IRINnews AFGHANISTAN-ANGOLA: Rice production high but imports steady web | Photo: Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN DAKAR, 3 July 2009 (IRIN) - Paddy rice production in Africa is forecast to be 25.6 million tons this year, virtually unchanged from the record harvest of 2008. B... (photo: Creative Commons)
Philadelphia Daily News World Bank study finds major Africa improvements | HARRY DUNPHY | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - Several African nations are among those that have made great improvements in how their people are governed, with Botswana even on a par with many m... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Houston Chronicle Russia's Medvedev heads to Nigeria | ABUJA, Nigeria - Russia's president said Wednesday his nation's investment in Nigeria could stretch into the billions of dollars, as the two nations signed deals on nuclear energy, gas and oil explo... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office) MedvedevNigeriaPhotosPresidentRussia
The Australian Russia's new scramble for Africa | ONCE it would have been Cold War rhetoric and "fraternal greetings" to Marxist guerrillas. Yesterday Russia returned to Africa in a scramble to restore its Soviet-era influence - only this time with... (photo: AP / Dmitry Astakhov) AfricaEgyptPhotosPoliticsRussia
Independent online Mickey: How to beat Australia | How do you beat Australia? Andrew Strauss and England would love to know how. Mickey Arthur, currently putting his feet up after a protracted season coaching South Afri... (photo: AP / Scott Heppell) AfricaAustraliaEnglandPhotosStar
Al Jazeera 'Civilians killed' in Somalia clash | At least 23 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Somalia in the lastest clash between government troops and armed rebels in Mogadishu, the capital, medics have... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) CiviliansMilitaryPhotosRebelsSomalia
The Times Sole survivor of plane crash tells of rescue | A schoolgirl, aged 12, who barely knows how to swim but who survived a plane crash in the Indian Ocean by clinging to wreckage, has said that when the aircraft plunged ... (photo: Creative Commons / Tim Dobbelaere) AirlinesCrashPhotosTravelYemen
