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Cotonou, Benin - The first deliveries from the West African gas pipeline will be available latest in July 2008, APA learned Friday from official sources in Cotonou. According to the operations director of the West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP) Aut...

Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Science and Technology Development Minister, Olivia Muchena, said her country plans to establish a second bio-diesel plant in the north-east of the country during the first half of 2008 to complement another factory set...

NEW YORK (blackchipstocks.com) -- Fixed mortgage rates reversed course, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate rebounding to 6.17 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fi...

Cotonou, Benin - The Beninese economy will grow by about 5 percent at the end of 2007 compared to 3.8 percent in 2006 and 2.9 percent in 2005, the Presidential Investment Council said in a statement on Wednesday.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - After realizing that Tanzanian exporters are losing export earnings totaling US$60 million annually because the country does not belong to Comesa, a study here has concluded that the country would benefit more financially...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - An Indian mining firm signed on Tuesday a $451 million agreement with the Ethiopian government to establish a factory to mine potash in the country. Sainik Mining Limited of India will establish the factory in the Afar r...

Abidjan - The Ivory Coast has clinched an interim trade agreement with the European Union (EU) before preferential trade terms expire at the end of this year, the west African nation's government said. The accord includes terms on market acces...

Nairobi, Kenya - Development partners are continuing to show strong confidence in President Mwai Kibaki’s leadership by committing funds to government projects despite the general elections a few days away, government spokesman Alfred Mutua said o...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has plans to host in March 2008 a regional conference under the theme “Science with Africa” whose objective is to bring about scientific revolution in Africa, APA le...

Maputo, Mozambique - Mozambican President Armando Emilio Guebuza has said that his country will indiscriminately source investments from any part of the world, with particular focus on China, as part of his drive to fight poverty in the southern A...