All Africa Loss of Oil Well - Cross River Senators, Reps Protest, Declare Hunger Strike All three Senators and eight members of the House of Representatives from Cross River State yesterday declared a two week hunger strike to protest what they claimed as the unjust transfer of seventy-s... (photo: GFDL / )
Joy Online Feature: Weaning Ghana off Foreign Aid: Is it Possible? Africa remains the world’s most aid-dependent and indebted region. Despite the programmes of debt relief which became significant in the 1990s and the increased commitment to fostering prosperity in A... (photo: GFDL / Fogster)
BBC News Nigaz name sparks racism debate | A marketing blunder in Nigeria has got online communities all of a twitter, after a joint oil and gas venture with Russia was named Nigaz. | Russia's Gazprom and Nigeria's state-operated NNPC formed... (photo: AP Photo/Sergei Grits) GazpromNigazNigeriaPhotosVenture
World Security Network Zimbabwe says China is giving it loans Zimbabwe’s prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, said an appointee negotiated a deal with China. | JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, said Tuesda... (photo: AP / Tracylee Stark, Mail & Guardian) ChinaJohannesburgMediaPhotosZimbabwe
BBC News China 'agrees huge Zimbabwe loan' | China has agreed to give Zimbabwe a loan of $950m (£573m) to help it revive its battered economy, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said. | Mr Tsvangirai had b... (photo: WN / deniseyong) AfricaAidChinaPhotosZimbabwe
Gulf News Russia's plans for Africa | Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spent last week in Africa, visiting four countries, Egypt, Nigeria, Angola and Namibia. | Russian official sources present the visit a... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office) AfricaBusinessPhotosPresidentRussia
