Zimbabwe introduces 100-billion-dollar note

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday.

Feeding Africa: Key is better farms, not food aid

AWASH MELKASA, Ethiopia - Hussein Ibrahim walked solemnly past tidy rows of bright green cabbages, vines bursting with tomatoes and trees weighed down with plump avocados.

Sudan's Beshir can't be arrested: South Africa

PRETORIA (AFP) - An international arrest warrant sought against Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir over allegations he masterminded genocide in Darfur is never going to be implemented, South Africa said Tuesday.

Prosecutor seeks to charge Sudan's president - 14 July 08

 

Thousands rally in Sudan against ICC move

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters chanting "Down, Down USA!" rallied in Khartoum on Sunday after reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may seek the arrest of Sudan's president for alleged war crimes.