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African Dance
Friday, 30 March, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
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Majority of African countries far from achieving UN development goals
Thursday, 22 February, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
 Blackman Ngoro
In 2001 the United Nations adopted as key targets for the developing world, the Millennium Development Goals. The achievement of these goals frees men and women and children from grinding poverty.
 
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Oil is like Mafia business in African oil producing countries
Tuesday, 20 February, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
Blackman Ngoro

Ambassador to Japan, M. Mulumba Tshidimba,  from the Democratic Republic of Congo, an oil producing country said in Tokyo, only knowledge of political patronage networks, (read corruption) can make it possible for oil deals to be concluded.

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Dominant International relations scholarship in a bind over China-Africa cooperation
Saturday, 10 February, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
By Blackman Ngoro

The hegemony of Western international relations scholarship presented within neo-realist and neoliberal contexts is under threat in the same way as the USA feels threatened by China’s rising superpower status and involvement in Africa.
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What, No Zimbabwe invitation to Chinese president?
Tuesday, 30 January, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
According the embassy of the Peoples Republic of China in Pretoria, Chinese president Hu Jintao is visiting the African countries on his schedule only because they invited him.
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African countries with oil should use it strategically to get countries such as Japan to invest more
Thursday, 04 January, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
Blackman Ngoro
The month of December saw Japan's Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation release a request for proposals on "Frontier Africa" concerning how Japanese companies can access business in Africa's oil producing countries.
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African leaders shouldn't think China is only good to their people and economies-there is a downside
Wednesday, 23 November, 2005 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page

As the Chinese president Hu Jintao, begins his visit to African countries, with Cameroon the first on his itenerary, Western analysts warn African countries failure protect their manufacturing industries against a deluge of cheap Chinese commodities, will be disastrous for technological development on the continent.

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Chinese exploit informal market opportunities in Cameroon
Friday, 11 November, 2005 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
by Ntungwe Elias, our correspondent in Cameroon

Lives of ordinary Cameroonians are changing for the better with the business interaction with Chinese business people.  Dealing in products ranging from electronic goods, fast foods, building materials, and household equipment, these investors by and large seem to have found a haven for their products.The hitherto gloomy street markets especially in the cities of Douala and Yaounde, are once more booming.
   
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Japan and Ghana lend support towards the rebuilding of war-torn Sierra Leone
Tuesday, 08 November, 2005 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page

By Emily Nyarko our correspondent in Ghana

The Japanese official technical and cooperation body, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has stepped in to provide capacity building training for Sierra Leonean technocrats in Ghana.

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Investments in Agriculture and Human Resources, The Pillars for growth in Ghana
Tuesday, 08 November, 2005 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
By Emily Nyarko
our correspondent in Accra, Ghana

Unusual of the frailty associated with old age; Madam Efua Frimpomah, a septuagenarian won Ghana’s prestigious National Best Farmer award in 2004 and coveted the 2005 Millennium Excellence Award in agricultural development.
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