Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (MAT)- THE LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC DAM IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE under construction by China in Soubré (south-west) will be delivered in advance, “probably in 2017″, instead of 2018 as originally planned.
The information was given by the Ivorian Prime...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debited Stanbic IBTC Bank, the Nigerian subsidiary of the Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC N1.886 billion from its deposit with the CBN, being the fine imposed on the Bank for breaching Nigeria’s forex...
As we mark the 90th birthday of the founding father of modern Zimbabwe, Cries of misrule, dictatorship and any demeaning adjectives directed at the president of Zimbabwe continues from the former colonizers of Zimbabwe and their cohorts. To most...
The government of Gambia has expelled the European Union’s top diplomat in the West African state, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday, but gave no further details.
Agnès Guillaud, the European Union’s chargée d’affaires in Banjul, who...
By revolutionizing microbiological-based technologies in water and wastewater treatment, Professors Mark van Loosdrecht and Bruce Rittmann have demonstrated the possibilities to remove harmful contaminants from water, cut wastewater treatment costs, reduce energy consumption, and even recover chemicals and nutrients...
In the ’90s, Zimbabwean coffee was always on specialty menus of coffee bars anywhere in the world it was exported to. It accounted for about three percent of Zimbabwe’s GDP and brought wealth to farming communities either through individual...
China has identified Africa as her next area of Strategic and economic interests. An escalating Chinese influence in Africa has created a confounding problem to the United States and her nostalgic European allies. Chinese policy in Africa does not...
After over 10 years hiatus, Russia seeks renewed ties with Africa as Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, visits Rwanda’s President to discuss economic development, fighting terrorism and Russia’s involvement with the Africa Union.
The minister’s Rwandan visit highlights Russia’s interest...
Over 190 countries have reached what has been described as a landmark step when they agreed in Kigali recently on a systematic process to replace the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), chemicals commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners, with...
Economists and bankers have repeatedly asked the government of Sudan to implement radical reforms or seek a bailout from friendly nations to pull its economy out of the downward spiral; given it has struggled to raise new funds from...