GENEVA – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned about the humanitarian consequences of recent fighting in northern Mali. Twenty people injured in...
NEW YORK – Today Royal Dutch Shell plc announced it has agreed to sell its 100 percent working interest in approximately 106,000 net acres in Dimmit,...
HONG KONG – China has banned the use of Windows 8 on all government computers, according to a notice published Tuesday on the website of the...
HARARE – Climate change occasioned by severe weather and extreme climate events is exacerbating multiple stresses such as food insecurity and spread of diseases in Africa....
BANGKOK — Foreign investors are on high alert after the Thai military’s declaration of a coup d’état Thursday, fearing more violence could disrupt their business operations...
LONDON — Repsol SA and Total SA are among the western oil companies pulling out some expatriate employees from Libya amid escalating violence there, posing the...
PARIS – Following on from the success of the past three years, today Orange is launching the 2014 edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize....
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rand was largely steady against the dollar on Thursday as the market awaited the Reserve Bank’s third policy statement of the year,...
LUSAKA – IBM today announced its collaboration with the Zambian Ministry of Health to provide citizens with improved access to 200 lifesaving drugs. Supported by the...
JOHANNESBURG – Gemalto, the digital security, announces it has been chosen to provide the Algerian governmental agency “Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie” with its...