South Africa has laid a solid foundation as G20 chair, undeterred by the US’s disruptions
Nancy Karigithu is one of seven contenders pitching for the top job at the International Maritime Organisation
Southern African countries push to resume ivory trade in government stockpiles, while other African proposals seek to protect hippos
Southern African countries push to resume ivory trade in government stockpiles, while other African proposals seek to protect hippos
The rout was the first time England have scored more than four goals at a World Cup finals since winning the tournament in 1966
Unable to migrate and not enough time to adapt to climate change, the Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog is extinct.
Tax authorities globally are closing in on tax evasion and tax avoidance structures.
Panama’s ex-strongman Manuel Noriega on looks set return home — and go straight into custody there — after more than two decades in foreign prisons.
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/ 20 December 2010
Somali pirates on two skiffs seized the Panama-flagged merchant ship MV ORNA after firing small arms and rocket-propelled grenades at the vessel.
Rising seas from global warming, coming after years of coral reef destruction, are forcing thousands of Panamanians to leave their ancestral homes.
A French court on Wednesday sentenced Panama’s former dictator, Manuel Noriega, to seven years in jail for laundering drug money.
Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator extradited from the United States to France, is to be detained in one of Paris’s most famous prisons.
The United States extradited former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega to France on Monday to face money-laundering charges.
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/ 27 September 2008
Panama City used to be somewhere people travelled through, not to, Vicky Baker reports.
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/ 23 October 2006
Panamanians have overwhelmingly approved a ,25-billion plan to widen their transcontinental canal, a project that will allow the world’s biggest ships to sail between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. About 80% of the gross domestic product of Panama, with a population of three million, is linked directly or indirectly to canal activity.
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/ 22 October 2006
Voters headed to the polls on Sunday for a referendum on a ,25-billion plan to widen the Panama Canal, a strategic waterway whose main users are the United States, China and Japan. Proponents say the canal, through which roughly 4% of world trade flows, badly needs an overhaul to remain competitive against other maritime routes.