All Africa (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf arrived in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Saturday, to participate in the opening ceremony of the 4th Ministerial Conference of China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), taking place on 8-9 November. The President will address the Conference on Sunday, and hold bilateral talks with Egyptian President Hosny Moubarak, FOCAC Co-Chair and host of this year's Conference, before returning...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The 4th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be convened next week in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, some African heads of state, Premier Wen Jiabao of China, the Chairman of the AU Commission and the UN Secretary-General will attend the opening ceremony of the conference. Two ministers of the FOCAC member states will be invited to...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Mugabe yesterday left for Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to join other Heads of State and Government attending the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation, where the leaders will review progress made in strengthening Sino-Africa ties since the 2006 Beijing Summit.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT -- Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10 billion in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and has defended his country's engagement on the continent against accusations that it is "plundering" the region's oil and minerals.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
EGYPT - President Paul Kagame yesterday addressed the opening ceremony of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 4th Ministerial Conference of FOCAC opened in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged 10 billion dollars in new loans to African nations for the development of infrastructure and social programs. He made the announcement at the start of the fourth ministerial meetin...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged 10 billion dollars in new loans to African nations for the development of infrastructure and social programs. He made the announcement at the start of the fourth ministerial meetin...
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
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. "We will help Africa build up its financing capabilities... we will provide 10 billion US dollars for Africa in concessional loans," Wen said at the start of the forum in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh....
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (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.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- China's premier says Beijing will provide $10 billion in new loans to African nations over the next three years and has outlined a plan to cancel government debts for some of the poorest of those countries.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West.
Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
England's Jenny Duncalf beat Egypt's Omnia Abdel-Qawi to claim the Women's International Soho Square Squash Championship in Sharm El-Sheikh, Inas Mazhar reports
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on the invitation of the Government of China, is this weekend joining a select number of African Heads of State to participate in the opening session of the fourth Ministerial Conference of a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled to take place in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from November 8-9.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao headed to Egypt on Friday for a summit with African leaders as Beijing bids to expand its diplomatic and economic influence on the resource-rich continent. Wen will hold talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif before the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation begins on Sunday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Chinese companies have been...
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