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The new $300 million Aceria de Angola steel mill is the first mass-producing steel factory in Angola — and the largest in West and Central Africa. Angolans desperately need it.

Arrest warrants in the bribery scheme at the oil company are part of an investigation known as Operation Black Blood.

Some economies, such as Ghana, South Africa and Angola — with ballooning debt and high exposure to global markets — will be most vulnerable to the Fed's rate hike, analysts said.

Angola, which is ruled by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has been faulted in the past for violating basic rights to those who speak out against government oppression and intimidation.

Ghana’s Air Force is close to concluding predelivery negotiations with Brazil's Embraer Defense to acquire additional Super Tucano turboprop-powered aircraft.

The trip, during which the Chinese president will co-chair a summit with African nations, comes at a time when the Asian giant's investment in the continent is dropping.

With COP21 set to begin in Paris, representatives from less developed countries worry that their needs will be ignored in the hunt for a deal.

Angola's kwanza has weakened around 30 percent officially this year and far more on the parallel market as subdued oil prices hit Africa's second largest crude exporter.

With Iran set to join the global oil market in coming months, experts worry prices will remain low amid a market oversupply.

The third India-Africa Forum Summit kicked off in New Delhi Monday, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to highlight the nation's “strong emotional link” with Africa.

Maersk Oil's latest move would take the total number of job cuts at the company to 1,250 this year, and help reduce expenses by 20 percent by the end of 2016.

Cuba sent troops to Africa in support of leftist governments in Angola and Ethiopia in the 1970s and 1980s.

Angola, the second-biggest crude producer in Africa, has borrowed $6 billion from Chinese sources, despite China's financial troubles and a global oil glut.

Russia, Angola and Venezuela have delayed U.S.-proposed sanctions against a South Sudanese general and rebel leader.

"This is just a harbinger of things to come," one analyst said. "African currencies are becoming extremely volatile."

Each team has the use of four tanks and must employ military tactics and navigation to outmaneuver teams from the other nations.

The Moskva missile cruiser fired a Fort antiaircraft missile, which hit a target, simulating a surface vessel.

The beloved late Princess of Wales would have been 54.

It's the first time in at least four years that Saudi Arabia has lost its spot as the largest crude oil supplier to India.

The 2009 United Nations sanctions were implemented after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test.

While some investors are dubious about Africa's political problems, its economic future remains bright, Ernst & Young analysts say.