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  • July 2008

    • Zambia Denies Reports That Prez Is Dead

      AFP  |  Jul 3, 08 9:35 AM CDT

      Zambia Denies Reports That Prez Is Dead

      (Newser) - Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa is resting comfortably in a Paris hospital, said a government spokesman today, denying "malicious" widespread reports that the leader had died after suffering his second stroke in 2 years ahead of an African Union summit. Mwanawasa "is responding well to treatment. He has made steady progress," said the spokesman. More »

  • June 2008
  • April 2008

    • Zimbabwe Arms Ship Heads Back to China

      New York Times  |  Apr 24, 08 8:33 AM CDT

      Zimbabwe Arms Ship Heads Back to China

      (Newser) - A Chinese ship with a cargo of arms and ammunition bound for Zimbabwe will indeed head back to China, the Chinese foreign ministry confirmed today, after Zimbabwe's neighbors refused to let the vessel dock. The decision is a victory for the coalition of trade unionists, religious leaders, and Western diplomats who united to block the armaments' delivery, reports the New York Times . More »

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      China  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • South Africa  • Zambia  • arms exports  • arms  • Levy Mwanawasa

  • August 2007

    • China's Africa Aid Has a Price

      New York Times  |  Aug 21, 07 8:49 AM CDT

      China's Africa Aid Has a Price

      (Newser) - As China increases its economic investment in Africa, locals are finding that the benefits of increased trade with the East comes at a price. In the third of a series of articles in the New York Times , workers at a Zambian factory describe how Chinese imports have undercut their market and driven them out of business. More »

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      China  • Africa  • globalization  • trade  • Hu Jintao  • Zambia

    • Chinese Seek Fortune in Africa

      International Herald Tribune  |  Aug 17, 07 3:22 PM CDT

      Chinese Seek Fortune in Africa

      (Newser) - A growing number of poor Chinese are flocking to Africa, hoping to cash in on the destitute continent’s infinite growth potential. China is building factories in eastern Africa, and trade between the two burgeoning economies ballooned to $55 billion last year. The eastern entrepreneurs are diving into every sector of the African market—from diamonds to ice cream—but oil is particularly piquing their interest. More »

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      China  • oil  • Africa  • World Bank  • trade  • Chad  • Tanzania  • Zambia  • mineral resources

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