International Relations

Emirates Airline unveils new route to Dakar

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 16:52

Emirates Airlines has unveiled its intention to commence direct flights to the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Emirates Airlines - United Arab Emirates - Airbus A340-300 - Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport - Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed AL-Maktoum - Karim Wade - South Africa - Angola - Senegal

Portuguese PM in Mozambique to sign deals

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 20:44

Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates arrived in Mozambique Wednesday for a three-day visit expected to produce a series of agreements strengthening economic ties between the two countries.

(3 Votes)

Tags: Portugal - Jose Socrates - agreements - trade - Independence - Mozambique

Sarkozy heads to Rwanda on mission of reconciliation

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:26

Nicolas Sarkozy this week makes one of the most delicate trips of his presidency, heading to Rwanda to open a new chapter in ties with a country where France stands accused of aiding genocide.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy - president - Paul Kagame - Genocide - 1994 - diplomacy - Rwanda

US welcomes Sudan-Darfur rebel deal

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:13

The United States on Monday hailed a ceasefire deal between Sudan and Darfur rebels in the west as a "significant move" toward formal negotiations and a key first step toward reducing violence.

(1 Vote)

Tags: US - Darfur - agreement - rebels - JEM - negotiations - growth - peace - Sudan

French Foreign Legion training Ugandan troops for peacekeeping mission in Somalia

Friday, 19 February 2010 14:28

More than 1,700 Ugandan Army troops scheduled to take part in peacekeeping operations in Somalia recently completed a training course taught by French Foreign Legion instructors.

(3 Votes)

Tags: French Foreign Legion - AMISOM - Ugandan Army Battle Group Five - Edward Katumba Wamala - UPDF - United States - France - Somalia - Uganda

Tanzania signs loan agreement with Japan

Friday, 19 February 2010 13:45

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has recently signed an agreement with Tanzania to provide approximately US$ 22 million (2 billion yen) for the Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC7).

(2 Votes)

Tags: Japan International Cooperation Agency - Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit - MKUKUTA - Japan - Tanzania

France restores development ties with Guinea

Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:17

France restored military and civilian ties with Guinea on Tuesday after a transitional government was named to chart a course towards elections in the troubled west African country.

(1 Vote)

Tags: France - military ties - civilian ties - Sekouba Konate - Christine Fages - transitional government - Jean-Marie Dore - Guinea

US congratulates Nigeria's acting leader

Friday, 12 February 2010 13:50

The United States on Friday congratulated Nigeria for maintaining democratic principles after Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed executive powers in the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua.

(1 Vote)

Tags: US - Goodluck Jonothan - Umaru Yar'Adua - Robin Saunders - president - democracy - Nigeria

Businessman to fly African flags on space trip

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:09

A Dubai-based businessman who has signed up to be a space tourist said Tuesday he planned to fly the flags of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda on his out-of-world journey in honour of his childhood in Africa.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Ashish Takkar - space tourism - Raila Odinga - Kensington Group real estate agency - Richard Branson - SpaceShipTwo - Jakaya Kikwete - Yoweri Museveni - Tanzania - Uganda - Kenya

Angola, India ink oil exploration deal

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:19

Angola and India's state oil companies Wednesday inked a deal to boost co-operation in areas of exploration and refining in the two countries as well as other nations.

(2 Votes)

Tags: India - Sonangol - Manuel Vicente - RS Sharma - ONGC - Liquefied natural gas - Shri BC Tripathi - Gail India - Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos - Angola

SA, Australia team up to help Zim

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 14:44

South Africa and Australia have agreed on projects to help rebuild Zimbabwe, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said in Pretoria on Tuesday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Australia - Stephen Smith - Robert Mugabe - Maite Nkoana-Mashabane - South Africa - Zimbabwe

World Bank President makes S.Leone first stop on Africa tour

Monday, 25 January 2010 13:14

Sierra Leone is the first stop for World Bank president Robert Zoellick three-nation African tour starting Monday, government officials said Friday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: World Bank - Robert Zoellick - tour - Africa - Ernest Koroma - crisis - economy - Sierra Leone

US confirms it could end block on Zimbabwe at IMF

Thursday, 21 January 2010 14:13

The US embassy in Zimbabwe on Wednesday confirmed a report in the state-run Herald newspaper that the US would not oppose the restoration of Zimbabwe's voting rights in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

(1 Vote)

Tags: US embassy - IMF - Charles Ray - Robert Mugabe - Tim Gerhardson - Zanu-PF - Morgan Tsvangirai - World Bank - African Development Bank - Zimbabwe

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Rwanda

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 13:00

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will make his maiden official visit to the Commonwealth's newest member, Rwanda, this week.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Commonwealth - Kamalesh Sharma - Paul Kagame - Louise Mushikiwabo - Human Rights Commission - National Council of Women - National Youth Associaton - Electoral Commision - Rwanda

Spain sees sharp drop in migrants from Africa

Monday, 18 January 2010 12:01

Spain says the number of migrants coming to the country by sea from Africa fell by almost half in 2009. Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said 7,285 such migrants arrived in Spain last year, compared with 13,425 in 2008.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Spain - immigrants - Canary Islands - Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba - Algeria - Mauritania - Senegal - Mali - co-operation - Africa

Italy offers Somalia help, urges others to follow

Friday, 15 January 2010 11:37

Italy offered on Thursday to help form an anti-terrorist police force for Somalia and urged other international donors to fulfil pledges of support for the beleaguered government in the Horn of Africa nation.

(2 Votes)

Tags: anti-terrorist police - donors - government - Sheikh Sharif Ahmed - Franco Frattini - pledge - financial - AU - Somalia

France, Rwanda seek better ties after 'dark history'

Friday, 08 January 2010 13:44

Rwanda and France have turned over a new leaf in relations marked by a "dark history", the two countries' foreign ministers said, following a dispute over events surrounding Rwanda's 1994 genocide.

(3 Votes)

Tags: France - relations - genocide - foreign - Tutsis - Hutus - Paris - Bernard Kouchner - Rwanda

Chinese FM heads to Africa

Tuesday, 05 January 2010 13:31

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Tuesday launched a major tour of Africa, officials said, as energy-hungry Beijing seeks to reinforce ties with the resource-rich continent.

(3 Votes)

Tags: China - Foreign Minister - Yang Jiechi - Beijing - Maldives - Kenya - Nigeria - Sierra Leone - Algeria - Morocco - Africa - growth

Rwanda joins Commonwealth, renews ties with France

Monday, 30 November 2009 13:26

Rwanda achieved a double diplomatic coup on Sunday as it joined the Commonwealth, which is dominated by former British colonies, and agreed to restore ties with France.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Commonwealth - France - diplomatic - Belgium - Kamalesh Sharma - Paul Kagame - government - Rwanda

China pledges ‘all-out' help to Africa

Monday, 09 November 2009 13:37

China on Monday offered full assistance to Africa in agriculture and infrastructure following its pledge of $10 billion in concessional loans to the continent's states.

(5 Votes)

Tags: China - aid - assistance - pledge - agriculture - infrastructure - Chen Deming - Forum on China-Africa Cooperation - Wen Jiabao - Africa

US praises emerging economies in response to global crisis

Thursday, 05 November 2009 11:52

A top US treasury official on Wednesday praised the role of emerging economies in the Group of 20 of the world's wealthiest nations for their role in reining in the global economic crisis.