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TICAD a chance to show Japanese care about Africa 
Daily Yomiuri
Daily Yomiuri
KYOTO--The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) IV to be held next month will be a good opportunity to show that Japanese, especially young people in the nation, care about Africa, the chairman of a nongovernmental...
Rights Groups Press New Mining Code in West Africa
Voa News
Voa News
Throughout West Africa gold, bauxite, uranium and other lucrative minerals are being extracted from the land, but local communities benefit little or in many cases lose out. Human-rights and development experts at a recent meeting in the Senegalese...
Talisman: N. Africa, S. America Production Increases Spur Addtl Exploration
Rig Zone
Rig Zone
Talisman Energy reported that in North Africa, production averaged 16,342 boe/d, a 2% increase over the same period in 2007....
Japan, China plan joint aid projects / Health, education fields in Africa eyed for assistance
Daily Yomiuri
Daily Yomiuri
Technological fixes are not enough to solve Africa's crop problems
The Guardian
The Guardian
Solutions should come primarily from within the continent, not from outsiders, says Chris Wardle , As one who has spent the past 35 years in rural development in Africa, I agree with much of what Madeleine Bunting wrote (, April 21). However, her...
