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Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Zimbabwe tobacco output rebounds, up 100 percent
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe produced 119 million kg of tobacco in the 2009/10 season, double the previous year's output, an official said on Friday, as the sector recovers from the damage to commercial farming associated with land seizures. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Mozambique says 7 killed in riots, calm restored
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's capital Maputo got back to work on Friday after two days of rioting, triggered by a sharp hike in bread prices, which the government said left seven dead, 288 injured and millions of dollars of damage. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
New website to track climate aid, key to UN talks
GENEVA (Reuters) - A website launched on Friday will help track whether rich countries are keeping a pledge to come up with $30 billion in climate aid for the poor, seen by the U.N. as a "golden key" to progress in talks on global warming. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
S.Africa miners return to work at Rio-BHP JV
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), a Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton titanium joint venture, on Friday resumed full production after workers ended a week-long pay strike, a company official said. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
S.Africa gov't, strikers brace for new wage talks
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers held small-scale protests on Friday as union and government negotiators prepared for bargaining next week aimed at ending the three-week walkout by about 1.3 million. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Rebels say dozens killed in raid in Sudan's Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Armed men attacked villages in a rebel-held area of Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region on Thursday and Friday, leaving dozens dead, the rebels said. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Sudan referendum body agrees post to end deadlock
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's referendum commission agreed on a key post on Thursday, ending a deadlock which has stalled plans for the January 9 southern vote on independence from the north against which it has fought decades of civil war. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
IEA exec says dependency on OPEC oil to rise
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Dependency on oil produced by OPEC countries is set to rise in the next 5-10 years as non-OPEC supplies are set to decline, Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said on Friday. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Ivory Coast commission produces final voter list
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's electoral commission said on Thursday it had produced a final voter list for the first time, raising the chance that an election which has been delayed six times in five years might go ahead. Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Q+A-Why are S.Africa's Zuma's hands tied by labour?
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A strike by 1.3 million workers in South Africa's public sector in its third week is testing President Jacob Zuma's and his ruling African National Congress's fragile relationship with organised labour. |
