Angola
Angola ready to help Portugal amid debt crisis: Dos Santos
Nov 17, 2011 13:16 EST
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said Thursday his country is ready to help former colonial ruler Portugal as the crisis-hit European country's prime minister made a visit to drum up investment.
Analysis: As rich world sputters, Brazil looks to Africa
Nov 17, 2011 10:18 EST
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil is launching a top-level drive to expand its economic ties with Africa, a sign of how crises in the rich world are pushing faster-growing emerging economies to trade and invest among themselves.
Pope heads for Africa, where debate over condoms rages
Nov 16, 2011 17:19 EST
Pope Benedict XVI heads for Africa this week, where he is likely to face questions over the Catholic Church's stance on condoms on the continent hardest hit by HIV and AIDS.
Togo scrape through as Adebayor returns
Nov 15, 2011 17:11 EST
Former World Cup qualifiers Togo scraped into the second phase of the 2014 African elimination competition with a 1-0 win over Guinea Bissau in Lome Tuesday.
Plane trouble grounds Ivory Coast squad
Nov 14, 2011 16:02 EST
The high-profile friendly between African giants Senegal and Ivory Coast, set to be played on Tuesday, was called off on Monday at the request of the Ivorians, the Senegal Football Federation (FSF) announced.
E. Guinea opposition rejects referendum win
Nov 14, 2011 10:59 EST
Equatorial Guinea's small but vocal opposition on Monday ridiculed official results of a referendum showing 99 percent of voters approved President Teodoro Obiang Nguema's new constitution.
E.Guinea votes to limit presidential terms
Nov 14, 2011 01:58 EST
More than 99 percent of Equatorial Guineans in votes counted so far have backed constitutional changes to limit presidents to serving two terms in a referendum dismissed by the opposition as a sham.
Southern Africa seeks to unite its railways
Nov 13, 2011 14:54 EST
Countries across southern Africa are pouring billions of dollars into overhauling their railways, hoping to ease the flow of exports and to boost their plan to create a common market.
Tensions grow in Congo opposition heartlands
Nov 13, 2011 07:00 EST
MBUJI-MAYI, Congo (Reuters) - Perched on the border with Angola, Congo's two southern Kasai provinces have been relative havens of peace in a country dogged by insecurity eight years after a war that claimed five million lives.
Sinopec to pay $3.5 bln for Brazil oil stake
Nov 11, 2011 05:49 EST
China's Sinopec said Friday it will pay $3.54 billion for a 30 percent stake in the Brazilian unit of Portuguese oil giant Galp Energia, marking the latest push by Chinese companies into Latin America.
China's Sinopec to pay $3.5 bn for Brazil oil stake
Nov 10, 2011 23:24 EST
China's Sinopec said Friday it will pay $3.54 billion for a 30 percent stake in the Brazilian unit of Portuguese oil giant Galp Energia, marking the latest push by Chinese companies into Latin America.
Africans set off on road to Brazil 2014 W.Cup
Nov 10, 2011 20:49 EST
The 152-fixture African journey to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil begins Friday with Djibouti and Namibia first into action on a 10-game schedule.
Adebayor back for Togo
Nov 10, 2011 10:14 EST
Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor has made himself available for selection by Togo, 18 months after he announced his retirement from international football.
State of medical emergency in north Angola over polio case
Nov 03, 2011 12:50 EDT
The northern Angolan province of Uige has declared a state of medical emergency after a 14-month-old boy tested positive for polio, which has made a resurgence in the country, UNICEF said Thursday.
BP turns a corner after Gulf blowout
Oct 25, 2011 04:18 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - BP <BP.L> has turned a corner after the Gulf of Mexico disaster, its chief executive said on Tuesday, predicting the British oil firm would now return to output and cashflow growth and rejecting calls for a fundamental restructuring of the group.
Arab Spring inspires repression alongside freedom: report
Oct 24, 2011 18:03 EDT
Arab Spring uprisings have inspired repression in many countries as well as protests, international rights investigators said Monday.
Halliburton probes Angola unit after email tip-off
Oct 21, 2011 17:45 EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. oilfield services company Halliburton Co <HAL.N> conducted an internal investigation of its Angolan operations after an anonymous email alleged its employees breached corruption laws.
Analysis: Gaddafi is Africa's latest "Big Man" to fall
Oct 21, 2011 05:36 EDT
DAKAR (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi is just the latest name to be struck from the list of Africa's so-called "Big Men", the dwindling band of strongarm rulers who are finding it ever harder to keep their grip on power.
'No dictatorship' in Angola but need for talks: Dos Santos
Oct 18, 2011 13:13 EDT
The president of oil-rich Angola on Tuesday denied his country was a dictatorship but admitted there was a need for more social dialogue after a series of unprecedented anti-government protests.
