AllAfrica News: Trade

[This Day] The Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE), has secured a licence from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to facilitate the trading and clearing of petroleum liquids, in a development expected to deepen price discovery, transparency and investment in Nigeria's energy market.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola and Morocco made further progress on Tuesday (11) in Rabat on the process of creating the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an initiative aimed at strengthening economic and commercial ties between the two countries.

[Bird Story Agency] Africa grows plenty of cotton. It just does not make much of it into clothes. A new $5 billion plan aims to change that, turning a scattered collection of cotton producers into a regional textile industry.

[Bird Story Agency] In a farming settlement in southern Zambia, families use income from a drought-resilient crop to buy uniforms and books, meet college costs and put food on the table. Farmers say better seed, stronger prices and faster payments could help more rural households do the same.

[The Conversation Africa] Conflicts in Africa vary in scope and intensity. They range from large-scale civil wars to territorial disputes, localised insurgencies, inter-communal violence, political instability, armed conflict and terrorism. The continent has earned the reputation of being the world's bloodiest.