Serious financial difficulties has rendered the government in Sierra Leone unable to pay university lecturers and school teachers, as well as the monthly salaries of civil servants, finance minister John O. Benjamin alarmed in Freetown.
The US and Sierra Leone Thursday signed a bilateral debt relief agreement, under which the US cancelled its share (US$58 million) of the US$363 million, owed by Sierra Leone to Paris Club creditors
Bank governors of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Thursday convened their 11th conference here simultaneously as their counterparts of the Union of Maghreb Banks (UBM) are holding their ninth conference to harmonise banking issues in the subregion
Kenya and Libya have signed an agreement that will see the east African country import oil at cheaper rates from Libya, a government source disclosed here Thursday.
Nigeria's regulatory National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has re-certified 71 insurance companies that met the commission's condition to re-capitalise.
The Regional Programme for the Environment in Central Africa (CARPE) will have by 2011 invested some US$150 million in the promotion of sustainable management of forests of the Congo basin
The governments of Mozambique and Japan signed Tuesday January 23rd a cooperation agreement in Tokyo to facilitate the construction of bridges in Zambezia and Tete provinces, as well as support the national anti-malaria program.
The Nigerian federal workers have criticised the 15% salary increase announced by the government Wednesday, saying it fell short of their expectations.
KHARTOUM, Dec 6 (IPS) - The fifth summit of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States will kick off on Thursday in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, amidst fierce speculation over the fate of trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and ACP nations.
Accra, Ghana - Ghana is to receive 480 million Canadian dollars annually in budgetary support for being selected among the few countries on which Canada has decided to focus its development assistance.
