Tag: trade

Countries voted overwhelmingly to regulate international trade in giraffe and body parts, overcoming objections by southern African states and drawing praise from conservationists. The...

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet expressed outrage at comments by Burundi's ambassador in New York comparing the chairman of a UN...

Nigeria's main unions started an indefinite nationwide strike over the minimum wage, after talks with government broke down, the leader of an...

Britain is committed to free trade with Kenya after it leaves the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa May said on a...

In spite of a ban, illegal ivory trading still flourishes in the European Union, as traders use a loophole allowing exchange of...

South Africa has become one of the biggest markets for illegal cigarette sales and loses out on seven billion rand a year...

According to the Small Arms Trade Barometer's last survey the international trade in small arms in worth "at least $ 6 billion"...

China's trade with African countries rose nearly 20% in the first quarter from a year earlier, while its direct investment in the...

Taiwan has objected to a Nigerian request to the island nation to relocate its representative office in the African country, a request...

South Africa's Kruger National Park is littered in places with the trunks of trees uprooted and stripped of bark by a surging...

Botswana, home to the world's largest elephant population, will break ranks with its southern African neighbours and not support bids at an...

A Nigerian government push to strangle the Boko Haram insurgency has shut down the cattle trade that sustained the city of Maiduguri,...

Eighteen countries, including the United States, have signed a new treaty regulating international trade in conventional arms on the sidelines of the...

It's an open secret neither the Defence Ministry nor the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is in favour of trade unions...

I have often pondered whether South Africa is indeed the "gateway to Africa" we like to imagine we are. My conclusion is...

The European Union expects to sign a cargo security pact with the United States on Tuesday to help persuade the U.S. Congress...

Standing by his truckful of onions at the bustling Nile port of Kosti, Sudanese trader Omar Sheikh hopes shipping his goods to...

The African regional trade bloc Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is considering issuing a regional infrastructure bond and is...

Border delays and the absence of enforceable means to settle disputes and promote integration are hindering the opening up of trade in...

South African President Jacob Zuma launched Africa's biggest free trade bloc aimed at enhancing cooperation between 26 nations to boost economies in...

Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Odein Ajumogobia, says the European Union (EU) proposed reform of border posts of five of the 15 member...

The East African Community (EAC) trade bloc and the European Union have set November as the new deadline for signing a trade...

Trade finance, vital to keep the wheels of international trade turning, remains a concern for poor countries in Africa and other regions,...

Racketeering by "mafia" police and soldiers at roadblocks in Ivory Coast has hiked transport prices to amongst the world's highest and costs...

The European Union yesterday urged the five members of the East African Community to sign a long-delayed trade deal with the EU...

Zambia and Zimbabwe's new one-stop border post will help to facilitate trade between the two countries and save about $486 million a...