Africas defence spending boom
The South African firm benefiting from the controversial rise in spending on military hardware across Africa.
View ArticleFault disrupts East African net
An undersea cable that brought high-speed net access to East Africa for the first time is hit by a fault, knocking many offline.
View ArticleNigeria denies oil firm bankrupt
The Nigerian government strongly denies that the state oil firm is bankrupt after a junior minister said it was insolvent.
View ArticleNTT buys South Africa's Dimension
Japan's NTT will pay more than £2bn for Dimension Data in what is the country's biggest sub-Saharan African purchase.
View ArticleAfrica brewers take on moonshine
Africa's brewing firms are trying to develop safe and cheap alternatives to the continent's deadly illegal hooch industry.
View ArticleDR Congo mine to displace 15,000
Mining firm Randgold says it is to begin mining Africa's largest undeveloped gold deposit, but will have to move 15,000 villagers in eastern DR Congo.
View ArticleTrafigura found guilty on waste
A Dutch court finds multinational firm Trafigura guilty of illegally exporting toxic waste from Amsterdam to Ivory Coast.
View ArticleChina agrees Guinea mining deal
Mining giant Rio Tinto completes a deal with Chinese firm Chalco to enter a joint venture in West Africa.
View ArticleNigeria ex-bank chief faces court
The former head of Nigeria's Intercontinental Bank is formally charged with financial crimes relating to bank's near collapse.
View ArticleBenin anger over finance scam
More than half of Benin's MPs call for a vote to propose impeachment proceedings against the president over a financial scandal.
View ArticleNigeria economy 'to grow by 10%'
Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister says.
View ArticleMozambique arrests for food riots
Police in Mozambique arrest 142 people over last week's riots which led to 13 deaths in the capital, Maputo.
View ArticleSA public sector strike suspended
South African trade unions suspend a nationwide strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days.
View ArticleMozambique's bread price change
Mozambique says it will reverse the increase in the price of bread that sparked deadly riots last week.
View ArticleMassmart backs sale to Wal-Mart
Shareholders in Massmart, South Africa's largest retailer, have approved the sale of a controlling stake in the company to US giant Wal-Mart.
View ArticleAir Zimbabwe fires strike pilots
Air Zimbabwe says pilots who defied a 24-hour deadline to abandon a strike and return to work should consider themselves fired.
View ArticleChurches call for Sudan to split
Religious leaders in south Sudan have called on people to vote for independence in a referendum to be held January next year.
View ArticleFrance to help Africa veterans
France is to raise pensions for its African war veterans to the same level as those of their French comrades, Nicolas Sarkozy says.
View ArticleNigeria state oil firm 'insolvent'
Nigeria's huge state oil firm is insolvent with massive debts, a cabinet minister says - as the firm blames the government.
View ArticleGrowing Africa 'must diversify'
Economic growth in Africa is strong, but it needs to diversify to continue its fight against poverty.
View ArticleAfrican apps boost business growth
A host of new mobile phone applications, developed by software designers across Africa, are promising to boost development and business growth.
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