The federal government yesterday said Nigeria has not closed its borders with Niger Republic.
A regime of sanctions against this country's northern neighbor, Niger Republic, went into effect early this week with men of the Nigeria Customs Service preventing the export of fuel, grain and other essential commodities across the Jibia border in Katsina State, Daily Trust learnt in Katsina.
The decision to give Zimbabwe no more than a slap on the wrist for the human rights abuses which its army has committed on the Marange alluvial diamond fields in the south-east of the country seriously threatens the future of the diamond industry's initiative to avert consumer boycotts of its gemstones.
The forthcoming ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation will review the implementation of various agreements signed since 2006 and outline a plan of action for the next three years.
The Republic of Cuba will submit a request to the Nations General Assembly today to urge the lifting of sanctions imposed on it by the US blockade since 1960, the Embassy here disclosed at a press conference yesterday.
Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim yesterday defended SA's growing trade relations with China at the department's annual conference on foreign policy, saying China had an unchallenged policy of funding infrastructure as a means of benefiting the African states it traded with.
South African farmers now have access to an estimated 10 million hectares of arable land in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the signing of a deal touted to be the largest land agreement in Africa.
According to the executive staff of the Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI), Tunisian exports to the Arab and African countries posted an increase of 19.5% worth 803 billion dinars during the first 9 months of 2009, against 672 billion dinars in 2008.
The Trade and Investment Program for a Competitive Export Economy (TIPCEE), a sponsored program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has made waves in the Northern sector of the country over the last three years, changing the lives of farmers through human resource and economic empowerment.
Government has called for the expeditious implementation of measures that promote trade between Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Trade within the East African Community has grown by over 49% since the commencement of the East African Customs Union in 2005, a study has revealed.
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has honoured top performing business in international trade that uses the Port of Mombasa as the point of entry and exit for their merchandise.
Prime minister Wen Jiabao will be in Egypt next month for the second China-Africa summit amidst reports of a sharp increase in Chinese investments in the continent.
Senior officials from Sierra Leone are in a four-day retreat in the capital Freetown, to refine a strategy to boost the country's export sector.
