LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON FTW ONLINE

Namibia-Botswana
railway project
While no financial
institutions have shown
interest in funding the
1 500-kilometre Trans
Kalahari Railway Project,
Namibia and Botswana have
taken the first step by setting
up an office in Windhoek.
Africa’s ‘sleeping
giants’ could fuel Irish
trade growth
Fast-growing emerging
markets in sub-Saharan
Africa are fuelling a surge
in trade between Ireland
and Africa, says United
Kingdom-based global
banking group, Barclays.
Borders closed
following Burkina
Faso coup
Burkina Faso’s borders
were still closed and a strict
curfew was still in place on
Friday following a military
coup d’etat during a cabinet
meeting last Wednesday.
Government considers
biometrics for visitors
Government is considering
taking visitors’ biometrics
on arrival but wholesale
changes to South Africa’s
immigration regulations are
unlikely.
CGA suspends citrus
exports to EU
Last Monday the Citrus
Growers’ Association took
a decision to recommend
that the Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries proactively suspend
the export of citrus fruit to
the European Union.