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SAP SE (Systems Applications Products Societas Europaea), a European multinational software corporation, will invest up to $500 million in Africa over the next seven years, the company announced at a press briefing on Tuesday. The investment is planned to help...

The Rwanda Football Federation on Tuesday appealed against its disqualification from 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for fielding a player with double nationality. The Confederation of African Football imposed the sanction after an investigation into Rwandan striker Dady Birori,...

Jose Mourinho wants goalkeeper Petr Cech to remain at the club, despite the Chelsea boss picking Thibaut Courtois in goal for the 3-1 win over Burnley. Belgian Courtois, 22, has returned to Chelsea after a three-year loan spell with Atletico...

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez says he has talked to specialists about his behaviour and insists there will be no further biting incidents. Suarez is serving a four-month ban for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup - his third...

Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Tuesday to drive Islamic State fighters out of Tikrit, home town of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, while the militants warned they would attack Americans "in any place." In Geneva, the United Nations refugee agency...

Liberia battled on Tuesday to halt the spread of the Ebola disease in its crowded, run-down oceanside capital Monrovia, recording the most new deaths as fatalities from the world's worst outbreak of the deadly virus rose above 1,200. The epidemic...

As twin protests in Islamabad entered a fifth day on Tuesday, Pakistan police said they had arrested some 150 supporters of protest leaders overnight in Punjab province in a crackdown ahead of widening demonstrations in the capital. Opposition leader Imran...

Thailand's military-dominated legislature will nominate a prime minister this week, members of the national assembly said on Tuesday, a move that looks set to consolidate the army's hold on power almost 100 days since it wrested control of the...

Global stocks rose and money-market rates fell to new lows on renewed investor appetite for risk on Tuesday, as investors breathed easier over the Ukraine crisis and saw monetary policy remaining accommodative. Equities are still trading broadly near multi-year highs...

Top global miner BHP Billiton (BHP.AX)(BLT.L) will spin off a roughly $16 billion company to shareholders, mostly offloading assets acquired in its 2001 merger with Billiton, as it looks to focus on its strongest businesses. Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie, in...