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Gasoline Prices Drag Down US Inflation, Retail In May
Falling US gasoline prices drove inflation and retail sales down in May, defying expectations and raising more...
Less Than 30% of Pledged Yemen Aid Delivered
Less than 30 percent of pledged international aid has been delivered to Yemen this year, a UN official said Wednesday,...
Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul
For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...
Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul
For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...
Tollbooth Collectors Raping the State; Let’s Go Electronic NOW
Ghana’s move to a digitized society is at such a slow pace that I’m afraid could contribute to the country’s slow...
Danger, Extortion, Suffering On Migrant Route To Europe
Extortion, corruption and fear; violence, hunger and sometimes even death: for west African migrants dreaming of...
Villagers Fear S.Sudan Famine
South Sudan's northwest is untouched by civil war, yet hunger still wreaks havoc: here food shortages are cyclical and...
Crackdown Takes Toll On Niger Smuggling Hub
With tens of thousands of migrants flooding into the desert city of Agadez en route to Europe, Africa's smuggling...
The Migrant Crossroads of Hope… and Broken Dreams
Wild-eyed with matted hair after four days in the searing Sahara sun, Ibrahim Kande climbs out of the pick-up truck he...
Migrants Dice With Death On Flimsy Boats and In the Desert
Maria gave smugglers all her family savings and crossed three countries and the searing Libyan desert, but when she...
Ghana To Buy Shares In Cadbury, Nestle and Other International Food Companies
The Ghana government is considering buying shares in international food companies that process cocoa aimed at...
Inflation To Increase To 13.3% In May 2017
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the consumer price inflation for the month of May 2017 in the...
US Fed Poised To Hike Despite Weak Inflation
The US Federal Reserve was due to begin a two-day review of monetary policy on Tuesday, with the second interest rate...
Qatar Crisis Turns Hostile On Social Media
The diplomatic crisis surrounding Qatar and other Gulf countries has remained a peaceful one for now, but open warfare...
Reliable Climate, Weather Data Key To Africa’s Agric Transformation [Article]
Though it has about 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa’s net food import is predicted to grow from...
US Wholesale Prices Flat In May
Falling food and energy prices helped keep US wholesale inflation flat in May, in another sign of slackening price...
IS Militants Killing, Enslaving Civilians
Islamist militants holding parts of a Philippine city are killing civilians who try to flee while using others as...
We Are Ready To Disburse the $1m Per Constituency
The $275 million which will be disbursed to all constituencies across the country is ready, Minister for Special...
An Extreme Way To Stop Bad Phone Habits
The silicone bracelet I’m wearing around my wrist isn’t particularly subtle. But it’s not meant to be. The bright...