Africa

INTERIM Warriors coach Rahman Gumbo has named a balanced squad to face Burundi in a 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier in Bujumbura at the end of the month. Gumbo was last week roped in as caretaker national team coach after Norman Mapeza was suspended ...  

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's central bank said on Friday it plans to launch the country's first credit reference databank in September, in a move aimed at tackling high lending rates in east Africa's second biggest economy. Tanzania's ...  

YOUNG Africans head coach, Kostadin Papic, has been disappointed by the performance displayed by his side in the latest Mainland Premier League match against Mtibwa Sugar at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday despite coming out with a ...  

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has signed a 50 million euro loan facility with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to upgrade regional airports to boost tourism and air transport in east Africa's second-biggest economy, a senior government ...  

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Tanzania is demanding $20.1 million from Toronto-listed Orca Exploration's local unit, PanAfrican Energy Tanzania (PAT), and has ordered a review of the natural gas supplier's contract. A Tanzanian parliamentary ...  

Tanzania (MNN) -- Reaching the last people groups on earth is no easy task. As one Africa Inland Mission missionary points out, "It's human nature: we tend to save the hardest work for last." Yet AIM is committed to doing whatever it takes to reach even those most difficult to reach. In an effort to do so, AIM is launching another TIMO team in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this month. TIMO, or Training in Ministry Outreach, places a...  

The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) is seeking projects to finance in Rwanda and Burundi as it expands across the region. The Nairobi-based multilateral financial institution that provides export credit, political risk and investment insurance ...  

Windhoek — The Brave Gladiators will have a mountain to climb when they confront Tanzania in the 2nd leg of their Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women Championship World Cup qualifier in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday. The Namibians takes a ...  

ABC NewsAfter Many Ups and Downs, Stocks End Flat for 2011ABC NewsBy BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer In the final tally, despite big climbs and falls, unexpected blows and surprising triumphs, all the hullabaloo proved for naught. On Friday, the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at 1257.60. ...You thought 2011 was tough?Sydney Morning HeraldStocks slide; S&P 500 turns negative for yearChicago Sun-TimesStocks up on new home deals, job growth...  

Mirror.co.ukEndangered African elephants suffer worst year in decadesChicago Sun-TimesAfrica's elephant population was estimated at between 5 million and 10 million before the big white hunters came to the continent with European colonization. Massive poaching for the ivory trade in the 1980s halved the remaining number of African ...2011 — annus horribilis for African elephantsNewsDayHuge rise in African elephants being killed by ivory...  

Business HighlightsBusinessWeekFactory output is rising, business owners say they're more optimistic about hiring and consumer confidence has jumped to its highest level since April. Even the beleaguered housing market is looking slightly better. On Thursday, the Labor Department ...and more »  

Business HighlightsWashington Post (blog)___ After many ups and downs, stocks end flat for 2011 NEW YORK — The stock market ended a tumultuous year right where it started. In the final tally, despite big climbs and falls, unexpected blows and surprising triumphs, all the hullabaloo proved ...and more »  

Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming monthWashington PostMONDAY, Jan. 2 New Year's Day is observed. US stock and bond markets are closed. TUESDAY, Jan. 3 WASHINGTON — Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for December, 10 am; Commerce Department releases construction spending for ...and more »  

New York TimesHunt for Gas Hits Fragile Soil, and South Africans Fear RisksNew York TimesKAROO, South Africa — When a drought dried up their wells last year, hundreds of farmers and their families flocked to local fairgrounds here to pray for rain, and a call went out on the regional radio station imploring South Africans to donate ...and more »  

Business 'must address failings'The Press AssociationExecutive pay and the lack of women on company boards need to be tackled next year to put right some of the UK's "key failings", a business leader has said. Simon Walker, director general of the Institute of Directors, said top pay at some of the ...and more »