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Zambia Denies Reports That Prez Is Dead

'Responding well;' Mugabe critic collapsed ahead of AU summit

AFP AFP Jul 3, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(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 »

 Africa Braces for
 Zimbabwe Refugees 

With Mugabe looking ready to hold on to power at all costs, exodus is expected

Times (UK) Times (UK) Jun 21, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's neighbors are preparing for a flood of refugees after next week's election, the London Times reports. About 3 million have already fled Robert Mugabe's regime to South Africa, Zambia, and Botswana. As it becomes increasingly clear that Mugabe will not give up power even if he loses the election, it is feared that millions more will soon be driven out. More »

 Zimbabwe Arms Ship
 Heads Back to China 

South African dock workers refuse to unload Chinese tanker

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

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

China's Africa Aid Has a Price

Manufacturing suffers on the continent as Asian imports flood
the market

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

More about:  China • Africa • globalization • trade • Hu Jintao • Zambia

Chinese Seek Fortune in Africa

To satisfy country's thirst for oil, emigrants strike it rich out west

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

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

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