Leaders commit to deepening economic integration
By Info | August 19, 2010
The two-day SADC Summit ended in Windhoek yesterday with regional leaders reaffirming their commitment to deepening economic integration and speedy implementation of the bloc’s programmes.
A communiqué issued at the end of the Summit attended by heads of state and government from 14 member countries renewed SADC leaders’ calls for integration placing emphasis on the urgency of implementing agreed programmes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Zambia: Bumper crop prospects raise spirits
By Info | April 8, 2010
Article from IRIN News, 1 April 2010
News of a bumper harvest could not have come at a better time in Zambia, where rising food and fuel prices have made it more and more difficult for John Banda, a taxi driver in the capital, Lusaka, to provide for himself and his family of four.
The Central Statistical Office said inflation had climbed from 9.8 percent to 10.2 percent, mainly on the back of rising food prices. Earlier in the year the government announced a 15 percent hike in petrol prices, soon after it slapped a 10 percent excise duty on diesel – huge shocks in a country where most people live on less than a dollar a day.
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