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Rescuers recovered eight bodies and continued to search for another missing worker on Thursday after a fire and rock-fall at a Harmony Gold mine near Johannesburg, the worst accident in South Africa's mines in nearly five years. Mineral Resources Minister...

IBM (IBM.N) began rolling out its Watson supercomputer system across Africa on Thursday, saying it would help to address continental development obstacles as diverse as medical diagnoses, economic data collection and e-commerce research. The world's biggest technology service provider said...

Thai election officials struggled on Thursday to shore up a chaotic weekend ballot disrupted by anti-government protesters who blocked polling stations and stopping people voting in nearly a quarter of the country. They met for two hours but adjourned without...

As Western and Arab nations prepared to push for a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for better access to aid in war-torn Syria, Russia said on Wednesday that now was not the right time for such a move. The United...

Ghana’s central bank said it is ready to intervene to defend the cedi, which has weakened 3.1 percent against the dollar this year, should it breach an internal target that threatens to stoke inflation. “We have a certain level that...

Asian shares took a tentative step forward from five-month lows on Thursday, with investors hoping the European Central Bank (ECB) and upcoming U.S. jobs data can calm nerves strained by the emerging market selloff. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares...

Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) missed expectations with a marginal uptick in fourth-quarter net profit on Thursday after increased legal costs arising from U.S. probes into alleged tax evasion and the sale of mortgage-backed bonds. Credit Suisse is cutting back on riskier...

Twitter Inc on Wednesday reported its slowest pace of user growth in recent company history, dimming hopes that the social media phenomenon can sustain its torrid pace of expansion and wiping out nearly a fifth of the company's value...

Sony Corp, under pressure to shore up profitability in its electronics business, unveiled a restructuring plan on Thursday that will cut 5,000 jobs and trim 100 billion yen ($988 million) a year from fixed costs, while splitting off its...

Atiku Abubakar does not deserve any empathy. His actions since he first emerged as vice president to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in 1999 up till now, have shown that a better part of him has been consumed by desperation...