UíThe provincial management of Angola's National Institute of Roads (INEA) in northern Uíge province faces a shortage of equipment and human resources in order to rebuild and maintain secondary and tertiary roads in the region.
The Ginwala Commission of Inquiry has on Friday made public a letter from President Thabo Mbeki to Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla concerning the prosecution of National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday visited Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State in what is his first visit to the Niger Delta region since he was sworn in as president of the federal republic.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced grave concern over the fighting spurred by attacks by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces that has broken out on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
Subsistence farmers and small businesses in Kenya will now have easier access to finance following the launch of a credit scheme aimed at helping them achieve sustainability in their economic activities and climb out of poverty.
Former Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa says the country is virtually under military rule following President Robert Mugabe's dramatic defeat in the 29 March elections.
Islamist rebels ambushed an armored convoy transporting Somalia's internal affairs minister Saturday in the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu, sources said.
THE police last week descended on civil society and the media, arresting two journalists, two trade unionists, a human rights lawyer and three student leaders in what civil society organisations say is as an intensifying crackdown on dissenting voices.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced grave concern over the fighting spurred by attacks by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces that has broken out on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
GLOBAL gold producer Barrick Gold had completed a feasibility study on the Sedibelo platinum project on the western limb of the Bushveld complex which suggested that a mine costing $700m with a 16-year life would be economically attractive, it said
AS SOME of the mining companies report, the terrible truth is becoming clear: the electricity outages hit sentiment more than they hit production. Both Lonmin yesterday, and AngloGold-Ashanti the day before, announced production figures higher than expectations. Profits of both
PERHAPS some readers of this column may think I didn't notice the April 29 report by Anglo American for the first quarter of the year ended March . I noticed it, printed it and also read several media comments on
HARMONY Gold Mining was considering ways of extending the lives of its high-cost mines around Virginia in Free State, because they contained substantial reserves that could be profitable at current gold prices, CEO Graham Briggs said yesterday.
Mozambique's Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Abdul Razak, on Friday reiterated the government's commitment to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), and outlined the steps it will take during the rest of this year to set up its EITI
