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With Facebook now sitting on $16bn after its flotation, will we see the massive social network do a Google and develop its own phone? With its flotation, many think that Facebook is now a juggernaut, sitting pretty on $16bn (£10bn) of cash and a valuation that started the day at more than $100bn. Friday’s launch [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin is too busy to attend the G8 summit hosted by US President Barack Obama

Ugandan forces have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border.

With a US ally engaged in a tense standoff with China over disputed territory in the South China Sea, America risks wading into increasingly perilous waters.

…The fact that Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara happens to be a personal friend of Mr Sarkozy – and met him a day after his election defeat in the Elysee – will not deter Mr Hollande from seeking to establish a good relationship with Ivory Coast

Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in a brief but regal Kremlin ceremony on Monday, while on the streets outside thousands of helmeted riot police prevented hundreds of demonstrators from protesting his return to the presidency.

Samsung Electronics unveiled a new top-of-the-range Galaxy smartphone in London on Thursday, u

In Emanuel Adu’s language, Twi, people call the skin cancer that is invading his cheek and nose “sasabro”. It means a disease that eats away at you…..Read more…

The Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, has mellowed over her earlier threat to British Airways and Virgin Atlantic after she threatened to impose sanctions… Read more on developments….

Just as the reality of the damage done to Nigeria’s economy through massive corruption and unguided embezzlement are emerging… Read more…