Cocoa Sector To Get US$2bn Boost
Ghana’s incoming government could give the country's $2 billion cocoa industry a boost if it installs a more transparent executive at industry regulator Cocobod and implements reforms, industry...
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GNA Has A Role In Nana Addo’s Pan African Agenda
Accra, Dec. 20, GNA - 'It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the...
Russia To Boost Security After Killing
Russia’s intelligence services are to develop extra security measures for its embassies following the killing of its ambassador to Turkey. Andrei Karlov was shot dead as he gave a speech on Monday...
Dollar Hits New 14-Year High, Dow Sets Sights On 20,000
The dollar hit a 14-year high on Tuesday as the yen fell after the Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy and the euro weakened following deadly attacks in Germany and Turkey. On Wall...
Apple In Talks With India To Manufacture Locally
Apple Inc is in talks with India's government to explore making products locally, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, as the U. S. firm aims to make deeper inroads in the world's...
Apple Fights Back With Appeal Against EU Irish Tax Ruling
Apple has filed an appeal against a European Union ruling that it should pay up to €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes in the Republic of Ireland. In August, the EU ruled Apple's tax arrangements in...
IMF’s Lagarde Convicted Over Payout
A French court has found International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence but did not hand down any punishment. As French finance minister in 2008, she approved an award of...
IMF Chief Convicted Over Payout
play videoMs Lagarde said earlier that the trial had put her and her family through a As French finance minister in 2008, she approved an award of €404m ($429m; £340m) to businessman Bernard Tapie...
IMF Chief Christine Lagarde Convicted Over Payout
A French court has found International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence but did not hand down any punishment. As French finance minister in 2008, she approved an award of...
Protesters Gather In Congo Capital As Kabila’s Mandate Expires
Protesters gathered in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital and at least one other city, defying a ban on demonstrations against the president's plans to stay in office past the end of his term on...
Ukraine’s Largest Bank Rescued By State, Prompts Call For Calm
Ukraine took over its largest bank on Monday in a move backed by Kiev's international donors to protect the country's financial system and accompanied by an appeal for calm and assurances to...
CNN and Our Rose Tinted Shades… [Article]
#CNNGetItRight was trending recently after the just ended elections in Ghana. Africans and I guess the world, suddenly seemed to have the rotten egg of truth splattered across its face. The outcry...
Evacuations Resume From East Aleppo
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city. At least 350 people reportedly left rebel enclaves late on Sunday, heading towards other...
Tourist, Police Killed
Ten people were killed and 34 were wounded Sunday in what a Jordanian official called a "cowardly terrorist attack." After firing at police officers at two locations, gunmen moved into an ancient...
Hundreds Leave Syria City As Evacuations Resume
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city, a UN official says. At least 350 people have reportedly left rebel enclaves in convoys,...
Canadian Tourist, Police Officers Killed In Jordan Gun Attacks
Gunmen attacked police patrols in the historic southern Jordanian city of Karak Sunday, killing five people, including a Canadian female tourist and four police officers, according to Jordanian...
Ivorian Opposition Seeks Return To Political Mainstream In Polls
Voters in Ivory Coast cast their ballots in parliamentary polls on Sunday as the main opposition party sought to break President Alassane Ouattara's near monopoly of the legislature in the West...
Tension Rises As Talks On Joseph Kabila Exit Break Off
Talks in Democratic Republic of Congo between the ruling coalition and the opposition have failed to reach a compromise on the political future of President Joseph Kabila, who intends to stay in...
Congo Opposition Says Not Planning Mass Protest At End of Kabila Term
Democratic Republic of Congo's main opposition bloc said on Saturday it was not planning a march against President Joseph Kabila when his mandate expires on Monday, a decision that could defuse...
Six Pharmaceutical Firms Accused of Price-Fixing
US authorities have accused six pharmaceutical firms from the US, India and Australia of price-fixing. It is alleged the companies conspired to raise the price of the antibiotic doxycycline and...