Africa is helping the United States maintain its energy security, says Paul Simons, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for energy, sanctions and commodity policy. In testimony July 15 before […]

Berlin, 14 July, 2004— The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of nations has vehemently rejected the European Commission‘s proposed reforms of the sugar industry. The EU Commission Paper being presented in Brussels today proposes […]

Washington, 13 July, 2004— A majority of the public in four industrialized nations believes international trade contributes to economic growth in developing countries and the world and increases the number of jobs for people in […]

Washington, 13 July, 2004— President Bush signed into law an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, known as AGOA III, July 13, declaring that the landmark trade legislation has ”improved the lives of […]

Monrovia, 9 July, 2004— Liberia’s transitional government has given Spanish oil giant Repsol a licence to explore for offshore oil near the country’s western border with Sierra Leone, officials said on Friday. This is the […]

Addis Ababa, 7 July, 2004— The leaders of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have pledged to explore jointly for oil in disputed offshore waters while their quarrel over three small islands in Corisco Bay is settled […]

Kigali, 5 July, 2004— A meeting of the foreign ministers of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, scheduled for 11-12 July in the Belgian capital, Brussels, will focus on reviving economic […]