Representatives from diamond producing and trading countries, as well as the diamond industry, began a meeting in the Swiss town of Interlaken on Monday in an attempt to stop ”blood” diamonds reaching world markets, Swiss officials said.
Only one of the two giant Bamiyan Buddhas blown up by the Taliban is to rebuilt.
Deutsche Bank, the biggest bank in Germany, is in preliminary talks with Swiss counterpart Credit Suisse Group over a possible merger.
Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that a move to replace the troubled afghani currency with new bank notes showed the government’s commitment to the independence of the central
bank.
Emergency medical teams are preparing to travel to Afghanistan to treat what appears to be a lethal Ebola-like disease.
Sweden has pledged -million (14,8-million euros) for rural agricultural development in Mozambique over the next three years.
The Congress of SA Trade Unions’ has accused the government of conducting a propaganda campaign against it after President Thabo Mbeki expressed concern that the trade union federation failed to attend a meeting on Friday.
The Organization of African Unity (OAU) Secretary General, Amara Essy, pledged on Thursday to make greater efforts to help African refugees.
Small opposition parties in Mozambique have complained that they are being deliberately squeezed from parliament by the country’s two major political forces.
KirchMedia, the insolvent arm of the collapsed Kirch media empire, could be carved up and sold off in bits rather than in one piece as originally planned.