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West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Monday began crisis talks on Niger in the wake of a disputed election soon after a delegation from the troubled country arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja.
Health officials in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, have urged Nigerians not to panic following the detection of the first case of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, in the country. A nine-year old American girl in Lagos tested positive for swine flu infection.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China promised $10 billion in cheap loans to Africa, pledged to cut customs duties and distributed a newspaper with photos of Chinese leaders among beaming Africans, as part of an effort to fight claims it is exploiting the continent’s minerals.
The poorest countries continue to face very high food prices, even though prices have dropped elsewhere in the world.
ASA hopes to make African students feel more connected to MU.
Two major agricultural programs in Africa are partnering to bolster food security on the continent. They say African governments have to increase their investment in agriculture in order to combat the hazards caused by climate change.
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Ecobank Transnational Inc.’s Nigerian unit posted a third-quarter loss after setting aside 33.4 billion naira ($220.8 million) for losses from bad loans.
A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has concluded his testimony at his war crimes trial in The Hague. Prosecutors at the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone are expected to begin their cross-examination later Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors are seeking the harshest prison sentence ever handed out to a member of Congress.
After a four-week ocean journey to nowhere, Raimi was tired and disillusioned on return to Benin's port of Cotonou, which he had left in high hopes of reaching the oil "El Dorado" of central Africa: Equatorial Guinea.
Just back from Lagos, Nigeria, where I took part in the second African Media Leadership Forum, which brought together journalists from 46 African countries. New media play a powerful role on the continent, where traditional media face constant government restrictions, over 300 million Africans have cellphones, and locals are being trained to use texting and camera phone video to report from ...
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir has made a big show of defying a global arrest warrant against him, but in fact it has greatly curtailed his travel, as shown by his scrapping of trip to Istanbul.
A decade after Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north re-introduced strict Islamic Sharia law, the fervour has fizzled while disillusionment is becoming more strident about its patchy application.
Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Nov. 9. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed. Details about how to obtain tickets appear at the end.
LONDON (Dow Jones)--World 2009-10 coffee production may fall below 2008-09's estimated output of 128.1 million 60-kilogram bags, due to adverse weather in Brazil and Vietnam, the International Coffee Organization said Monday.
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