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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.
Look who just turned 150 – without looking a day over 10,000! August marked the anniversary of the discovery of petroleum in Pennsylvania – or, at least, of our recognition of its usefulness. Journalist Peter Maass uses the occasion to throw a massive bucket of water on the flames of ...
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, part of an effort to fight claims it is exploiting the continent’s resources.
CARY, N.C.----SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, is No.1 in Chartis Research’s prestigious RiskTech100TM rankings, an annual international listing of the top risk technology vendors.
After their weekend win over Manchester United, Chelsea is pulling ahead in the Premiership table but don’t go handing the silver to the Blues just yet because while they might have the best side could be dealt a blow by the African Cup of Nations. This and more from Soccer 365’s Andrew Rogers.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabian Oil Co. will supply more crude to refiners in Asia as rising prices threaten to hurt the world economic recovery.
Book review: Chinua Achebe returns, sort of, with a collection of essays about Africa
New report By African Science AcademiesThe lives of almost 4 million women, newborns, and children in sub-Saharan Africa could be saved every year if well-established, affordable health care interventions reached 90 percent of families, according to a joint report by the national science academies of seven African countries.
WASHINGTON----PCT Government Relations, LLC announced today that Charisse Espy Glassman, former senior advisor on the House Foreign Relations Committee, has joined PCT Government Relations as Vice President to launch its Energy and Sustainability Practice.
Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying Honduras' top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed, police said Sunday.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Vodacom Group Ltd. , the largest provider of mobile-phone services to South Africans, will spend 1 billion rand ($134 million) less than planned in Africa in the next six months as sales in Tanzania and Mozambique slow.
It took the Information Systems Department for Howard County about 30 minutes to determine an e-mail requesting information from county employees was a phishing expedition.
SYLVA — WestCare Health System is holding an open house welcoming Dr. Olufemi Babalola, board certified surgeon, and Tiffany Councill, board certified nurse practitioner, 4-6 p.m. Thursday at Mountain Valley Surgery.
A century ago, West Africa's giraffes numbered in the thousands, with their habitat spanning from Chad to Senegal's Atlantic Ocean coast. By the earliest 21st century, their habitat had shrunk to a small area barely 150 miles long. By 1996, the number of giraffes had dwindled down to just 50.However, instead of disappearing, as many had feared, the giraffes have miraculously sprung back from the ...
Think Charley Rosen's scouting reports aren't worth much this early? As questions mount in Cleveland, he certainly thinks otherwise.
Astonishing footage from World War II on the Smithsonian Channel, Cape Verde's Billie Holiday on CD, 'Sesame Street' at 40, and more.
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