News About Africa 20-NOV-09 en-us Harare (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 - Zimbabwe's government and a Chinese investment company have signed an eight billion dollars investment deal, the biggest since the unity government was set up, state media reported on Thursday.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 - The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that South African "military instructors" are training militiamen backed by the ruling junta in Guinea, a US official said Thursday.]]> Seoul (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - More than 100 top African politicians and officials are to travel to South Korea to discuss working together on economic development and the environment, the government here said Wednesday.]]> Nairobi, Kenya (UPI) Nov 17, 2009 - Kenya could be dragged into the conflict on Somalia after Islamist militants, allegedly linked to al-Qaida, threatened to attack the East African state if it continued to support the Western-backed Transitional Federal Government in war-battered Mogadishu.]]> Dakar (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 - South African and Israeli army instructors, hired by the ruling Guinea junta, are training pro-junta recruits in a camp in Forecariah (100 kilometres, 62 miles south of Conakry), witnesses said Monday.]]> Rome (UPI) Nov 12, 2009 - Fifty heads of state will meet in Rome Sunday to examine the way that rich Middle Eastern and Asian states are buying up vast tracts of farmland in Africa, often secretly, in what is seen as a massive land grab that will worsen conditions in the world's hungriest continent.]]> Maputo (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 - Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza won a landslide re-election with 75 percent of the vote, election officials said Wednesday.]]> Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 - China's pledge of 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African states and enhanced trade was warmly received by African delegates as a two-day summit in Egypt ended on Monday.]]> Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 - African foreign ministers on Monday welcomed a pledge by China to offer the continent 10 billion dollars in concessional loans, but said regional cooperation was also vital.]]> Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2009 - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opened in Egypt on Sunday.]]>