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China to give Africa $10 billion in loans: Wen (AFP)

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- pictured at the opening session of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh -- has pledged to give African countries $10 billion in concessional loans.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)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.





China to boost aid to Africa as ties blossom (Reuters)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt at in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - 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.





W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)

In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered giraffe subspecies stands in the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts, they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers have quadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boon experts credit to the concurrence of an impoverished government keen for revenue that has enacted laws to protected them, a conservation program that encourages people to support them, and a rare harmony with humans who have accepted their presence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)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.





Chinese premier: Africa trade push is 'selfless' (AP)

Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt''s Sharm el Sheik Resort Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo)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.





AU keeps Madagascar suspension despite new deal (Reuters)

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina attends a meeting with ousted president Marc Ravalomanana (not in the picture) in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Irada HumbatovaReuters - 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.





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)

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -- pictured giving a speech at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo -- has sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)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.





Egypt's first envoy to Iraq since 2005 arrives (AFP)

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Ghiet (R) shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in Cairo after signing a diplomatic agreement. 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.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)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.





China offers Africa more trade, investment (AP)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)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.





Muir reeling after Springboks defeat (AFP)

Australia's Berrick Barnes (left) snatches the ball away from South Africa's Adi Jacobs during the rugby union Tri-Nations test match against in Brisbane in September. South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir has admitted he has never seen such a poor performance from a Springbok front five as the world champions went down to a shock defeat to Leicester.(AFP/File/Eddie Safarik)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.





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