contemporary africa

African leaders reject Europe trade deal By Barry Hutton, Associated Press Most African leaders have rejected European Union proposals for a free-trade deal that would replace colonial-era trading systems, Senegal's president said Sunday at a summit marred...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7047127.stm China in Africa: Developing ties By Lucy Ash BBC World Service, Angola Tuesday, 4 December 2007 In Angola, tens of thousands of Chinese workers have come to rebuild a country devastated by a long civil war....

Europe, Africa seek to cement new bonds at rare summit The Associated Press December 7, 2007 Europe and Africa aim to set aside their postcolonial grievances at a milestone summit this weekend, hoping a new strategic alignment will bring rewards for both...

http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=27722&cat=1 Lift sanctions against Zim, Wade tells West By Peter Matambanadzo and Zvamaida Murwira SENEGALESE President Abdoulaye Wade has urged Western countries to lift the illegal sanctions they imposed against...

Nigerian pastor evangelizes U.S. Rachel Zoll AP Thu Nov 22, 2007 Nearly every week, new visitors arrive. They want to see the megachurch that was built in the unlikeliest of places by the unlikeliest of men.The Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for...

http://www.africanews.com/site/list_messages/13113 Is Africa the next cold war theater? Nii OkaiJah, Ghanaian freelance writer 19 November 2007 China's massive economic drive into Africa and the recent creation of the African military command by the United...

http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=325274&referrer=RSS Land inequality in SA a 'ticking time bomb' Fran Blandy Muldersdrift, South Africa 19 November 2007 For more than a decade, Molefi Selibo has...

East Africa: Officials Confused About Pros and Cons of EPA Inter Press Service by Aileen Kwa November 20,2007 Kampala (Uganda) - The news that the ministers of the East African Community (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) are on the verge of...

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_2222007,00.html Mugabe does it again Harare - Zimbabwe has launched its first ever commercial bio-diesel plant amid high hopes the project could ease diesel shortages, reduce the country's imports...

http://www.iss.co.za/pubs/ASR/13No3/CMcIntyre.htm Private Military Firms in Africa: Rogue or regulated? Angela McIntyre Senior Researcher in the Interact Project at the ISS Published in African Security Review Vol 13 No 3, 2004 In a 2003 article Peter...