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Airlines jostle for Nigeria’s burgeoning aviation market   Wole Shadare The Guardian   LAGOS- The Nigerian aviation market is considered a big market. With over 160 million population, it is natural that the market will remain where the population is. As airlines jostle to control larger market share of the nation’s industry, these airlines are […]

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Ghana wants Indian projects to employ local people   IANS   ACCRA, GHANA- Ghana’s energy minister Joe Oteng-Adjei has cautioned Indian companies against bringing their nationals to work on contracts in the country, instead of engaging Ghanaians who could perform those roles.   “We don’t expect you to bring in a ship-full of Indians to […]

South Africa’s Johannesburg rises again      The Associated Press   Johannesburg dates its beginnings to the discovery of gold in 1886. Its downtown, where skyscrapers tower over deep mines, was abandoned by business in recent decades, and squatters turned the office towers into high-rise slums. But now, as the city celebrates its 125th birthday, […]

Nigeria, Indonesia sign $960 million investment deal AFP Nigeria and an Indonesian consortium on Monday signed a $960 million investment deal involving the mining, oil and rubber sectors in two southern states, a government statement said. Trade Minister Olusegun Aganga signed the memorandum of understanding with Indonesia’s Bakrie Group chief, Indra Bakrie, for the investments […]

Zimbabwe ‘to raise diamond mining fees’   AFP   HARARE — Zimbabwe plans to increase diamond mining fees to up to $5.0 million, state media said on Friday, just one month after winning approval from the global “blood diamond” watchdog to export the gems.   “The period where foreign miners exploit our resources for next […]

Ivory Coast Claims Ghana’s Oil Fields   Ghana Business News   The government of Ivory Coast led by President Allasane Ouattara has mapped out a new maritime border it is sharing with Ghana covering some of Ghana’s jubilee oilfields.   The country has therefore publicly challenged Ghana over title to the offshore acreage hosting some of […]

  Total breaks new ground in Angola UPI LUANDA,  ANGOLA – Authorities at French energy company Total inaugurated its giant Pazflor development off Angola’s coast, which it said is characterized as an “elephant” field. Top-ranking Total executives met in Angola to inaugurate the offshore field. Total estimates Pazflor to hold at least 590 million barrels of […]

Ethiopian troops ‘cross border into Somalia’   By Will Ross BBC News   Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers, eyewitnesses say.   They say they saw at least 20 vehicles carrying Ethiopian troops.   A few hundred soldiers were seen in Gurel town in Galgudud region and there were other […]

Angola’s President Eduardo Dos Santos offers help to Portugal Angola, which is recovering from a long brutal civil war which ended in 2002, gained independence from Portugal in 1975. BBC News Angola is prepared to help its former colonial power Portugal cope with its financial crisis, the oil-rich nation’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said. […]