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W/Region Minister Recommends B-BOVId’S Agric Model For Gov’t Support
The Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has recommended B-BOVID, an agribusiness that thrives on social...
IMF Says Fiscal Reform Moving Gulf In ‘right Direction’
Oil-exporting Arab states of the Gulf are heading "in the right direction" to plug budgetary gaps thanks to fiscal...
US Supreme Court Hands Venezuela A Win On Expropriations
Crisis-ridden Venezuela received a bit of good news Monday when the US Supreme Court ruled against an American oil firm...
Libyan Oil Production Now More Than 760,000 Bpd
Libya's oil production, the country's main source of revenue, rose Monday to more than 760,000 barrels per day for the...
In Iraq’s Mosul, Mobile Clinics Deliver Precious Medical Care
Men, women and children stand in separate lines in the scorching sun baking west Mosul's Baghdad Square for a turn in...
Outspoken Nigerian Emir Facing Graft Probe
One of Nigeria's most prominent Muslim leaders is under investigation on suspicion of embezzlement, fuelling rumours...
Is One Term Presidency Becoming the New Phenomenon?
Is one term presidency becoming the new phenomenon? Former President John Dramani Mahama was voted out after serving...
Kuwaiti Quits FIFA Council To Fight Bribery Claim
World sport powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah announced his resignation Sunday from the FIFA council, saying...
Trump Lauds His Track Record As Thousands March Against Him
As marches were held across the US in protest against his policies, Donald Trump seemingly remained unfazed by the...
Libya Seizes Oil Tankers and Crew After Shootout At Sea
Libya has seized two foreign-flagged oil tankers and detained their crews for allegedly smuggling fuel after an...
Thousands March In Washington To Protest Trump Climate Policies
Tens of thousands of people marched Saturday from the US Capitol to the White House to show support for climate-change...
Anti-Temer Strike Paralyses Major Cities In Brazil
Brazilian trade unions have staged nationwide strikes against President Michel Temer's austerity measures, causing...
China Deports US Woman Convicted of ‘spying’
An American woman convicted of espionage this week has been deported by China, a human rights group that campaigned for...
Africa Rejects Europe’s ‘dirty Diesel’
Governments in West Africa are taking action to stop the import of fuel with dangerously high levels Ghana and Nigeria...
Ghana Risks EITI Sanctions
Ghana risks being sanctioned by the International Secretariat of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...
Oil Earnings Surge But Some Question Skimpy Investment
Rising crude prices drove huge profits for US oil industry giants, but key figures in the sector have raised concerns...
Economy Sinks To 22-Year Low; Grows By Only 3.5% In 2016
The country’s economy last year grew by 3.5 percent, the lowest rate in the past 22 years and the fifth consecutive...
Southeast Asia’s Leaders Steer Away From Democracy
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war is part of a worrying assault on human rights and democracy...
Economy Expands Slowly
A shutdown of the country’s oil and gas fields last year caused Ghana’s economy to grow at the slowest pace in 26...