The UN body with the power to ban trade in endangered animals and plants starts a triennial meeting in Doha on Saturday with bluefin tuna, African elephants and polar bears on the docket. Among the 41 proposals on the table, one put forward by Tanzania and Zambia would seek to reopen trade in ivory, currently [...]

Three suitors have submitted binding offers to buy majority control of Zambia’s fixed-line phone company, the Zambia Development Agency said Friday. Indiaa’s Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. withdrew after further due diligence after the first round of bids were received in late December. That leaves Libya's LAP Greencom Ltd. together with LAP Green Networks, Angola's Unitel [...]