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Farmers in 43 African countries can now consult a "quick reference calendar" developed by the United Nations Agriculture Agency for advice on the most appropriate crops to plant, based on climatic conditions and soil types in the areas…

Mobile phones manufactured in China have been found to be spreading a computer virus. Information reaching ghanabusinessnews.com from the international telecom circles indicate that at least a million Chinese phones have been infected with…

Bharti Airtel, owners of Zain Africa, has declared they have no intention to enter into a price war in its newly acquired African market, but the company is already head deep in the price war in Ghana. Bharti’s Chief Executive Officer and…

Nigeria's military threatened on Saturday to carry out raids against what it said were camps of criminal gangs in the creeks of the oil-producing Niger Delta, and told civilians in the vicinity to leave. Any major offensive by the armed…

European officials on Friday scrambled to ease a brewing market panic over financial troubles in Ireland, Portugal and Spain, as speculation mounted that one or more of those nations may be forced to follow in the footsteps of nearly…

China will speed up exports of rare earth minerals to Japan, the Japanese trade minister said Saturday, following complaints from Tokyo that shipments were stalled amid a territorial row. Trade minister Akihiro Ohata said that Zhang Ping,…

President Barack Obama defended his economic recovery policies Saturday after top powers rebuffed US plans for binding trade targets and curbs on currency manipulation at the G20 summit. Top administration officials pushed back against…

The Mexican army is hunting a 12-year-old assassin who is employed by a drug cartel to torture and murder its enemies. Known simply as El Ponchis, which means The Cloak, the young boy is accused of helping wage a turf war in the central…

Ireland is in talks to receive emergency funding from the EU and it is likely the former "Celtic Tiger" will become the second euro zone country after Greece to require a rescue, sources said on Friday. Skip related content Irish borrowing…

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev oversaw the signing of a one-billion-dollar deal with Japanese and Chinese firms for a fertiliser plant, despite diplomatic tensions with Tokyo. Russian government-affiliated Ammoni signed a contract with…