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A mini-summit gathering half a dozen west African heads of state
was set to open in the Ghanaian capital today aimed at reviving the
peace process in Ivory Coast, paralysed by a prolonged power...
Paul Kagame, Rwanda's longtime leader who won a landslide victory
in last month's presidential election, the first since the 1994
genocide, is to be sworn in today with at least ten African heads...
Charles Taylor, who has bowed to intense pressure and announced he
will step down as Liberia's president on August 11, is a
charismatic but brutal former warlord who masterminded conflicts in
west...
At least three African countries including Ghana are likely to have
their countries’ political, economic and development state of
affairs reviewed later this year.
Cotton producing countries in the world's poorest continent,
Africa, are up in arms against US and European subisidies which
they claim are not only anti - competitive but ruinous for their
economies.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank's
International Development Association (IDA) agreed this week to
support Benin’s debt relief for approximately $460-million.
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo Tuesday began talks with
rebels and political parties to cobble a unity government to end a
six-month war as the new prime minister was given sweeping powers
to...
Mali will receive 675 million dollars in debt relief under an
IMF-World Bank program to help heavily indebted poor countries, the
two organizations said at the wekend.