China to boost aid to Africa as ties blossom (Reuters)
W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)
Chinese premier: Africa trade push is 'selfless' (AP)
AU keeps Madagascar suspension despite new deal (Reuters)
Madagascar political rivals reach government deal (AP) AP - Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an African Union statement said. China PM reaches out to Muslims in Cairo speech (AFP)
Egypt's first envoy to Iraq since 2005 arrives (AFP)
China offers Africa more trade, investment (AP)
Muir reeling after Springboks defeat (AFP)
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AFP - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opened in Egypt on Sunday.
Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered Africa $10 billion in concessional loans over the next three years on Sunday, saying China was a "true and trusted friend" of the continent and its people.
AP - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.
AP - China's premier stressed Saturday that his country's push to boost already burgeoning trade ties with Africa was "sincere and selfless," as the Asian powerhouse battled criticism its quest for natural resources was at the expense of the poverty-ravaged continent.
Reuters - The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline.
AFP - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiaobao sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them in Cairo on Saturday, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.
AFP - Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country since its charge d'affaires was killed in 2005.
AP - China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.
AFP - South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir admitted he had never seen such a poor performance from a Springbok front five as the world champions went down to a shock defeat to Leicester.
