Paris, France: Due to the fact that China is becoming more aggressively dominant as a big player in nearly every business sector of the continent, rifts with other non-African nations doing business in Africa occur more frequently. (Article: China, Driver of African Busines by capitaleritrea).

The latest trade battle is fought by China against the Netherlands. Both Nations compete for the African Textile Industry, with the Netherlands owning the “Grand Fathers Rights” as an old and long established trade nation of textile in Africa. The Dutch side claims that China and its “workerholics” are flooding the African market with cheap, low quality copies of designer brands and textile articles. The industrial nations have increased interests in Africa as the continent is promissing substantianl economical growth in the coming years. How this will impact Africa itself relys on how the African are gowing to deal with it and how the Afrcans can minimise the risk of being exploited by hungry nations outside Africa. read more:

London, England: According to a Reuters report; British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is going to meet African Leaders ahead of the London G20 summit in April. Quoting the spokesman of Gordon Brown at least over 20 African Leaders will attend. The meeting should address the concerns of Africa that poorer countries might be left out of the measures to be taken to address the recession. Gordon Brown states; the commitment to the developing world should be kept - a “real stimulus” involves any country in the world.

There is a wide spread fear amongst developing countries, that the willingness of wealthier nations to boost aid might go down. The concern seems to be not unfounded according to an estimate given by Action Aid. In an article from the BBC, Action Aid states the loss of aid and export earnings will be $27bn out of a total of $49bn, which African economies will lose by the end of the year due to the recession.

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: The movie tells the story of a young man, who leaves his African small town in order to study in Germany. When he returns to his home village in Africa after several years, he comes back as a changed man. The story is said to underline the fact that many Africans do not draw lessons from the racism they experienced abroad when returning to Africa. read more:

Mugabe addressed the nation at a mourning ceremony for the wife of former opposition leader and new prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe . The question is: ‘Why has Africa to go through blood shed, suffering and brother killing until all meet again at the end united at a funeral? This is not meant to be ironical nor disrespecting the mourning of a husband and a nation. No, it is rather the frustration and disbelieve, of how far the ego of humankind can get, in order to cause pain. read more:

Millions of Africans could be pushed back into poverty and conflict as a result of the global financial crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. read more: