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African Exporters Seek Easy Access to U.S.

  By Rodrigue Rwirahira Rwandan beneficiaries of the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade preference programme between the US and select African counties, have called for easier access to.

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South Africa: Newly Empowered Black Farmers Ruined By Drought

By Desmond Latham Almost half a decade of drought across most of South Africa has led to small towns in crisis and food imports for the first time in over.

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US Responds Coolly to Turkish Accusation That West Supports Terror

U.S. officials Tuesday responded dispassionately to accusations made by an angry Turkish leader, who last month survived a coup attempt, that “the West is supporting terror and standing by the.

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Why Obama Supports Libya’s Fight with Islamic State

President Barack Obama said it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya’s emerging government’s fight against Islamic State, a day after his administration said it launched air.

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Zuma, Economy in Focus as South Africans Vote in Local Elections

South Africans queued in the winter cold on Wednesday to vote in local elections seen as a referendum on President Jacob Zuma’s scandal-plagued leadership and an economy forecast to stagnate.

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Zimbabwe Current Deficit to Rise to US$ 2.8 Billion in 2016

By: Barnabas Thondhlana United Kingdom-based researcher Exotix Partners, has projected Zimbabwe’s current account deficit to rise to US$2,8 billion this year, largely due to a widening trade deficit despite a.

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Feud over Dead Muslim Soldier Roils U.S. Presidential Campaign

The race for the White House was dominated Monday by the battle of words between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Khizr Khan — the father of a Muslim-American soldier killed.

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UN Peace Force in S. Sudan to Stay Longer; Expansion Possible

The United Nations has extended its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan until August 12, amid increasing reports of renewed violence in the country’s southern states. The mandate for the U.N..

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ANC Faces Losses in Vote that Could Reshape South African Politics

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters) – A metal sculpture overlooks the ocean on South Africa’s southern coast, showing Nelson Mandela with his fist triumphantly thrust into the air and a.

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Tens of Thousands Rally in Support of DR Congo’s Kabila

Tens of thousands of President Joseph Kabila’s supporters rallied in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital on Friday, in a growing stand-off with opposition parties who have accuse him of trying.

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