PARIS – France’s BNP Paribas agreed to buy its Dutch rival Rabobank’s RABO.UL Polish unit Bank, in a deal which values the target at 4.2 billion...
SYDNEY – Australian airline Qantas is cutting 1,000 jobs after warning of “immense” challenges and announcing a shock profits warning. The largest carrier in Australia predicted...
NAIROBI – A team from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa recently installed a new weather system at the Kenyan Military Airport in Nairobi....
… Africa’s healthcare challenges are compounded as it begins to face a dual disease burden as non-communicable diseases rise ..In addition to existing corporate responsibility efforts...
ABUJA – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Nigeria during November 13-26 to conduct discussions for the 2013 Article IV consultation. The mission met with...
ADDIS ABABA – The Commission of the African Union (AU), convened a two day consultative workshop from 3-4 December 2013, to review the AU DDR operational...
PARIS – Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, and DONG Energy, one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe, announced today an agreement...
NEW YORK – U.S. crude oil prices pulled back from Wednesday’s highs but retained their gains after domestic stockpiles posted a smaller-than-expected decline. The Energy Information...
GENEVA – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) assisted in the transfer of five Sudanese Armed Forces personnel released today by the Sudan Liberation...
WASHINGTON – IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Société Générale have co-arranged a $300 million facility for Cote d’Ivoire’s only oil refinery that...
