The evictions appear to have been carried out as part of the government of Kenya's plans to build a new road, the Northern Bypass.

Eight people are reported to have been killed and up to 400 injured after Iraqi forces attacked unarmed Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf.

TRANSPORT parastatal TransNamib must fork out over N$500 000 to pay an employee illegally dismissed close to five years ago.

Marble Properties, a real estate consultancy, has positioned itself for growth on the back of the promising economic environment being ushered in by the new political dispensation.

Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Christopher Anyanwu, said on Wednesday that some members of the newly constituted Technical Board of Nigeria Telecommunications Limited Plc (NITEL) are extremely selfish and bent on frustrating the efforts of the government

For the first time in more than a decade, the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI) has opened a major offer for public subscription.

Tens of thousands of job-hungry Liberians in Grand Cape Mount and Bomi Counties are holding a very high expectation for employment opportunities with Sime Darby, a milt-million Malaysian agricultural company.

The Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI) has extended it services to central Liberia, opening a branch in Gbarnga, the capital of Bong County.

Stanbic Bank Botswana's Head of Corporate Banking, Jessica Gadimang, has been appointed the new Non-Bank Financial Institutions Sector Head for Stanbic Africa concentrating on franchises outside South Africa from July 1 this year, the bank has announced.

Discovery Drilling Africa continues to grow in leaps and bounds despite the economic downturn.

Two young Batswana entrepreneurs have teamed up to open Lobatse's first Pick 'n Pay Family Franchise store, which is being officially opened today. The store is located in the Lobatse Shopping Centre on Khama Avenue.

OBSERVATIONS made by President Rupiah Banda about how political have-beens and armchair critics now want to hijack the process of the privatisation of Zamtel when they did nothing about it when they presided over Government business must be considered critically.

The Tanzania Breweries and the East African Breweries have differed over an agreement to market each of their brands in their respective countries, Industry, Trade and Marketing minister Mary Nagu said.

ZIMBABWE has the resources to bankroll the economic turnaround programme and should stop going to outsiders, looking for development assistance, Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has said.

A private investment contract related to the "CSG-Angola car factory project" is to be signed this Wednesday, in Luanda, between the Angolan National Private Investment Agency (ANIP) and the British companies Peakbright and Powerquest International Limited, ANGOP has learnt.

Oil Producing Trade Section (OPTS) of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday announced a planned $15 billion investment in the oil and gas sector.

The 2nd East African Community (EAC) investment conference kicks off today in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The inaugural conference was held here last year in June during which participants agreed to hold an annual investors' summit in EAC capitals on

A major investment conference kicked off in Nairobi on Wednesday with private companies being challenged to drive economic growth in East Africa.

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has denied knowledge of the sale of Entebbe International Airport .

An investor has won the first round in a Sh465.5 million claim against Dyer & Blair Investment Bank and CFC Stanbic bank.