20110607 Allafrica The success story of southern Africa's turnaround from being a food deficit region to one producing surplus grain underscores the point that agricultural policies are key to boosting production and improving food security in the region.
20110604 Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama will visit South Africa and Botswana later this month on an official visit to promote issues such as education, health, and wellness, the White House said on Friday.
20110421 angop Luanda – The prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, Patrice Emery Trovoada, Wednesday in Luanda, welcomed the state of institutional and business cooperation between the two countries, Angop learned.
Windhoek — As water resources in Southern Africa come under pressure from growing population, climate change and increasing industrial and agricultural use, economic accounting for water is among the tools that could aid better management.
Gaborone — They come like pilgrims to the Department of Geological Surveys office in Lobatse, 120 kilometres south of the Botswana capital. In the sparsely furnished offices there, they pore over charts, trying to take the guesswork out of choosing where to sink a borehole.
PARIS (Reuters) - South African utility Eskom has no plans to return to the international bond market for cash it needs for new power plants and will focus on its existing resources, the country's Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba told Reuters on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela left hospital on Friday after treatment for an acute respiratory infection, officials said.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African's president said on Friday there were uncertainties over the Ivory Coast election about both main candidate sides, although global powers believe the vote was clearly won by a rival to Laurent Gbagbo.
