Wal-Mart keeps conservative U.S. growth approach
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Codewit) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) said on Thursday it will keep its conservative approach to U.S. expansion as it pours resources into renovating stores or...
Wal-Mart fires employee for chasing after thief
No good deed goes unpunished. So when an Ocala Wal-Mart employee chased a a knife-wielding theft suspect across the store parking lot, things ended badly -- and not just for...
The Africa You Never See
In the waiting area of a large office complex in Accra, Ghana, it's standing room only as citizens with bundles of cash line up to buy shares of a mutual...
U.S. Playing Both Sides in Somalia Fight
“You Americans … †His words were being translated by my fixer but his tone and body language needed no interpretation. Mahmoud Samo, owner of a small Mogadishu general store,...
Ethnicity: A Cause of Political Instability in Africa?
As we say goodbye to the Organization of African Unity (O.A.U), and usher in new African Union, one of the issues African leaders need to ponder over is how to...
Ethnicity Main Cause of Instability, Civil Conflict and Poverty in Africa
In Uganda, in the 1970s the expulsion of the wealthy Asian merchant class was another example of a situation where ethnicity was used as a political tool. (more…)
Stewart Nozette: Scientist Arrested On Spy Charges Worked For Department Of Defense
WASHINGTON — A scientist credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along classified information to an FBI agent...
Africa’s children struggle for education
NAIROBI, Kenya — School was the last thing on Pascal Mwanchoka's mind when he and his younger brother boarded a bus that would take them hundreds of miles away from...
Is Professor Chukwuma Soludo PDD’s Anambra Solution?
It was the then Senator Barack Obama that asked: how can someone do the same thing over and over again and somehow expect a different result? Senator Obama was reacting...
New Yam Festival – An Igbo cultural and ancestral heritage
In Igbo land, the occasion of Iri-ji ohuu (new-yam eating) is a cultural festival because of its significance. For those who may want to know, Yam is the main agricultural...