Reuters: Congo News

Cameroon cocoa grinding off to slow start

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:54:04 +0000

YAOUNDE, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Cocoa purchases by Cameroon's sole domestic grinder, Sic-Cacaos, are running 86 percent below a year ago so far this season, possibly because of an equipment upgrade at the factory.

UPDATE 1-Yemenia airline avoids EU blacklist despite crash

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:02:38 +0000

* Sao Tome identified as haven for airlines dodging ban

Yemenia airline avoids EU blacklist despite crash

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:15:13 +0000

BRUSSELS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The European Union added all airlines from Djibouti, the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome et Principe to its airline safety blacklist on Friday, but Yemenia Yemen Airways avoided inclusion despite a fatal crash in June.

Xstrata moves into iron ore with Congo-Rep project

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:43:36 +0000

* Xstrata has option to buy 50 percent of Zanaga project

TAKE A LOOK-Farmland scramble for food security

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:32:22 +0000

Countries including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, China and South Korea are seeking farmland abroad after steep food price inflation in 2008 highlighted a need to achieve greater food security. LATEST/TOP STORIES > UAE firm leases 700,000 hectares Morocco farmla[ID:nLJ380698] > Arab bank to step up support for African agric[ID:nMCD437572] > Qatar SWF food eyes PAVA stake,seals Sudan deal[ID:nLT181254] > FAO moves to draw up land ownership guidelines [ID:nLR424515] > S.Af

Soccer-Nations Cup hosts Angola extend unbeaten run

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:11:44 +0000

LUANDA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - African Nations Cup hosts Angola extended their unbeaten run to eight matches with a 1-1 draw against Congo in a friendly on Saturday.

UPDATE 1-Ex-US lawmaker gets 13 years in prison for bribery

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:17:25 +0000

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Former Democratic U.S. Representative William Jefferson, who hid $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in prison for bribery, racketeering and money laundering.

Ex-US lawmaker gets 13 years in prison for bribery

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:30:07 +0000

Road accident in Angola kills 32 people, injures 42

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:09:09 +0000

LUANDA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Thirty-two people were killed after a truck carrying them to Angola's northern Uige province overturned, also injuring 42 other people, state-owned Radio Nacional de Angola said on Thursday.

Soccer-Angola postpones opening of new stadium

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:16 +0000

LUANDA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Angola has been forced to postpone plans to inaugurate its new African Nations Cup stadium next week because it is not yet ready, the tournament's organising committee said on Tuesday.