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China moves to rescue Botswana’s diamond industry
Chinese ambassador to Botswana Ding Xiaowen has assured the country that China's stable market could be the saving grace for Botswana's under pressure...
Failed Nigerian communications satellite to be replaced by Chinese company
The Chinese Great Wall Industry Corporation is to replace Nigeria's first-ever communications satellite, which failed in orbit 10 Nov. 2008, according to local media...
Mining: China looks beyond Africa amid growing choices
China looks set to expand its mining and metals holdings in developed economies, industry analysts and executives claim, as global mining companies in financial...
From Beijing 2008 to South africa 2010, China to provide S. Africa with guidelines
South Africa can draw valuable lessons from China as it prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, according to KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele, who...
China moves to stave off Somali pirates
In an unparalleled move, China, the only permanent member of the UN Security Council yet to involve itself militarily in the pirate crisis in...
Chinese gov’t pledges financial support to Mozambican armed forces
The Chinese government has pledged financially support to the Mozambican armed forces (FADM) in 2009 to the tune of US$ 1.5 million. To actualize...
China makes a heavy cholera vaccine donation to Zimbabwe
China announced Friday it would give cholera-plagued gives Zimbabwe vaccines worth US$ 500,000 to help the country contain an outbreak of the disease which...
China to do more business with Sudan despite threats
The government of the Peoples Republic of China has vowed to continue investments in Sudan after the killing of five of Chinese citizens in...
S A elephant tusk sale to China and Japan breed doubt
In a bid to raise money for elephant conservation projects, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe yesterday, put on auction over a 100 tonnes...
Mauritian authorities move to examine food products from China
The Mauritian authorities have asked all food importers from China, particularly those dealing in milk and milk products, to submit original Certificate of Analysis...
Mali bans the importation of Chinese dairy products
Mali has banned the importation of milk, butter and cheese from China, the National Trade and Competition Division (DNCC) confirmed Saturday. The decision was...
Hoards of adulterated milk imports from China found in Burundi
At least 35 bags of adulterated milk imported from China have been found in Bujumbura by the Burundi Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism....
Japanese and Chinese companies obtain Kenyan power Deal
According the managing director of KenGen, Mr Eddy Njoroge, Sinohydro a Chinese company the construction and Nippon Koei consultants from Japan are the two...
Ghana projects uninterrupted electricity supply for all in the next two years
Ghana would have an extra 230 megawatts of electric power added to the national electricity grid in the next two to three years when...
Kenya and China to collaborate on coal exploitation
Kenya's industrialisation dreams could soon become a reality following the discovery of commercial quantities of coal in Eastern Kenya, which could be extracted for...
2008 Beijing Paralympics : Morocco to send 18 athletes
Morocco will be represented at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics by 18 athletes, the Royal Federation of Sports for Handicapped Persons said in a statement...
Athlete protesting committee by abandoning race in action suspended
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has announced an indefinite suspension of top sprinter Uchenna Emedolu after he deliberately sabotaged the country's men's 4x100...
Jamaican Usain Bolt sets new record but can he run faster ?
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, who prior to this season had not run a 100-metre race as a senior, won the ultimate sprint prize, the Olympic...
Football : Brazil kicks Cameroon out of Beijing Olympics
Brazil stayed on course for an Olympic soccer gold with an emphatic 2-0 win over Cameroon in their quarter-final clash Saturday. The two goals...
Ethiopia questions China’s suitability to hold Beijing Olympics
Joining China's critics, an Ethiopian business weekly, Capital, described the on-going Olympic games in Beijing as the most controversial in the tradition of 'international...
Nigeria’s Olubayo Adefemi eyes two celebrations at Beijing Olympics
It will be double celebration for Olubayo Adefemi if Nigeria runs over the US and picks a quarter-final ticket in the men's football event...
African football teams stay solidly on track at Beijing Olympics
It was a great day for Africa at the Beijing Olympics men's football event Sunday, as Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire both recorded their first...
Football : Nigeria tops group B in Beijing Olympics
Nigeria Sunday defeated Japan 2-1 to shoot to the top of Group B in the men's football event of the Beijing Olympics. After a...
China and India score high mark in African investments
China, India, and a few Middle Eastern Gulf nations are financing a record number of projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, says a new World Bank...
Chinese are now Black, rules South African court
IN A landmark ruling, the Pretoria High Court (South Africa) ruled on Thursday that South Africa’s 10000 strong ethnic Chinese community are...
Mauritius benefits from heavy Chinese investment programme in Africa
Mauritius Finance Minister, Rama Sithanen, has said the plan by the Chinese group ''Tianli'' to invest US$750 million on the Island will transform it...
Russian President Medvedev embarks on first foreign visit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is embarking on his first foreign visit since he took over the Russian leadership. The trip will take him to...
Death toll in China earthquake keeps rising
After earlier reports from Xinhua news agency putting the death toll at 39,577, Chinese state media reports indicated Tuesday that the death toll in...
Mozambique : Macau and Portugal invest in banking
A new Mozambican bank with capital from China's special Administrative Region of Macau, as well as from Portugal and Mozambique, will open later this...
“Blade Runner” authorized to compete in Beijing Olympics
Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee also known as Blade Runner because of the blades he uses to run will be allowed to compete with...