Africa Free Trade Agreement has come into force
The Africa Free Trade Agreement came into force at midnight. Now the real work begins South Africa’s among the continental heavyweights that have ratified it. It’s hoped Nigeria will join to boost intra-African trade in a market of 1,2 billion people worth $2,5 trillion. The operational phase of the Africa Free Trade Agreement will be […]
Growing danger of military crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrators in Sudan
Pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum say there’s a growing danger of a military crackdown against their weeks long sit-in outside the Sudanese military headquarters. The country’s military rulers accuse them of threatening the coherence of the state and its national security. Military spokesman General Bahar Ahmed Bahar gave it to protestors with both barrels when he […]
UN Security Council extends sanctions against South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council’s extended for another year an arms embargo and sanctions aimed at ending the six year war in South Sudan that’s displaced four million people and killed more than 400 000. South Africa opposes the move saying it can aggravate the political process implementing a peace agreement struck last September. ends […]
Breakthrough in the fight against the spread of malaria
There’s been a dramatic breakthrough in the fight to stop the spread of malaria which kills more than 400 000 people a year – mostly in Africa. Scientists have genetically engineered a spider fungus that develops a venom that kills mosquitos that bite humans. The transgenic fungus produces a naturally occurring pathogen that kills 99% […]