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Sierra Leone seeks to move on from troubled past

Sierra Leone remains stuck in poverty in the wake of a catastrophic civil war. However, the west African country has great potential for foreign investment, says its trade and industry minister David Carew

India considers FDI ban in local tobacco industry

India could be set to serve a stunning blow to the foreign tobacco sector by banning companies such as Japan Tobacco, the Altria Group and British American Tobacco (BAT) from investing in the country, therefore providing a boon for India-based ITC Limited.

Food for thought

There is a growing trend to improve national food security by investing in foreign farmlands. But will it actually work, or does it raise a whole new range of social and political risks, asks Adrian Lewers of Lloyd’s insurer Beazley.

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