African economies up to the global challenge
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One feature of African LDCs is their high rates of return on foreigndirect investments, at around 13 per cent. UNCTAD says that investing inLDCs is a smart move. “Rates of return on foreign direct investment …are much higher than on investment in developed, or even otherdeveloping, countries.”
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Rebels lay down arms in Central African Republic
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More than 1,400 rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) have laiddown their arms in a demobilisation and disarmament process aimed atrestoring peace in the resource-rich nation wrecked by years ofinstability, authorities said on Friday.
The plan to gradually disarm a total of about 8,800 rebels operating insix different groups was announced by CAR president Francois Bozize inJune, with international backing.
“For this first phase, we have been able to disarm 1,439 former rebels,”Sylvestre Yangongo, himself a former rebel who now heads the ministryset up to oversee disarmament, told a ceremony marking the event.
Each former rebel will receive help with re-integration and a one-off25,000-CFA payment from the United Nations Development Programme andanother 100,000 CFA Francs from government, Mr Yangongo said.