News Source: Inter Press Service
| 14 days ago
Brushing off accusations that its investment is denuding Africa of precious natural resources, China has pledged "going all-out" to help African countries overcome poverty and fight new threats like climate change. Beijing on Monday offered full...
News Source: BBC
| 14 days ago
Add to that the significant sums of financial aid and direct investment that are on offer and you can see why the representatives of the 50 African states who have travelled to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh are extremely keen to hear what...
News Source: All Africa
| 14 days ago
China Pledges U.S.$10 Billion in Aid to Continent 8 November 2009 Africa will receive $10 billion in concessional loans from China over the next three years. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao pledged the money at the 4th ministerial conference of the Sino-...
News Source: The Age
| 14 days ago
African nations by promising more than $US10 billion ($A10.8 billion) in loans for development at a high-profile summit in Egypt. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced the preferential loans for infrastructure and social programs at the weekend...
News Source: The Globe & Mail
| 14 days ago
C hina's focus on agriculture and infrastructure development in Africa aims to help the poverty-ravaged continent achieve economic independence, its commerce minister said Monday, stepping up a push by the Asian giant to battle criticism it was...
News Source: All Africa
| 14 days ago
Supporting Global Health 6 November 2009 Washington, DC — "Overall, we call for a doubling of U.S. aid to global health from nearly $8 billion a year to $16 billion by 2011. A six-year scale up of a sufficiently resourced initiative would total $...