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The head of Ivory Coast's electoral commission declared opposition leader Alassane Ouattara the winner of the country's contested presidential election, before ruling party loyalists called the announcement an "attempted coup" and…

Google has said it will tweak its search service in an attempt to tackle online piracy, following lobbying by the music industry. The search giant will implement four changes, including the removal of words that are associated with piracy…

The U.S. economy probably recorded a second month of solid job gains in November, which would bolster views the labor market is improving even though the activity is not enough yet to lower the unemployment rate. Nonfarm payrolls likely…

Mining giant Rio Tinto has agreed a tie-up with Chinalco to explore for mineral deposits in China. The deal gives the Chinese state-owned firm a 51% stake in the joint venture, with Rio taking a 49% stake. This is the second deal between…

A strong start to the holiday shopping season signals increasing consumer confidence and raises hopes that the economic recovery is gaining steam. Lured by steep discounts, shoppers stormed the nation's retailers in November — but to keep…

WikiLeaks' American domain name system provider withdrew service to the wikileaks.org name after the secret-spilling website once again became the target of hacker attacks. EveryDNS said in a statement that it dropped the website late…

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) said on Thursday that oil production would be the biggest influence on inflation in the country in future. "Given the spending pressures expected from the oil revenue, achieving low single-digit…

The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) on Thursday appealed to government not to implement the proposed Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) tariff harmonisation until neighbouring countries were ready to do so.…

Contrary to expectations, Russia has been selected to host the 2018 World Cup and as expected in some cases, Qatar wins the bid to host the 2022 edition. Both Russia and Qatar will be hosting the global football competition for the first…

The prevalence rate of HIV and AIDS in the Tema Metropolis had increased from 02 per cent last year to 04 per cent this year, Dr Kwaku Sarkodie, Group Medical Advisor at Unilever Ghana Limited, has said. Speaking at an education forum for…