Two inescapable trends have emerged over the past few years – one is that growth in the Southern hemisphere (including Africa) has been higher than the global average; and second, that a substantial volume of FDI destined for Southern countries... More...
President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF party have been given their stiffest electoral battle since independence in 1980. As we went to press, Zanu had lost its majority in the lower House of Assembly for the first time... More...
Osama Bin Laden’s infamous ‘sorcerer’, Midhat Mursi Al Sayyid Umar, comes back from the dead and rekindles new fears that jihadists are pursuing chemical, biological and radiological weapons. By Ed Blanche
The Egyptian known as Midhat Mursi Al Sayyid... More...
In recent years many African countries have made a concerted effort to create capital markets to enable businesses to raise long-term funding and promote domestic savings among both retail and institutional investors. With the continuing support of the international financial...
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La Chine n’est pas un pays comme les autres: avec une population de plus d’1.3 milliard d’habitants, le géant asiatique existe depuis plus de 5000 ans. C'est l'Etat-nation centralisé, le plus vieux au monde. Il l'est depuis plus de deux...
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