Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The National Livestock Directorate in the Mozambican Agriculture Ministry has lifted all restrictions on the imports of Zimbabwean livestock and animal products, reports the Maputo daily "Noticias". Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia and Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for financial assistance to the tune of 7. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's Nchanga Open Pit mine, which had a section wall collapse on men and equipment earlier this year, is to go into full production soon. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan authorities have begun talks with the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) on a proposed tax to be imposed on imported dairy products. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- More than 47 million US dollars is estimated to have been invested in oil exploration projects in Morocco in 2001, according to the kingdom's energy and mining minister, Mustapha Mansouri. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan authorities have finally put paid a plan to divest the government's 49 percent shares in Telkom Kenya Limited by terminating negotiations with the potential buyer, Mount Kenya Consortium. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Members of the Sudanese livestock exporters union are to export sheep worth 40 million dollars between 24 December this year to 30 March 2002. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin Posts and Telecommunication Board has digitalised over 2,000 telephone lines in Cotonou in a bid to make its network competitive. Full text...

Porto Novo- Benin (PANA) -- Computer hardware and software imported into Benin from 1 January to 31 December 2002 will be exempted from customs duty, according to a government bill on the 2002 fiscal tabled Monday in the National Assembly. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Though American consumers of Ethiopian beer like its quality and taste, they complain that its packaging is disgusting. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Canada will computerise the Central Bank of Congo under an agreement signed here between the two countries. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The head of Libya's oil Company, Abdelhafidh Zelithi met at the weekend in Tunis with the Tunisian Industry Minister Moncef Ben Abdellah, for talks aimed at strengthening energy co-operation between the two countries. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco Telecom is to invest 11. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Niger Customs Department is expecting earnings of 66. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The All-Share Index at the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) ended unchanged Monday in one of the poorest trading sessions yet, in which only 500 shares changed hands. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- A Libyan economic delegation, including investors in electrical appliances and maintenance products, is visiting Morocco. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Cote d'Ivoire and the World Bank have signed a 135 billion CFA francs (280 million US dollars) loan agreement, official sources in Abidjan disclosed over the weekend. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- An IMF assessment mission recently expressed satisfaction with the evolution of the Cape Verde economy, the local press reported this weekend. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Tourism operators in say they do not expect any growth in the sector this year. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Some 61 Sudanese companies will display goods in the Sudanese products exhibition in Asmara, Eritrea, in mid-January 2002, said Abdulgadir Fadl, the director of exhibitions in the foreign trade ministry, Sunday in Khartoum. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Bank of Mozambique's governor Adriano Maleiane on Friday said that 2001 had been a difficult financial year, just as 2000 had been, the national news agency AIM reported Saturday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Transactions of equities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) were bullish this week with a turnover of 119. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's state-owned electricity company NEPA said its power generation had hit an unprecedented 3,300 megawatts ahead of President Olusugun Obasanjo's deadline for uninterrupted electricity by 31 December 2001. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Moroccans living abroad transferred home 22. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco will host the first International Oil and Gas Show 7-10 April in Marrakech, the Moroccan Board of Oil Research and Exploitation said. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Total exports by Mauritius for the third quarter of 2001 increased by 25 percent compared to the previous quarter, and by 14 percent as compared to the corresponding quarter of 2000, the Central Statistical Office revealed Saturday in Port Louis. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Nairobi Stock Exchange ended the week 12. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's successful privatisation of its telecommunications sector, after several false starts, undoubtedly marked the highpoint of achievements of President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration in 2001. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- West African Ministers in charge of Infrastructure, Energy, Environment and Information Technology will meet in Dakar 8 January to propose projects under the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) initiative. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The All-Share Index, the main gauge of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), ended unchanged Friday as there was no price change and the poor run of the bourse continued. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- ECOWAS leaders ended their two-day 25th ordinary Summit in Dakar Friday after renewing their commitment to political and economic integration as well as the fostering of democracy and good governance within the sub-region. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's stock market Friday closed off the year on a depressed note, largely owing to investor jitters over an impending presidential election which has an important bearing on the country's economic future. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The five-nation West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), has deferred the choice of a new name for the currency to be used under the second monetary Zone, to be created in 2003 within ECOWAS. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's kwacha currency was holding out against the US dollar Friday as the Central Bank came to its rescue with the off-loading of a cache of one million dollars from its dealing window. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's prime producer of copper and cobalt, Konkola Copper Mines, has recorded a 15 percent fall in production of metal as a result of the decreased prices on the London Metal Exchange. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's state-owned oil company NNPC has signed two fresh Production Sharing Contracts (PSC), in furtherance of its new initiative in joint venture partnership in the development of the oil industry. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Following is the daily equities trading at the Nigerian Stock Exchange for Thursday, 20 December: 1st Tier Securities Sector/Company Value of Share AUTOMOBILE AND TYRE Dunlop Nig. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Heads of State of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) this week expressed concern over persistent non-tariff barriers to trade within the community. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Nairobi Stock Exchange slumped again, as the bench-mark 20-share index lost 24. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- A new banking firm named "Credit Lyonnais-Congo has been created to replace the privatised Congo international bank (BIDC) under an agreement. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's successful privatisation of its telecommunications sector, after several false starts, undoubtedly marked the highpoint of achievements of President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration in 2001. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Here are the daily equities that traded at the Nigerian Stock Exchange for Thursday when a total of 58. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The president of the African Business Roundtable (ABR), Bamanga Tukur, has urged ECOWAS member countries to implement the community's protocols designed to promote trade and economic development. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- China has granted Benin 1. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The rand currency this week tumbled to a new all time worst level against major currencies, sparking fears that South Africa will inevitably face interest rate hikes in the New Year. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Donors have affirmed to support Mauritania's poverty reduction strategies by making good financial pledges of 412 million US dollars for the next three years. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The European Union intends in January to provide the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with 108 million US dollars in aid within the framework of the National Indicative Programme (NIP), a EU special envoy in the Great Lakes region has confirmed in Kinshasa. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Cape Town's population of 3. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Growth of the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa region is to fall below three percent in 2001 as a direct result of 11 September attacks in the US, an official has said. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The US has contributed one million US dollars to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to enable it buy food for a growing number of refugees in Zambia. Full text...