AngloGold Ashanti revises Q1 output upwards

South Africa's largest gold producer Anglogold Ashanti on Friday revised and increased its production outlook by 8% for the first quarter, and forecast production of about 1,19-million ounces.
http://www.miningweekly.co.za/article.php?a_id=130619

Canadian oil firm signs contract with Cameroon

Canada's Addax Petroleum Corp. has signed a production sharing contract with Cameroon to explore an offshore license area near the Nigerian border in the Gulf of Guinea, the two parties said on Friday.
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=130638

West African migrants bailed

A new program aimed at engaging West African women migrants in the development of their countries has been launched in Italy.Bankrolled by the Italian government, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) brainchild dubbed Migrant Women for Development in Africa (W-MIDA) builds on IOM's existing efforts to involve African migrants in the development of their countries of origin through investment and business creation.
http://www.afrol.com/articles/28458

Mugabe demands vote recount as 'war veterans' arm for battle

Zimbabwe's ruling party has demanded a recount of votes in the country's presidential election, a move dismissed by the opposition as a tactic calculated to buy more time for Robert Mugabe as he arms his militant supporters for a "war" aimed at winning any run-off vote.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/mugabe-demands-vote-recount-
as-war-veterans-arm-for-battle-805403.html

Kenya's cabinet branded 'wasteful'

Kenyan newspapers have criticised the size of the new coalition cabinet, saying 40 ministers was a waste of money in a country where many live in poverty.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A5468D1F-5711-458D-AFD2-9BFBE3F43586.htm

Can world afford global warming fight?

With global markets in turmoil and the U.S. threatened by recession, negotiators at a climate change conference are asking: can nations afford to make rapid cuts in emissions to fight global warming without going into an economic tailspin?
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8VQDQQO0.htm

A costly thirst

Slum-dwellers in Dar es Salaam pay the equivalent of £4 ($8, €5) for 1,000 litres of water, bought over time and by the canister. In the same Tanzanian city, wealthier households connected to the municipal supply receive that amount for just 17p. In the UK, the same volume of tap water costs 81p and in the US it is as low as 34p.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c12a800-0197-11dd-a323-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1