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7 February 2012
                       
 
 
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03 Feb 2012
 
 
Good news, but . . .
REAL ECONOMY: FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Amid the prevailing economic gloom and doom, it came as welcome relief to learn that South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 269% in 2011 – climbing to $4.5-billion last...
 
 
01 Feb 2012
 
One killed as Senegal police, anti-Wade crowds clash
CLASHES
At least one person was killed on Tuesday as Senegalese security forces armed with truncheons and tear gas clashed with rock-throwing activists protesting against President Abdoulaye Wade's...
 
 
27 Jan 2012
 
Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda – UN
ARMS
The Libyan civil war might have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, according to a UN report released on Thursday.
 
 
26 Jan 2012
 
Eye on Urbanisation: Nigeria
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
In 2008, for the first time in human history, the number of people living in urban areas outstripped the rural population; however, the same will not occur in Africa until nearly 2050. Even so,...
 
 
25 Jan 2012
 
SA’s strong FDI recovery not enough to lift Africa
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
A 269% recovery in South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2011, which climbed to $4.5-billion from a revised 2010 figure of $1.2-billion, was not sufficient to reverse the...
 
 
11 Jan 2012
 
President's death a stress test for volatile Bissau
POLITICS
The death of Guinea Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha will be a stress test for the coup-prone West African state, which has made modest gains in stability in recent months after decades of turmoil.
 
 
10 Jan 2012
 
Ghana's Mills confident on vote despite fuel worry
ELECTIONS
Ghanian President John Atta Mills on Monday said he was confident of winning a second four-year term this year though he conceded it had been a painful decision to cut fuel subsidies, a move that...
 
 
12 Dec 2011
 
Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Fostering pro-poor growth
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Over 70% of the SSA population live in rural areas and an estimated 60% of the world’s uncultivated land – suitable for farming – belongs to Africa. Agricultural development can stimulate...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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