The United States and Israel showed signs of seeking to defuse tensions on Sunday ahead of a speech in Washington by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu when he will warn against a possible nuclear deal with Iran.
Policy differences over the...
Thousands of people marched in Cameroon's capital on Saturday to protest against Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency and support the Central African nation's army, which is fighting alongside regional neighbors to defeat the Islamist group.
The march in Yaounde was aimed...
Greek funding and quantitative easing in Europe, an expected rate cut in Australia and the buoyant U.S. labor market are set to be the focus of an economic week dominated by a host of central bank meetings.
Greece may have...
The latest episode of Greece's debt crisis has revived doubts about the long-term survival of the euro, nowhere more so than in London, Europe's main financial center and a hotbed of Euroskepticism.
The heightened risk of a Greek default and/or...
Italian luxury group Salvatore Ferragamo (SFER.MI) expects its sales to grow this year after the Chinese New Year contributed to an "excellent" performance in February, Chief Executive Michele Norsa said on Sunday.
Ferragamo reported at the end of January a...
Nokia, the world's third-largest mobile equipment maker, has seen nothing in its business that would lead it to change its financial outlook, its chief executive said on Sunday.
"Nothing specific has happened in the past couple of weeks. It is...
Rail to link Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Togo
On the dual carriageway linking the main airport to downtown Niamey, the capital of Niger, workers are busy digging trenches in the middle of the island separating...
Innovative bankrolling gains popularity and raises high hopes among key countries
It is an audacious $4.8 billion project undertaken by one of the world’s poorest countries. At the construction site in the Benishangul region of Ethiopia near the Sudanese border,...
Since the emergence of Yemi Osinbajo as the vice presidential candidate of the All Peoples Congress (APC) there has been a lot of speculation about him in the media, social media and chat rooms. Nigerians have been so jaded...
BEVERLY HILLS, February 28, (THEWILL) – Boko Haram gunmen Friday stormed a local market in Mainok village, Kaga local government of Borno state, killing 15 traders and looting many stores for food items.
Local sources told THEWILL that the bandits...