IPhone 5 hits China as Apple shares slide further
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The highly anticipated release of the iPhone 5 in China, Apple Inc's second-biggest market, failed to stop the recent share slide of the world's most valuable technology...
China lets foreign sovereigns, central banks exceed $1 billion investment limit
(Reuters) - China's foreign exchange regulator has removed the $1 billion limit for foreign sovereign wealth funds, central banks and monetary authorities buying Chinese assets through the Qualified Institutional Investor...
Saving Tanzania’s Poorest Children
Anuary Saidi, who suffers from viral diarrhoea, with his mother Mariam. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) - Half asleep, Anuary lies exhausted on his bed...
Lynas chief confident rare earth project will overcome obstacles
MELBOURNE, Dec 15 — Lynas chief Nick Curtis is confident the Kuantan rare earth plant will overcome obstacles it now faces, saying his “stubborn nature had kept him focused as...
Tanzania’s Mtabila Camp Finally Closed
For the international community and the government of Tanzania, closing Mtabila Camp and emptying it of refugees might make it look like the problem has been solved, but in reality...
Fears of election violence to dent Kenya tourism
(Reuters) - Kenya does not expect its already suffering tourist trade to see any improvement until after a presidential election in March because of fears of a repeat of the...
In Ghana, everybody has a voice in post-2015 consultations
The eight Millennium Development Goals – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015...
Ban congratulates Ghana on holding of peaceful presidential elections
14 December 2012 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulates the people of Ghana on the peaceful holding of their presidential and parliamentary elections, according to his spokesperson. “He extends...
Routine morning, then unthinkable terror
Nancy Lanza's body was found later at their home in Newtown - after the carnage at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Nobody knows why 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, why...
Nigeria: Court to Rule On Babalakin’s Leave Today
Lagos — A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, will today, rule on the proper interpretation of the leave it granted embattled Chairman of Bi-Courtney Group, Mr Wale Babalakin, SAN,...