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Wed, 19 Nov 2008
UN report says torture rife in Equatorial Guinea
GENEVA (Reuters) - Political prisoners and criminal detainees are systemically tortured in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a United Nations investigator said on Wednesday. Wed, 19 Nov 2008
U.N. report says torture rife in Equatorial Guinea
GENEVA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Political prisoners and criminal detainees are systemically tortured in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a United Nations investigator said on Wednesday. Wed, 12 Nov 2008
Sub-Saharan Africa energy exports on sharp rise-IEA
LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Energy exports from sub-Saharan Africa will rise significantly as the region opts to maximise foreign currency earnings rather than attend to domestic fuel needs, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. Wed, 29 Oct 2008
Guinea Gulf piracy needs international response-UN
PRAIA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The United Nations has called for an international response to a growing threat from seaborne pirates attacking oil facilities, ships and towns on or around the coast of West Africa. Thu, 23 Oct 2008
IMF sees Africa growth dipping to 6 pct
NAIROBI, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will dip to 6 percent in 2008 and 2009 due to tough global conditions, while inflation is seen rising to 12 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday. Wed, 22 Oct 2008
Central African growth slowing as oil price falls-regional bank
YAOUNDE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Economic growth across a six-nation bloc in central Africa is slowing as the global financial crisis drags down the price of oil, the main export earner for most of the region, a bank chief said late on Tuesday. Tue, 21 Oct 2008
Asian demand for W.Africa crude falls 27 pct in Nov
LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Total Asian demand for West African crude fell 27 percent to 918,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November from 1.25 million bpd in October as demand from India, Indonesia and Taiwan decreased, traders said on Tuesday. Sun, 19 Oct 2008
Cameroon says pirates repulsed in border peninsula
YAOUNDE, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Cameroon's security forces beat back an attack by pirates in waters off the Bakassi peninsula bordering Nigeria at the weekend, sinking one of their speedboats, the defence ministry said on Sunday. Sat, 18 Oct 2008
Cameroon holds two policemen over refugee's kidnap
YAOUNDE, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Cameroonian authorities have detained two police officers accused of kidnapping a political refugee and handing him over to neighbouring Equatorial Guinea, where he faces a 30-year jail sentence, a police official said. |
