Africa: Five African Leaders to Attend World Economic Forum

7 June, 2009 in Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

source: allAfrica 5 June 2009 Johannesburg — Five African Heads of State have confirmed their attendance for the Word Economic Forum (WEF) scheduled for next week. “Heads of State who had confirmed their participation included Presidents Jacob Zuma, Kenya’s Raila Amolo Odinga, Lesotho’s Pakalitha Mosisili, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and Zambia’s Rupiah Bwezani Banda,” said WEF [...]

Africa: Europe Tries to Ease EPA Fears

1 June, 2009 in Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, SADC, South Africa

source: allAfrica Jo-Maré Duddy 20 May 2009 Windhoek — THE European Union (EU) is not motivated by commercial self-interest in seeking economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with Namibia and other African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries, Dr Elizabeth Pape, the European Commission’s (EC) Ambassador to Namibia, said on the eve of the watershed EPA meeting between Trade and Industry [...]

Lesotho: Masire Seeks to Mediate as Tensions Grow in Maseru

11 July, 2007 in Botswana, Lesotho

source: allAfrica SouthScan (London) 11 July 2007 Posted to the web 11 July 2007 (Retired) President Ketumile Masire of Botswana has been flown in to defuse the political crisis in Lesotho. His job, mandated by SADC, the Southern African Development Community, is to break a political stalemate over the allocation of seats in the government. [...]