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Ethiopia: A double standard on land related issues
Ethiopia Agriculture Ministry, last month, rejected a petition to reconsider the lease of huge forestry lands to foreign companies. Whilst local environmentalists argue that...
Floods affect over 200,000 in Sri Lanka
More than 200,000 people have been affected by flooding resulting from heavy rains in Sri Lanka, a disaster management official said Monday.
Heavy rains lasted...
Honoring the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
December 17th marks the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Sex workers and their allies, clustered in intimate gatherings in cities around...
Ethiopian PM Zenawi snubs West hails China and India
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has snubbed Western donor countries and praised India and China as ‘dependable allies’ as he advised African countries to...
Ethiopia: Fear expressed over India’s massive land grabs in Gambela
Gambela, one of the nine regional states of Ethiopia is fast growing into what the local media has described as “a land grabbing” hub...
Ethiopian asceticism from India: Could this be the way out?
The last of my three part series deals with asceticism as practiced in India, especially after Yogi Prahlad Jani's 70 year fast. It holds...
India reinforces Seychelles anti-piracy operations with new aircraft donations
The Government of India has pledged a donation of 3 new air surveillance assets to the Seychelles; 1 Dornier surveillance aircraft and 2 Chetak...
Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya : Indian Multinational Company Confirms USD 6 Million Order to Set up Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants
Shivsu Canadian Clear International Ltd, a leading water technology solution provider, has completed an order worth USD 6 million from the private organizations and...
Water partnership initiative begins in Ethiopia, India, Brazil and Mali
The Columbia Water Center (CWC), based at Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York, is focused on sustainable development projects throughout the world, including...
Access to HIV/AIDS drugs: A crisis in waiting
Years after agreement was reached at the World Trade Organization to allow poor countries to continue to import cheaper generic versions of patented medicines...
World Bank eyes India as Africa rail partner
The World Bank and New Delhi are in talks about financing the international expansion of Indian Railways, one of the largest and most profitable...
Africa-Asia cooperation goes medical: Sierra Leone goes online with India
The ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communication and exchange, is taking a...
Ethiopia: Indian bank to open African office in Addis
The Export and Import Bank (EXIM) of India has been negotiating with officials of the Ethiopian government to open its East African branch in...
Project to connect India and Africa launched
A telecommunications project between African countries and India has been launched at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. The Indian financed project will connect Africa...
Indian firm using stolen documents to claim Nigerian Steel?
The Indian firm, Global Infrastructure Holding Limited, in their effort to claim ownership of the disputed Ajaokuta Steel Company in Nigeria have used allegedly...
PM confirms Mauritian ID found in Mumbai terror attacks did not belong to terrorists
Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam declared, Tuesday, that no Mauritian national identity card was found in the bags of the terrorists who attacked the...
King of Morocco and Nigerian President condemn Mumbai attacks
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has condemned the terrorist attacks on India's financial capital city of Mumbai, which left over 125 people dead and...
Zimbabweans charged with murder of Indian and South African in Botswana
Three Zimbabweans in Botswana including a woman are facing death sentence as they are accused of first degree murder. They are...
A new type of bank fraud uncovered by Police
Police in Uganda have revealed a new wave of crime in financial institutions where bank officials conspire with conmen to siphon money out of...
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...
India and Egypt sign defence deal
Egypt and India have signed a defence agreement as part of both nations' continued relationship as members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Egypt's Defence...
Over 80 people die in Southern India from poisoning
BBC reports that over 80 people in southern India have died from drinking illegally made alcohol. 43 of the victims are from Bangalore, 25...
Telecom Egypt agrees to consortium deal for cable system construction
Egypt's landline operator Telecom Egypt (TE) said in a statement Wednesday that they will help construct a US$ 700 million undersea cable system that...
Zambia govt probes employment of 600 foreign workers
The Zambian government is investigating how more than 600 Onshore Construction workers from India, employed by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in northern Copperbelt province...
Trade among emerging economies encouraged by the Accra Accord
Conclusions of UNCTAD XII ministerial meeting have stresse d the immense potential created by growing trade and investment links within the developing world, spurred...
India assists Mauritius to fight cyber crime
A team of Indian experts in computer technology is expected in Mauritius Monday to assist that African country in the setting up a "National...
Free Tibet banner not wanted on Mount Everest
A climber was not authorized to take a Free Tibet banner up Mount Everest today according to AP. The climber was stopped by Nepalese...
Institute moots new agricultural project to meet people’s needs
A project aimed at making agricultural research better serve the people's needs and make them have their say about the future of food in...
Olympic torch continues its troubled tour in Thailand
The Olympic torch has arrived in Bangkok, after its stop in India yesterday. Important security measures have been taken to assure the torchs safety...
Olympic Torch : About 170 arrested in New Delhi
After Pakistan, this afternoon the Olympic Torch toured New Dehli and security was once again an issue. As in most of its last visits...