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Chinese premier calls for closer cooperation with Angola Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, on May 9th, held talks with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and called for concerted efforts to reach a bilateral investment protection agreement as soon as possible. Xinhua LUANDA- China is ready to promote greater development of relations with Angola, visiting Chinese […]

May 7 Election: A defining moment for the ANC South Africa commemorates 20 years of democracy with elections on May 7, 2014 Jedi Ramalapa SABC News Political analysts say the upcoming national elections will signal a watershed moment for the ruling party which has so far assumed a character of arrogant entitlement as the country’s […]

Rio 2016 Olympic preparations damned as ‘worst ever’ by IOC International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates warns on readiness, saying it is worse even than Athens 2004 Owen Gibson The Guardian Five years after Rio de Janeiro became the first South American city to be awarded the Olympics, preparations for the 2016 Games have been […]

World leaders to attend World Economic Forum on Africa in Nigeria Xinhua LAGOS-Ten heads of states and no fewer than 900 delegates have registered to participate in the World Economic Forum on Africa to be held in Abuja in May, the organizer said on Friday. The Media Coordinator of the forum Ogho Okiti said participants […]

Angola is moving into oil’s big leagues By Meagan Clark and Kathleen Caulderwood International Business Times After decades of sporadic growth and political turmoil, Angola is on the verge of catapulting to the top ranks of the world’s energy economy following major deep-water production investments by several top global oil companies. France’s Total announced that […]

Zimbabwe celebrates 34 years of independence By Hebert Zharare and Lloyd Gumbo The Herald (Zimbabwe) Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and US president Barack Obama yesterday congratulated Zimbabwe on the occasion to mark its 34th Independence Day today as hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans from all walks of life gather at various centres […]

Angola to grant De Beers new diamond exploration license BY Shriesh Laxmidas Reuters LUANDA – Angola, the world’s fourth-largest diamond producer by value, will approve a new concession to De Beers to explore for diamonds, Geology and Mines Minister Francisco Queiroz said. London-based De Beers, majority-owned by global miner Anglo American (AAL.L), previously explored in […]

Guinea-Bissau holds first poll since 2012 coup amid hopes for stability Xinhua BISSAU- The first presidential and legislative elections since a 2012 military coup in Guinea-Bissau was held on Sunday amid hopes for a return to stability, as nearly 800,000 voters cast ballots at polling stations across the west African country. Voters will elect a […]

Images from NASA Mars Rover include bright spots Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Images taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on April 2 and April 3 include bright spots, which might be due to the sun glinting off a rock or cosmic rays striking the camera’s detector. The rover took the image just after arriving at […]

Nigeria is now the largest economy in Africa Nigeria’s economy surpassed South Africa’s as the largest on the continent Tolu Ogunlesi The Guardian (UK) After months of delays and mounting anticipation, Nigeria’s economy has been officially “rebased”. It is now worth $510bn (2013 figures) – an 89% rise, far in excess of analysts’ predictions. Nigeria […]