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ANGOLA: Irish Rock Star Geldof Riles Tempers
By Mario de Queiroz
LISBON - Irish rocker and activist Bob Geldof’s statement that Angola is a country "run by criminals" unleashed a political storm that could have an impact on Portugal’s large investment interests in the largest of its former African colonies.
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ENERGY: World Bank, IFC Seek Investors in Off-Grid Africa
By Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON - An international campaign to bring modern lighting to one-fourth of Africa's people enters a new phase this week with talks to draw investors to markets beyond the reach of the continent's outdated power grid.
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Q&A: Labour "Has to Weigh Up the Trade-offs" in Acting to Protect Workers
By Interview with Steven Friedman
CAPE TOWN - Co-operation between the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and forerunners of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) goes back several decades to the early days of efforts to end racial discrimination in South Africa.
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TRADE-RUSSIA: Ethiopia Seeks Preferential Treatment for Coffee
By Kester Kenn Klomegah
MOSCOW - After several months of trade negotiations in the joint Russian-Ethiopian economic commission, Russia is considering allowing Ethiopia to bring in its different brands of aromatic coffees on a preferential basis.
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TRADE: Zimbabwe, ''A Hard Sell''
By Ignatius Banda
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which ended this past weekend, was once celebrated as a forum to showcase the vast investment opportunities in the then bread basket of the Southern African region. It was established almost five decades ago.
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KENYA: Relocation of Traders in Nairobi Still Beset With Problems
By Rosalia Omungo
NAIROBI - Jackson Gitonga’s business has suffered during the recent post-election violence. He could not leave his house to sell his wares -- second-hand shoes which, he says, are of high quality. He recorded a loss for the first time since he had started working as an informal trader three years ago.
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AFRICA: South Africa Welcomes Cuban Doctors
By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
CAPE TOWN - For more than a decade, Cuban doctors have filled part of a gap left by South African doctors who in large numbers leave the country looking for better salaries and employment opportunities.
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TRADE-AFRICA: Conflicting Views Over EPAs in French Government
By Hilaire Avril
PARIS - As it prepares to assume the presidency of the European Union in July one of the main issues on France’s agenda will be the economic partnership agreements (EPAs). But with less than three months to go, France’s official position concerning EPAs is still surprisingly unclear.
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TRADE: UNCTAD Hears Gender Inequality Becoming Worse - and Better
By Francis Kokutse
ACCRA - The only way that the poor, particularly women, will benefit from all the efforts that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has put into improving global trade is to ensure that power inequalities are redressed.
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TRADE-MALAWI: ''If EPAs Are So Good, Why Force Us to Sign?''
By Pilirani Semu-Banda
LILONGWE - While the European Union (EU) has wanted a conclusion to the economic partnership agreements (EPAs) as soon as possible, the Malawian government has been staving off a deal.
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DEVELOPMENT: Views Clash at UNCTAD Over What’s Best for Africa
By Francis Kokutse
ACCRA - ‘‘Africa is not a basket case. The continent is just suffering from the effects of events that it has no hand in and cannot control.’’
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