Africa mining leaders seek growth
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AFRICA’S mining industry is seeking to turn improving commodity prospects into renewed investment as executives, government…
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Africa seeks new agrifood investment
from AHMED MOOLAH in Cairo, Egypt Egypt Bureau CAIRO, (CAJ News) – TWENTY African countries are preparing to present major agrifood investment opportunities to international…
Africa challenges global ratings
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Bureau NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – THE African Union has launched the continent’s first home-grown credit rating agency, in a move…
Zambia refutes banning church gatherings
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, Zambia Zambia Bureau LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – ZAMBIA has refuted reports it has banned church meetings, overnight prayers, crusades and other…
Africa’s food investment drive
from AHMED MOOLAH in Cairo, Egypt Egypt Bureau CAIRO, (CAJ News) – AFRICA is preparing to put a record number of national agricultural investment plans before global investors,…
Chivayo death rekindles Zimbabwe health crisis
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE death of prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo in a helicopter crash has reignited debate over the state of…
Ebola disrupts DR Congo schooling
from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRC DRC Bureau KINSHASA, (CAJ News) – HUNDREDS of thousands of children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are having their…
One billion trees to transform SA
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa has planted more than seven million trees since April under the Presidential One Billion Trees Campaign, with…
Ethiopia conflict escalates
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia Bureau ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – ETHIOPIAN government forces have regained control of Mekelle, the capital of the northern…
El Niño threatens southern Africa
from DION HENRICK in Cape Town Western Cape Bureau CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – SOUTHERN Africa is facing the prospect of prolonged dry conditions as a powerfu El Niño weather…