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Feature : Botswana’s forests go up in smoke to plug electricity gap
6 avrilGABORONE, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Kesebonye Mbambo, a resident of Somerset, a high-density suburb of Francistown, Botswana's second largest city, has started to ransack the forest near her home for firewood ever since Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) switched from post-paid to pre-paid over a (...) -
First food aid in months reaches war-wracked Darfur
6 avrilGENEVA - Warning that the war in Sudan risks triggering the world's worst hunger crisis, the World Food Program said Friday that it finally has managed to bring desperately needed food aid into the war-wracked Darfur region for the first time in months. The U.N. food agency said two convoys (...) -
Zambian bank hails Chinese investment contribution to economic development
6 avrilLUSAKA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- A Zambian bank has commended the contribution of Chinese investment and businesses to the country's economic development. Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) PLC said investment figures show that Chinese investment and businesses were playing a vital role in (...) -
Zimbabwean retail shops demand hard cash as banks convert to new currency
6 avrilHARARE, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Major retail shops were on Saturday trading largely in United States dollars after financial institutions suspended the use of the outgoing Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL) while adjusting to the new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency which was introduced Friday. Workers at one of (...) -
West African nation declares emergency over drug believed to be made from human bones
6 avrilThe substance, known as 'kush', has reportedly caused hundreds of deaths in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone has declared a "national emergency on drug abuse" amid calls from health services and local communities to stop the spread of a synthetic drug that reportedly contains human bones and has led (...)