Business

Washington, 2 March, 2004— A newly concluded U.S.-Moroccan Free Trade Agreement will serve as a model for further trade accords in the Middle East and North Africa and contribute to a tremendous increase in commerce […]

Conakry, 2 March, 2004— Guinean President Lansana Conte has sacked his prime minister, his powerful interior minister and his entire economic team in a two-stage cabinet reshuffle. The top-level changes follow Conte’s re-election for a […]

Kinshasa, 2 March, 2004— The World Bank has approved a US $200-million credit for the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), under its International Development Association (IDA) programme. The money would go […]

Nairobi, 1 March, 2004— A tripartite agreement was signed on Thursday in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, in an effort to restart rail traffic in the still-insecure Pool department of southeastern Congo. According […]

Banjul, 26 February, 2004— The Gambian authorities said this week they were questioning a group of 63 Ghanaian children, most of whom were girls who had been trafficked into the country for use as “sex […]

Washington, 26 February, 2004— The World Bank Group today approved a financing package to the Banque Ouest-Africaine de Développement (BOAD), in an innovative type of project, that will support the West Africa Economic and Monetary […]

Nairobi, 26 February, 2004— The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on Wednesday a US $4.2-million loan in support of Tanzania’s poverty reduction programme. The loan carries an interest rate of 0.5 […]

Accra, 25 February, 2004— In Teshie, an old fishing village that is now a suburb of the Ghanaian capital Accra, residents buy water by the bucket from private vendors by because their taps have been […]