Randgold Resources to invest $300 mln in Senegal Business Report | Submit your comment | London-listed gold miner Randgold Resources intends to invest $300 million (R2.3 billion) in its Massawa project in Senegal, the firm's manager in the West African country said on Wednesday. | The Massawa gold project, located in a hilly area some 700 km (435 miles) so...
Ban reiterates UN commitment to ensure food security at time of global crisis United Nations | 18 January 2010 – With the global economic downturn causing the "disastrous combination" of high food prices and reduced buying power, leaving hundreds of millions more people unable to feed themselves or their families, the United Nations today reiterated its commitment to work with regional bodi...
Randgold Resources to invest $300 mln in Senegal Business Report | Submit your comment | London-listed gold miner Randgold Resources intends to invest $300 million (R2.3 billion) in its Massawa project in Senegal, the firm's manager in the West African country said on Wednesday. | The Massawa gold project, ...
Expanding Abroad? Avoid Cultural Gaffes Wall Street Journal By EMILY MALTBY | Most small companies seeking to tap overseas markets know they'll have to navigate foreign laws, taxes and regulations. But they also need to figure out how to avoid cultural blunders. | Tom Bonkenburg, director of European operatio...
Ban reiterates UN commitment to ensure food security at time of global crisis United Nations | 18 January 2010 – With the global economic downturn causing the "disastrous combination" of high food prices and reduced buying power, leaving hundreds of millions more people unable to feed themselves or their families, the United Nations today re...
Al-Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network National Post  By Tim Gaynor and Tiemoko Diallo, ReutersJanuary 13, 2010 10:30 AM    Twisted and charred debris of a burnt-out Boeing 727 lie in the southern edge of the Sahara in Mali, Dec. 10, 2009. UN authorities said the plane transported cocaine from V...
EXCLUSIVE - Al Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network - U.S. official The Star | TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - In early 2008, an official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a report to his superiors detailing what he called "the most significant development in the criminal exploitation of aircraft since 9/11." A plan...
Amid Worry, Guinea Begins Transition to Democracy The New York Times | Filed at 5:09 p.m. ET | CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- One of the fiercest critics of Guinea's military junta became prime minister Tuesday, a crucial step toward democracy that comes amid worries the country's wounded coup leader is trying to influence the political process from exile. | Jean Marie Dore takes over the premiership 13 months after the mi...
![Conakry (Sosso: Knakiri) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. Conakry is a port city on the Atlantic Ocean and serves as the economic, financial and cultural center of Guinea with a population of 1,931,184.[1] Originally situated on Tombo Island, one of the les de Los, it has since spread up the neighboring Kaloum Peninsula. The population of Conakry is difficult to ascertain, although the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs has estimated it at 2 million.[2] Even given this uncertainty, Conakry makes up almost a quarter of the population of Guinea.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/c0/cbc3f069f62ee5.jpg)
