PARIS, France, April 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — France utterly condemns the most recent attacks in Abuja and Kaduna in Nigeria yesterday morning, which left at least 9 people dead according to the latest reports. The upsurge in terrorist attacks in Nigeria is a troubling development. In this context, France expresses its solidarity with [...]

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, April 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The creation of an African-funded trust fund to support food security in the continent was discussed at FAO’s Regional Conference for Africa, held last week in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Complementing international resource mobilization, this African Trust Fund would raise resources in the [...]

By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa Mobile Money Africa and Mobile Health Africa are to join force at this year’s Connected Africa Forum to be held from May 14 – 16 in Johannesburg. The CAF incorporates mobile money, mobile health and mobile agriculture, will showcase the evolution of mobile lifeline services and applications on the continent and highlight [...]

By Alois Xaba The African Development Bank in its Monthly Economic Review for April says ZIMBABWE’S gold deliveries for the first three months of the year totalled 3 126 kilograms. This was an increase of 6 percent. “Gold deliveries grew at an average rate of 5,77 percent for the first three months in 2012 to [...]

The Commonwealth, the 54-member states body The Gambia is part, has decided to team up with the Government of The Gambia to establish an anti-corruption commission that would scrutinise individuals that hold assets or properties that are deemed public-owned. In a tête-à-tête meeting with journalists before he ended his first visit after eight years to [...]