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BEVERLY HILLS, August 07, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s National Medical Association (NMA) has directed doctors working in state run hospitals and health centres in Nigeria to suspend a nearly 5-week long strike over an Ebola outbreak which has killed two people...

MTN Group Ltd. (MTN) first-half profit increased and data revenue soared while Africa’s largest wireless operator said it’s in advanced talks to sell its tower business in Nigeria. Headline earnings per share, which exclude one-time items, rose 9 percent to...

BEVERLY HILLS, August 07, (THEWILL) - Nigerian Special Forces have retaken five towns from the terrorist group Boko Haram in an operation that the military said has so far lasted 40 hours. The Boko Haram, a radical Islamic group which says...

Angry Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola did not shake hands with his opposite number after his star-studded side lost to the MLS All-Star team in a fierce friendly in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday. The Spaniard gave Caleb Porter a one-fingered...

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has branded Oscar Pistorius "deceitful" and insisted the Paralympian cannot avoid a conviction for murdering his girlfriend, as the state closed its case against him in South Africa on Thursday. Nel said that even if the court...

Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of many Western foods on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days. In eastern...

Mediators worked against the clock on Thursday to extend a Gaza truce between Israel and the Palestinians as the three-day ceasefire went into its final 24 hours. Israel has said it is ready to agree to an extension as Egyptian...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday for his second visit in under a month to push a deal between the country's two presidential candidates on how to share power after an audit of a...

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a further strengthening of labor market conditions. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits decreased by 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 289,000 for the week...

U.S. stocks were set to rise at the open on Thursday following upbeat labor market data, amid a backdrop of a sanctions confrontation between Russia and the West that highlighted the relative strength of the U.S. economy. The number of...