JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, – Hundreds of activists marched in Johannesburg on Saturday urging their government to reduce its share of carbon emissions, ahead of the UN COP21 climate conference in Paris. “If South Africa, and all other polluting countries, don’t own up to their fair share of climate responsibility, the serious climate impacts being experienced […]
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Interpol seizes $262m of illegal timber in W.Africa, Burkina Faso praised for cooperation
Interpol has announced that it had seized protected and valuable timber species from nine West Africa countries worth more than $262 million. The timber was seized during the “Operation Log” in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Togo. The operation was carried out in West Africa, Central and South America […]
Mozambique: Islamic Devt Bank has Invested $300m in Mozambique
Maputo — The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has invested around 300 million US dollars in Mozambique since the country joined the institution in 1995, according to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Adriano Maleiane. Speaking at a Maputo press conference on Saturday, held to announce that the 40th annual meeting of the Saudi Arabia-based IDB […]
MTN Nigeria warns reprisal attacks on S.Africans will plunge Nigeria’s economy
MTN Nigeria has cautioned against reprisal attacks on multinationals that have links with South Africa owing to the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, saying any such occurrence would result in monumental loss and setback for the Nigerian economy. Xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa by some group of South Africans has led […]
Australian online company invests $10M Investment in One Africa Media, owner of Cheki & Jobberman
Australian based online employment marketplace, Seek announced its USD 10 million (Sh900 million) investment into One African Media (OAM). This investment is part of USD 20 million that OAM shared with Babajob.com, its first investment in the Indian market, which Seek diluted 38 per cent of the equity interest. OAM owns BrighterMonday, Cheki.com, BuyRent and […]
IMF Lauds Nigeria’s Belt-tightening response to declining Oil Prices
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has applauded Nigeria’s response to the declining prices of oil just as African finance ministers expressed concern that the slow growth of the Chinese economy will impact negatively on many African countries. Responding to a question at the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings, yesterday, the IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, commended […]
Indonesia and Angola for Creation of Asia/Africa Investments Promotion Centre
Jakarta — Angola expressed on Wednesday in Jakarta, Indonesia, its support for the creation of an Asia/Africa Centre, aiming for the promotion of investments in the two countries. This support was expressed by the Vice-president of the Republic, Manuel Domingos Vicente, when addressing the Asia/Africa Summit, taking place until Thursday in Jakarta. However, Manuel Vicente […]
East African bloc IGAD condemns xenophobic violence in South Africa
The East African bloc, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), on Saturday condemned the spate of xenophobic attacks that has gripped parts of South Africa. IGAD Executive Secretary, Mahboub Maalim, described the attacks that left at least six people dead on March 25, as “unfortunate and requiring urgent action”, according to a Xinhua report. Maalim “noted […]
Brand South Africa has lost its shine over new bout of xenophobic attacks
From a position of strength, post-apartheid South Africa has steadily lost its shine. South Africa has lost much of its regional lustre. BRAND South Africa is desperately mounting a fightback after a week of horrific xenophobic attacks mainly aimed at African nationals left its reputation sullied and Pretoria grappling with a major backlash from the rest of […]
Reprisal attacks against South African have started in other countries. Eye for an eye will keep us as the dark continent!
A demonstration against migrant workers outside a hostel in Johannesburg. Photograph: Marco Longari/Getty South Africa is facing a backlash from the rest of the continent over the targeting of immigrants in a wave of xenophobic violence. South African vehicles were pelted with stones in Mozambique on Friday and South African companies are reportedly being threatened […]