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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 7:05 pm ET
Human rights are increasingly under threat in China, according to a British firm which analyses dangers for business worldwide, while also describing risks in Russia, Nigeria and India as extreme.
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 10:33 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria should extend its investigation of the banking industry to include the country’s stock exchange, central bank and securities and exchange commission, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi said at a conference in the nation’s capital, Abuja, today.
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The Huffington Post - Tue Dec 8, 7:13 pm ET
Earlier this year, President Obama went to Africa and issued this simple statement: "Africa's future is up to Africans." He highlighted the power of Christians and Muslims in Nigeria working side-by-side to end malaria.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 12:41 pm ET
An arrest warrant issued by the Nigerian police against the popular reformer Nasir El-Rufai has been denounced by his lawyer as "groundless" and "part of a campaign of intimidation."
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Time Magazine - 19 minutes ago
Why are western donors funding AIDS efforts in a country set to introduce a law that would execute people found guilty of "aggravated homosexuality"?
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AP via Yahoo! News - 47 minutes ago
The tip came from another country's law enforcement officials: Eight major banks in the U.S. were being targeted by cybercriminals operating there.
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CNN - 2 hours 6 minutes ago
A cascade of trumpets, rolling of drums and a raucous chorus from a small army of young men and women painted in Ghana's green and yellow colors.
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New York Times - 2 hours 39 minutes ago
A partnership of nations informally known as the “Gas OPEC” has elected a Russian as its first chief, underscoring the role that Russia will have in the group it helped found.
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Foreign Policy Blogs - Wed Dec 9, 12:03 am ET
A new story today by the BBC details the growing problem of police violence in Nigeria. The morgue at the Nigeria University Teaching Hospital overflows with bodies brought in by police, often unnamed but reported to be suspected criminals, such as armed robbers or thieves. In some cases, that may be the case but in [...]
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Sports Illustrated - Wed Dec 9, 1:34 pm ET
The United Arab Emirates' desire to host the FIFA Club World Cup -- which it is doing this year and next -- needs to be put into a wider sporting context to be fully understood.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 6:07 am ET
A Nigerian court on Friday again deferred a ruling to December 17 in the trial of a former governor of oil-rich Delta State accused of stealing millions of dollars during his tenure.
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USA Today - Wed Dec 9, 12:22 pm ET
At the climate summit taking place here, nobody's a bigger celebrity than the delegation from the tiny island nation of Tuvalu.
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 6:03 am ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, a Nigerian lender, was raised to “buy” from “neutral” at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Guaranty’s price objective was set at 18 naira, offering 17% upside potential, BofA Merrill Lynch research analysts John Storey wrote in a note today.
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CNN Money - Wed Dec 9, 7:25 am ET
Prices slide more than 2% as growing stockpiles of refined products raise concerns about weak energy demand.
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Orange County Register - Fri Dec 4, 8:30 pm ET
LAGUNA WOODS -Jackie Reed knew about the Nigerian letter scam where a foreign email asks for money—but she didn't know she was unknowingly participating in it. Reed discovered on Friday an email had been sent from her own account to more than 100...