WASHINGTON – Facebook has acquired social startup SportStream, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. Backed by business magnate Paul Allen and launched in June...
NEW YORK – Nelson Mandela, the former South African leader and human rights activist who died earlier this month, was the world’s top trending search on...
KAMPALA – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the first review of Uganda’s economic performance under the program supported by the...
BRAZZAVILLE – The BUILD Africa Forum is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the Institute for Infrastructure Studies (I.I.S.), a leading infrastructure think-tank based in...
ABUJA – The Nigerian Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says $25 billion of the alleged unremitted $49.8 billion by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...
NEW YORK – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui and the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama...
TUNIS – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved an African Development Fund (ADF) Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) program of US...
LAGOS – Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained the positive trend on Wednesday with the market indicators appreciating further by 0.65 per cent following...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks opened higher as investors waited to see whether the Federal Reserve would decide to maintain the current pace of its bond-buying...
LONDON -PetroChina Co., China’s biggest oil and gas producer, is set to receive a liquefied natural gas spot cargo from Nigeria today, ship-tracking data show. The...
