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Washington, 12 November, 2003— The second annual Africa Oil and Gas Conference will bring together key parties from African governments, the United States government and the oil and gas industry to chart the future development […]

DAR ES SALAAM, 11 November, 2003— The European Union and the government of Tanzania signed on Tuesday an agreement that will see the EU provide €114 million (US $131 million) in budgetary support for the […]

Bangui, 11 November, 2003— The Central African Republic has received a US $2-million interest free loan from the People’s Republic of China, with which to pay September salaries for civil servants, a government official told […]

Washington, 10 November, 2003– The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has approved the establishment of a multi-million-dollar lending facility in Africa to help the continent overcome a scarcity of funds for long-term commercial lending. […]

Washington, 10 November, 2003— President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda capped a weeklong investment tour in the United States with an education lesson for the press on how misguided policies, based on ideologies like socialism, hindered […]

Berlin, 7 November, 2003— The Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged the developed world to respond positively to the costly reform measures of reform minded governments in the developing countries. ‘‘They must appreciate the serious […]

New York, 3 November, 2003— The President of Uganda today told the United Nations General Assembly that African countries are donors of money taxes and jobs to the developing world. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni told […]

Abuja, 3 November, 2003— The head of the state company which oversees Nigeria’s oil industry was on Monday relieved of his job by President Olusegun Obasanjo. No reason was given for the dismissal, which was […]