04:40 GMT 21st December 2011
Efforts to improve aviation safety in Africa are being undermined by an alarming number of accidents in the DRC. By Keith Mwanalushi
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03:14 GMT 21st December 2011
Oye Hassan-Odukale, CEO and MD of Leadway Insurance, pinpoints the reasons for the slow growth of the Nigeria insurance industry
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03:12 GMT 21st December 2011
Drought-hit Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, has cut its planned 2012 budget expenditure, saying it wants to avoid the fate of euro zone countries struggling with excess debt.
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03:09 GMT 21st December 2011
A British lawmaker has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) government of selling off some of the country's mining assets for an estimated $5.5bn below the market value, largely through off-shore shell companies that hide the new owners.
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03:07 GMT 21st December 2011
The first shipment of iron ore from African Minerals' Tonkolili mine in Sierra Leone has left for China, the West African state's deputy minister for natural resources said in November.
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03:05 GMT 21st December 2011
Senegal's economy should continue to grow at above 4 per cent next year, analysts polled by Reuters forecast, while signaling risks related to a tense presidential election and expensive energy production.
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03:03 GMT 21st December 2011
China has signalled it could help finance construction of the four special economic zones (SEZs) on which Congo Republic is banking to diversify its economy away from oil, the central African country said in November.
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03:00 GMT 21st December 2011
Mali produced about 400,000 tonnes of raw cotton this season, up 65 per cent from last year but short of a 500,000 tonne forecast, the state cotton company said November.
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02:57 GMT 21st December 2011
Cote d'Ivoire will resume payments on its defaulted 2032 $2.3bn bond starting with the June 30 coupon due next year, the finance ministry said in November.
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02:54 GMT 21st December 2011
Microsoft and the British Council have linked up to improve education, training opportunities worldwide.By Jon Offei-Ansah, Washington DC
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04:56 GMT 8th November 2011
The crash in tobacco prices last year has prompted Malawi farmers not to put all their eggs in one basket. By Travis Lupick and Caroline Kandiero, Blantyre
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04:50 GMT 8th November 2011
The African air cargo business is recovering from the slump but remains dominated by foreign carriers and a top-heavy import market. By Keith Mwanalushi
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04:46 GMT 8th November 2011
As policy makers and MPs continue to argue about ways out of the Uganda's current financial crisis, millions of people across the country are finding it harder to make ends meet. By Matthew Stein, Kampala
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04:41 GMT 8th November 2011
The prospects for improved trade relations between Africa and the US look brighter following Agoa's extension. By Nawa Mutumweno, Lusaka
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04:34 GMT 8th November 2011
Experts root for increased research into crop and livestock management to avoid the food crisis currently ravaging the Horn of Africa. By Tago Odher, Nairobi
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