Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday skipped a planned resignation speech to parliament as west African peacekeepers began patrolling the war-riven capital Monrovia.
Nevirapine is generally safe and well tolerated by children, reports a United Kingdom paper.
Officials in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal are teaching sex workers the traditional Hindu treatise on sex, Kama Sutra, in an attempt to check the spread of HIV/Aids, a report said on Thursday.
The government made the unprecedented move of unveiling a range of new travellers’ cheques in huge denominations on Thursday, which it said would ease acute shortages of local currency in Zimbabwe where the economy is hovering on the brink of collapse.
The business confidence index (BCI) continued its recovery in July after nosediving earlier this year, the SA Chamber of Business said on Thursday.
The Department of Trade and Industry is to consult widely with local business, and within Nedlac (National Economic Development and Labour Council), on the proposed free trade agreement with the United States.
The Reserve Bank has scope for another 1,5% interest rate next week, Standard Bank economist Pallie Botha told the monthly SA Chamber of Business Business Confidence Index briefing on Thursday.
Australian scientists are using electronic sensors to single out happy cows in an attempt to produce better-tasting steaks.
International banks are likely to increase their interest in Africa, creating opportunities for partnerships and minority shareholding arrangements, while domestic banks are likely to merge and focus on regional operations.