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“Only the European Commission seems to have the audacity to claim otherwise.”

Central African countries have committed themselves to finalising an economic partnership agreement with the European Union by June this year. via AllAfrica.com

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is on a three-day official tour in West Africa, is expected here Monday, on a one-day visit to Togo, PANA learnt from diplomatic sources. via Panapress

Andre Balazs has a new toy to play with, and for once it's not a hotel project! The hot hotelier paid close to $5 million for this flat pack aluminum-and-steel house that once stood in Brazzaville, Congo. via HotelChatter

Danielle London, Your rating Click on a star to rate Evening Standard rating Reader rating Description: French architect Jean Prouve's prototype 1950s colonial West African house, constructed from from folded ... via This is London

Danielle London, The 2.5m flat-pack home you won't find at Ikea House-on-stilts: The conceptual Maison Tropicale Look here too The London galleries to watch More than two million people are set to visit one of ... via This is London

“What is certain is that these rebel forces were over by the Sudanese border”

French military aircraft have been patrolling the Chad-Sudan border to ensure there has been no interference in the fighting around N'Djamena. France's defence minister said it wanted to monitor "any ... via BBC

“We saw burnt tanks, burned out cars, people stealing vehicles, some people looting houses, people running with TVs on their heads.”

N'DJAMENA, Chad : African mediators are expected Tuesday in this oil-rich capital from where tens of thousands of people have fled as rebels renewed their most forceful attempt yet to oust President Idriss ... via International Herald Tribune

UK's Tullow Oil has sold its petroleum assets in the Congo Republic to raise capital to pursue its Uganda operations more aggressively, a statement released on Wednesday says. via AllAfrica.com

Tullow Oil plc announces the sale of its 11% interest in the onshore M'Boundi field in Congo to the Korea National Oil Company for a total cash consideration of $435 million. via Earth Times

Not many boot sales around yet so forced to dig deep into the archive for this one on the Flambeau label - Printed and designed in Nigeria it says but the music is very much the soukous we know and love from ... via Boot Sale Sounds

“We aim to become the biggest mobile phone company in the countries we are operating and eventually the whole Africa”

Several cellular service providers are expanding operations in Africa as a new mobile-phone manufacturing plant was announced in Zambia, sparking fresh hope that increasing competition will help bring down the ... via PC World

Given the huge development c hallenges Africa faces, the continent, more than any other region, needs a premier continental development bank, an Independent High Level Panel on the African Development Bank ... via Panapress

“The fear of the emergence of a pseudo-tribalism movement was the excuse for not to teach our language Banto alongside Portuguese and English. ”

The world is talking. Are you listening? Two new associations for journalists [FR] were founded in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo in an effort to maintain quality and ethics in the profession. via Global Voices Online

Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent Sunday January 20, 2008 The Observer From the steamy jungle of Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo to the January drizzle of London's South Bank comes a tropical ... via Guardian Unlimited

By Nic Long and Basildon Peta Kinshasa - Thousands of Congolese filed past the flag-draped coffin of their assassinated president, Laurent-Desire Kabila, on Monday to pay their last respects. via Independent Online

“Then we didn't have enough room for it at the Design Museum, so I called [Tate director] Nick Serota and asked him if he would have it instead. It has a great view of the Millennium Bridge and St Paul's.”

Ikea, eat your heart out The Thames is about to get a taste of west Africa. On February 5, a flat-pack house designed in 1951 by French engineer Jean Prouv is being relocated to a new spot in front of Tate ... via MediaGuardian.co.uk

“The president took two bullets, one in the back, another in the leg.”

Video and audio from the BBC News archive WWII and 1950-2005. This site is archived and no longer updated. via BBC