Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Pipeline problems 13th December 2011 On 28 November, Sudan’s Petroleum Minister Ali Ahmed Osman announced that South Sudan would no longer be able to export its crude through the northern pipeline and Port...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | SOUTH KOREAOECD China and India join aid cooperation 13th December 2011 European officials left the Busan Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness on 1 December congratulating themselves on having brought China and India closer into the global aid infrastructure.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | ZAMBIACHINA Alarm over security deal 13th December 2011 President Sata’s government investigates inflated contracts that were financed with Chinese concessional loans A Zambia Revenue Authority commission of inquiry has turned up irregularities in a government agreement to purchase security scanners from Nuctech, a Chinese company formerly led by Hu...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | ZAMBIACHINA Kaunda settles Sata's differences with Beijing 13th December 2011 President Michael Sata is trying to reassure Chinese politicians and business leaders about his government’s planned reforms.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | ZIMBABWEINDIABRIEFING Essar takes control of Zisco 13th December 2011 India’s Essar Group has at last won control of Zimbabwe’s iron and steel works, after months of infighting in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front threatened to derail...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | GHANASOUTH KOREABRIEFING Housing scheme crumbles 13th December 2011 The multi-billion-dollar housing venture run by South Korea’s STX and a group of Ghanaian investors looks close to collapse, with the partners embroiled in lengthy court actions against...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | INDIAAFRICABRIEFING It’s energy that counts 13th December 2011 India’s resource-heavy trade with Africa may be poised to move into the service sector. Indian companies in banking, hotels, agriculture stand to benefit, but African companies will continue...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | JAPANAFRICABRIEFING Plant a seed 13th December 2011 Twenty-five years after its foundation in response to devastating Ethiopian famines, the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), a Japanese-funded non-governmental organisation, is looking beyond crop yields to the challenges...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 2 | INDIA Madhusudan Ganapathi 13th December 2011 Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, India Madhusudan Ganapathi Ganapathi, the new Secretary for the Western Region in the Ministry of External Affairs, hosted the India-Africa Strategic Dialogue on 24-25 November. The event brought together...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 1 | ZAMBIACHINA Underground and under threat 10th November 2011 Non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch launched the first in-depth report about abusive practices in Chinese-owned mines in Zambia on 3 November. It is based on the evidence of...