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(Photo: AP / George Osodi)Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, second right, makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown, Monday, April 3, 2006. Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat....Full Story

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(Photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
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IMX Resources and Continental Nickel Agree to Business Combination
Highlights Consolidates ownership of the Nachingwea Nickel Project and simplifies the structure of the two companies IMX to be the surviving entity Attractive project pipeline underpinned by cash flow from the Cairn Hill Mining Operation Clear development strategy to ad...Full Story
Doctor firings expose medical failings in Nigeria
| LAGOS, Nigeria — The mass firing of doctors in Nigeria's largest city is exposing the downfalls of the nation's failing medical system. | Lagos state, which is home to the megacity of Lagos, recently fired 788 doctors who had been on strike and protesting their ...Full Story
Excess Crude Account Not Growing Enough - Okonjo-Iweala
[Daily Trust] Nigeria's Excess Crude Account is not growing as it should because of bunkering activities in the Niger Delta causing shortage in oil production output, the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of Economy has said. | ...Full Story
The $6bn fuel subsidy scam
A $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud scandal is heaping pressure on Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to prosecute top officials or face protests, but many of those implicated are allies he is unlikely to go after if he wants to keep his power base intact. | A string of...Full Story
Economic Crisis - UN Experts Call for Global Financial Tax
[Leadership] A group of United Nations independent experts have called on the European Union (EU) to take the lead in promoting the adoption of a global financial transaction tax that would offset the costs of the current economic crisis and protect basic human rights. ...Full Story
NIGERIA Crooks tap 17% of oil – minister
Nigeria was losing nearly a fifth of its revenues to oil thieves, Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had told ThisDay, the newspaper reported yesterday. Oil companies say the so-called bunkering – tapping into oil pipelines to steal the crude – and other f...Full Story
Ratel Group Limited - Managements Discussion and analysis and Interim Financial Statements
| MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ("MD&A")  | PERIOD ENDED..."/>   | PERTH, Western Australia, May 15, 2012 /CNW/ - | MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ("MD&A")  | PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2012 | (All figures are in US dollars ...Full Story
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Tue 15 May 2012
CGA Mining Limited - Management's Discussion and Analysis and Interim Financial Statements
Canada Newswire | PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, May 15, 2012 /CNW/ - | Management's Discussion and Analysis | The Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") provides an analysis to enable readers to assess material changes in financial condition and results of op...
Ratel Group Limited - Managements Discussion and analysis and Interim Financial Statements
Canada Newswire | PERTH, Western Australia, May 15, 2012 /CNW/ - | MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ("MD&A")  | PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2012 | (All figures are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated and the effective date of this MD&A is May 14, 2012) | ...
Airport queues? Blame the wind, says minister
The Daily Telegraph The long queues endured by passengers at British airports are as much caused by wind as they are by border control procedures, the Immigration Minister said today. | Passengers have experienced long queues at airport immigration  | 1:15PM BST 15...
Renaissance Capital to hold 3rd Pan-Africa Investor Conference in Lagos
Ghana Business News | Mr Clifford Sacks, Chief Executive Officer, Africa, Renaissance Capital, says Africa will be the investment success story of the next decade since the continent as an emerging market was attracting unprecedented attention as capital shifts from dev...
Mon 14 May 2012
Minnesota grand jury indicts right-to-die group
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press By STEVE KARNOWSKI | HASTINGS, Minn. -- A Minnesota grand jury has indicted a national right-to-die group and several members for their a...
Rush Limbaugh honored at Missouri's Capitol
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press By DAVID A. LIEB | JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians on Monday...
Gov.: RI recognizing out-of-state gay marriages
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI - Associated Press By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI | PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages perf...
Mladic tries again to delay his war crimes trial
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here The Associated Press Tags: | THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Ratko Mladic has appealed for a six-month delay in the start of his Yugoslav war crimes trial, saying delays by prosecut...
Governor: Tax hikes needed for $16B CA budget gap
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here JUDY LIN - Associated Press JUDY LIN Tags: | SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday proposed more than $8 billion in cuts to close a widening California b...
12 killed, villages razed in northeast Nigeria
Austin American Statesman | LAGOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian Red Cross says at least 12 people have been killed and 48 others wounded as gunmen razed villages in northeast Nigeria. | The Red Cross said in a report obtained by The Associated Press that the attack Sunday in ...
Nigeria troops ready for Mali, Guinea-Bissau
Austin American Statesman | ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's defense minister says his country is ready to send troops to Guinea-Bissau and Mali as part of a regional force heading to the nations recently struck by coups. | Bello Haliru Mohammed said Monday that the Nigerian ...
Africa Finance Corp Eyeing $3b Worth of Deals
Jakarta Globe Nairobi. Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a Lagos-based development financier, is considering potential investments worth $3 billion across sub-Saharan Africa over the next year, its chief executive said on Monday. | Created in 2007 to help increase...
Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor Land in Nigeria for 'Half Of A Yellow Sun'
The Hollywood Reporter share Dave M. Benett/Getty Images The prize-winning novel adaptation is directed by Nigerian theater director, playwright and novelist Biyi Bandele and produced by Andrea Calderwood and Gail Egan. | LONDON -- Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, An...
Fuel Subsidy Claims Verification Begins
All Africa [This Day] The Ministry of Finance is about to commence the verification of clams for petrol subsidy by marketers, THISDAY has learnt. | ...
Africa Finance Corp eyeing $3 bln deals
Independent online Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a Lagos-based development financier, is considering potential investments worth $3 billion across sub-Saharan Africa over the next year, its chief executive said on Monday. | Created in 2007 to help increase much-nee...
Shell Loses 43,000 Barrels Daily to Oil Bunkering
All Africa [Daily Trust] Port Harcourt - The Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) has said it loses about 43,000 barrels of crude oil daily to oil theives in the Niger Delta region. | ...
House Writes EFCC, Demands Action On Subsidy Report
All Africa [Daily Trust] The House of Representatives has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to without further delay commence the prosecution of all those indicted in the subsidy probe. | ...
Shooting underway on Half Of A Yellow Sun
Screen Daily | Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose and Joseph Mawle star alongside newcomer John Boyega (pictured) from Attack The Block. Ealing Metro handles international sales. | Principal photography has begun in Calabar, Nigeria, on the adaptat...
Dangote Sugar Posts N4.12 Billion Profit in First Quarter
All Africa [Daily Trust] Directors of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) have reported a profit before tax (PBT) of N4.12 billion in the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. | ...
Attacks in Nigeria restrict beer sales
Business Day | NIGERIAN Breweries, the country’s largest brewer by market value, says that bombings and attacks by Boko Haram Islamists are curbing sales in the north. | "People are more reluctant to go out and retail sales in the more insecure areas are under ...
Sun 13 May 2012
12 killed, villages razed in northeast Nigeria
The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By HARUNA UMAR - The Associated Press By HARUNA UMAR Tags: | LAGOS, Nigeria -- The Nigerian Red Cross says at least 12 people have been killed and 48 others wounded as gunmen ...
7 police officers killed in northeast Nigeria
Austin American Statesman | MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Witnesses say at least seven police officers have been killed in northeast Nigeria in separate attacks likely carried out by a radical Islamist sect operating in the region. | The attacks happened Sunday in Borno state, w...
Factbox: Nigeria's $6.8 billion fuel subsidy scam
Daily Press | (Reuters) - A $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud scandal is heaping pressure on Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to prosecute top officials or face protests, but many of those implicated are allies he is unlikely to go after if wants to keep his p...
Factbox: Nigeria's $6.8 billion fuel subsidy scam
Yahoo Daily News | (Reuters) - A $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud scandal is heaping pressure on Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to prosecute top officials or face protests, but many of those implicated are allies he is unlikely to go after if wants to keep his p...
Cabotage Fund - One Shipping Company to Get N4 Billion
All Africa [Leadership] Each of the eight indigenous shipping companies that will benefit from the $150 million Cabotage Vessels Financing Fund (CVFF) soon to be disbursed by the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), may get up to N3.92 bi...
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