The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a previously disclosed data breach at Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), the company said in a filing. Yahoo said in a November 2016 quarterly filing...
West African troops were seen approaching Gambia's capital, Banjul, on Sunday, several witnesses said, as they sought to secure the country and allow new President Adama Barrow to take office after...
Around 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the jihadists attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, two days after the air force accidentally killed dozens of people there, local and military...
U. S. bankers, buoyed by a resurgence in profits, are advising their counterparts in Europe to think positively about the new administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. But many Europeans...
Hassan Jamil’s love affair with Donald Trump began in the thick of the American presidential campaign, when he found himself glued to his television screen on the other side of the world each...
Hundreds of thousands are gathering for a “Women’s March on Washington”, part of a global day of protests against new US President Donald Trump. The rally is one of more than 600 expected...
By Joshua Kwame Nkrumah The United States recently had an election which saw the “unlikely” candidate Donald Trump win against the “likely” candidate Hilary Clinton. After the victory of...
A deadline for defeated President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed forces at 16:00 GMT has expired with no news. The earlier deadline of noon passed as the...
AngloGold Ashanti is in talks with unions to lay off nearly 900 workers at its South African operations, a document obtained by Reuters showed on Thursday. Africa’s biggest gold producer employs...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has halted a joint military operation on Thursday for final mediation talks with immediate past Gambian President Yahya Jammeh who refused to...
Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures will receive a $1 billion cash investment from two Chinese film companies, Shanghai Film Group and Huahua Media, giving the U. S. studio needed cash and stability as...
Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening steps to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the U. S.-Mexican border and...
Shares in Toshiba have dived 16% on reports that the embattled Japanese conglomerate faces bigger losses at its US nuclear power business. It is feared Toshiba may have to write down the value of the...
Many firefighters are feared dead after a landmark high-rise building in Iran's capital, Tehran, caught fire and collapsed, state media report. Two hundred had battled the blaze in the 17-storey...
President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who doubles as the Commander In Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, has approved and authorized the deployment of a combat team of Two Hundred and Five...
The Gambia's parliament has extended President Yahya Jammeh's term, which is due to end on Thursday following his defeat in elections, by 90 days. It also approved his decision to declare a 90-day...
Senegalese troops have been seen moving towards the Gambian border in a show of force to pressure President Yahya Jammeh to stand down. Senegal gave him a midnight GMT deadline to quit and Nigeria...
Central Italy has been struck by a series of earthquakes, as the region shivers in freezing temperatures. The biggest 5.7-magnitude quake struck at 10:14 local time (09:14 GMT), with others before...
A Nigerian military source has disclosed that a joint West African force will intervene in the Gambia if President Jammeh refuses to peacefully handover power at the end of his tenure. The force is...
Yamoussoukro and gunfire erupted in other cities on Tuesday, singling further upheaval inside the security forces just as it seemed the government settled a mutiny in the army. The unrest appeared to...
