S&P cuts Egypt's credit ratings Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has pushed Egypt's sovereign credit ratings deeper into junk status, citing "continued pressure" on foreign reserves. More
Ghana impounds 'faulty condoms' More than 110 million Chinese-made condoms are seized in Ghana after laboratory tests revealed they had holes and burst easily. More
Nigeria tycoon 'plans $8bn refinery' Africa's wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, says he aims to invest up to $8bn in a major new oil refinery that would double Nigeria's current oil output. More
Mubarak ordered back to prison Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been ordered back to prison from military hospital. Mr Mubarak's retrial will open on 11 May, a Cairo appeals court says. More
African growth 'to outpace world' Sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth is set to outpace the global average over the next three years, according to the World Bank. Higher commodities, increasing investment and a general pick-up in the world economy should all boost the continent's growth to more than 5%. More
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Nicaragua Takes Germany to the World Court for Facilitating Israel’s Genocide As Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza — which has killed more than 33,000 Gazans — enters its seventh month, Nicaragua sued Germany in the International Court of Justice (ICJ ... 04/13/2024 - 5:11 am | View Link
Re-integrating Africa's street children The sun was scorching, but Winnie Akol and her 1-year-old baby hadn't eaten in a day and needed to hang around the chaotic streets of Kampala, Uganda, to beg for food. The 17-year-old mother was ... 04/11/2024 - 12:56 pm | View Link
Women in Vegas music: 13 innovators shaping the sound of the local scene Some of these talents are regarded in the community as musical veterans; others represent the next generation. Regardless, each woman highlighted here contributes something special to the scene. 04/10/2024 - 10:09 pm | View Link
While many Black women in US abandon hair relaxers linked to cancer, sales climb in African countries The companies at the center of thousands of U.S. lawsuits produce some of Africa’s most popular chemical straighteners like Dark & Lovely and TCB Naturals. 04/10/2024 - 2:40 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
BrewDog, the Scottish-born beer maker that was founded based on a brash attitude and big beers, has teamed up with a family-owned holding company on a new location in Denver. It’s the first time BrewDog has licensed its name and beers to a franchisee in the United States.
BrewDog Denver, 3950 Wynkoop St., opens at noon Friday, April 19, in a 10,000-square-foot space with two patios, a 3.5-barrel brewing system, games and a full menu featuring burgers, giant pub pretzels, salads and wings.
Finding the bottleneck in your PC can often be time-consuming, but if you know what parameters to look for, you can determine the culprit within minutes. Below, we'll teach you the easiest way to check if your CPU is bottlenecking your PC.
If you are on the hunt for a smart wearable that is less obtrusive and a little more subtle than a smart watch, have you considered a smart ring? If not, then you should. If you have, then RingConn could have the perfect solution with its own health monitoring smart ring.
Few things are more frustrating than sitting at your computer or mobile device, ready to browse the web, but each new webpage takes forever to load. If you use Google Chrome as your internet browser, you can avoid this problem using a nifty little feature called preloading.