Opposition leader wins presidency in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana - Opposition leader John Atta Mills was declared Ghana's next president Saturday in a peaceful ballot that secured the West African nation's place as a beacon of democracy on a volatile continent. China, Africa set up new partnership, sign trade deals
China and Africa have signed trade deals worth 1.9 billion dollars on the final day of a historic summit that saw the Asian giant deepen economic and political ties with the resource-rich continent. China's Hu pledges loans, aid to Africa
China will offer $5 billion in loans and credits, and double aid to Africa by 2009, President Hu Jintao said on Saturday, seeking to bolster his country's influence in the under-developed but resource-rich continent.
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