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Nigeria

Stockbrokers do business on the trading floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, on October 8, 2008 in Lagos. Global financial turmoil has battered markets around the world, posing risks to foreign investment and trade that could threaten Africa's recent economic gains, according to experts. Losses highlighted steady declines all year in major African markets with oil-exporter Nigeria off 31 percent from its March high. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

Nigeria Stock Exchange okays intervention by six banks

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has approved a proposal by six Nigerian banks to contribute 850 million dollars (618.5 million euros)each to halt the slide in share prices, an official said ...

    Gunmen free Filipino captives in Nigeria: official

    MANILA, Oct 13, 2008 (AFP) - Five Filipino seamen kidnapped in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta earlier this month have been released by their captors, an official said Monday.Gunmen had boarded their ...
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    WORLD

    Soldiers of the Congolese army enter a destroyed building at Rumangabo base which was overan by the Forces loyal to renegade Laurent Nkunda, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma after an intense battle, on October 11, 2008. The rebel forces withdrew from the army base. Democratic Republic of Congo officials this week alleged that Rwandan troops had aided Nkunda's forces to capture Rumangabo, and accused Kigali of planning to attack the provincial capital of Goma. Rwandan officials denied the charges. Renewed fighting broke out August 28 with government troops and Nkunda's CNDP violating a ceasefire reached under the Goma peace accord in January. In a recent BBC interview, Nkunda called on all Congo people to 'stand up' to the national government and said his rebel group would 'fight until the people are liberated.'   AFP PHOTO/Walter ASTRADA

    Catholic church 'deeply worried' about clashes in DR Congo

    The Catholic Churchs highest body in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said it was deeply worried about the latest outbreak of violence to the east of the conflict-torn country.

      Markets surge as govts unveil crisis packages

      Governments around the globe launched a multi-pronged attack on the finance crisis, as President George W. Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson prepared Tuesday to unveil the next step in the ...
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      Technology

      Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) passes by tanks and soldiers during the tactical military exercises code-named "Center-2008" at the Donguz testing grounds near Orenburg on September 26, 2008. Russia will boost its air and naval defences by building more modern warships, nuclear-powered submarines and a system of air-space defences, President Dmitry Medvedev said today.  AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / KREMLIN POOL / DMITRY ASTAKHOV

      Russian warships call in Libya: report

      Russian warships bound for Venezuela including the nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) put in Saturday at the Libyan port of Tripoli, Interfax news agency said quoting a navy ...

        US tech stocks not immune to market downturn

        Even the giants of technology did not emerge unscathed from the bloodbath this week on Wall Street.

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        Business

        TO GO WITH LIFESTYLE-INDIA-US-BRITAIN-LANGUAGE-BUSINESS-SOCIAL BY PHIL HAZLEWOOD    Students practice their conversational skills at the Just Talk Institute language school in Mumbai on October 12, 2008. In India, speaking English with an American accent is no longer the preserve of call centre workers. Children, business people and the elderly here are now seeking a US twang. The phenomenon has spread from the Indian offshore operations boom in the late 1990s to a wider cross-section of society, whether to help them get on in business, communicate with family State-side or just show off. In Mumbai, arguably India's most cosmopolitan city, a number of language schools have sprung up offering accent coaching. Mumbaikars are also trawling the Internet looking for tutors to teach them to talk like Uncle Sam. AFP PHOTO / Sajjad HUSSAIN

        Indians look to America for a new accent on English

        In India, speaking English with an American accent is no longer the preserve of call centre workers. Children, business people and the elderly here are now seeking a US twang.

          Indians look to America for a new accent on English

          In India, speaking English with an American accent is no longer the preserve of call centre workers. Children, business people and the elderly here are now seeking a US twang.