Kofi Annan News
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The Democratic Republic of Congo lost out on about $1.4 billion in revenue by selling undervalued copper and cobalt deposits now controlled by Glencore Xstrata Plc and Eurasian Natural Resources Corp., a group led by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.
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African governments must do more to spread the spoils of a resources boom that threatens to generate jobless growth and widen inequality, according to the Africa Progress Panel, led by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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When Eleni Gabre-Madhin climbed onto a cafeteria table as a junior at Cornell University almost 30 years ago and begged students to end the tradition of dinnertime food fights, she was mocked.
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BSG Resources Ltd., a company controlled by Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz, is suing its former communications adviser FTI Consulting LLP over what it said was a campaign linked to George Soros seeking to strip BSGR of rights to an iron ore project.
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Any effort by Cyprus to extract and sell gas while disregarding claims of Turkey and the island’s Turkish community is “not only unfair but also impossible,” Turkey’s finance minister said.
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Russia urged Syria to accelerate a troop pullout scheduled to be completed today under a United Nations plan, as the Middle Eastern state demanded guarantees about the opposition’s commitment to the peace efforts.
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United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan said he held “very candid” talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on reviving his three-month old cease-fire.
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The financial crisis in Cyprus is an historic opportunity for Turkey to win peace and bolster its European Union accession bid by offering a bailout, Standard Bank Group’s chief emerging-market economist said.
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Hope is fading among world leaders and United Nations peace brokers that a failing cease-fire accord in Syria will end a conflict sliding toward civil war.
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Kofi Annan is heading to Syria to seek a political solution that the opposition says isn’t possible.
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