Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has addressed the country's key business leaders and economic officials at a New Year gathering. Abe stressed the importance of revitalizing the Japanese economy and he outlined the policies he hopes will achieve tha...
Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana is due to return home Saturday from exile in South Africa despite a warrant for his immediate arrest. It has been almost two years since a coup d'etat and ensuing political standoff sparked an economic...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 12 July 2007 Zimbabwe's few surviving manufacturers servicing the retail sector are starting to close down or reduce their work week even further as the economy dramatically contracts. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that...
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 03 May 2007 Businessmen in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, began handing over their weapons to the transitional government on Thursday, following an agreement by the government to protect the business community and its properti...
