Jose Maria del Nido, president of Sevilla football club, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for embezzlement and breaching the course of justice, the club said on Thursday. A lawyer by trade, Del Nido was accused of charging the local authority…
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Pope Francis on Thursday formed a committee to fight child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in a landmark initiative after thousands of abuses and cover-ups, but campaigners said the new body would be “toothless”. While the composition and precise tasks…
Fighters linked to Al-Qaeda executed an Iraqi freelance cameraman as he was leaving Syria after a 10-day assignment in rebel-held territory, watchdogs said on Thursday. Yasser Faysal al-Joumaili was shot dead after being stopped at a checkpoint in mainly…
The Sao Paulo stadium scheduled to host the opening match of the World Cup but scene of a fatal accident last week will be ready in April, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Thursday. “We have received information it should be ready in mid-April,” Blatter…
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — American Capital Energy & Infrastructure (“ACEI”) announced today that it has committed to invest up to $130 million in Azura Power Holdings Ltd. (“Azura”), the company responsible for developing the Azura…
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar has appealed to the Code of Conduct Bureau to…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has reacted to the recent designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as foreign terrorist…
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar has appealed to the Code of Conduct Bureau to…
In line with its avowed determination aimed at up-scaling agricultural activities through technology adoption and dissemination in the West African…
PARIS, France, December 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com) announces that two projects in its BipBop (1)…
Nigeria may have flopped at their last two World Cups but expectations are high of a better showing in Brazil next year, irrespective of the first-round group they are drawn in on Friday. The Super Eagles have not won a World Cup finals match since…
US auto giant General Motors said on Thursday it would largely withdraw its Chevrolet brand from the European market by 2016, citing the “difficult economic situation” on the continent. GM instead plans to concentrate on marketing its German-made Opel…
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has floated a tanker-shaped vessel tagged as the world’s largest “floating facility” with a length greater than the height of the Empire State Building. A Samsung spokeswoman said Thursday that the floating…
A new piece in the New York Times today features an interview with Google’s Andy Rubin (no relation), the former head of the company’s Android division. Since stepping down from that role, Rubin has decided to go after the mobile operating system…
Ethiopia has repatriated over 100,000 citizens from Saudi Arabia, Addis Ababa’s foreign ministry said Thursday, following a violent crackdown against illegal immigrants in the oil-rich kingdom. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said that up…
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, December 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — South African financial services group Sanlam (http://www.sanlam.co.za) announced today that it…
ROME, Italy, December 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — World cereal production will reach a new high of almost 2…
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — As Nigeria’s economy grows — 6 percent this year — so does the wealth of some of it’s citizens. The wealthy few no longer have to shop abroad for their luxury staples because those brands are setting up shop in the African country…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Statement by H.E. Anne Mamakau Mutelo, Ambassador of the Republic…
BONN, Germany, December 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Government of Egypt, in cooperation with Germany, Switzerland and other…