Daily News Roundup – 2nd November 2012

North America Employment figures leave mixed signals for United States Employment figures can today boast that 171,000 new jobs were created in the United States last month. The figure however, which was more than expected, was...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 31 October 2012

  Africa Twenty villagers murdered in Nigeria Gunmen have killed 20 people, including a traditional leader, in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a local official has said.  The attackers stormed Ka...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 30 October 2012

  Africa Somali poet killed by gunmen Popular Somali poet, playwright and songwriter Warsame Shire Awale has been killed in the country’s capital Mogadishu.  He was shot by unknown attackers near his home yesterday evening....
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 29 October 2012

  Africa Clinton to focus on Mali crisis in Algeria visit US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is visiting Algeria to discuss the growing threat posed by militant Islamists in neighbouring Mali, US officials say.  Earlier thi...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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SEAREPA: South East Asia’s Energy Revolution

Over 130 people from across 11 countries have flown into Sandakan, Malaysia for South East Asia’s first ever “game changing” gathering on Renewable Energy. For the next week, Sandakan’s Rainforest Discovery Centre will ...
by Chris Wright
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Daily News Roundup – 26 October 2012

Middle East Afhgan Mosque bomb blast A Mosque has been targeted by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan, killing at least 37 people and injuring 30. The attack occurred the north of the country where prayers were being held to mark ...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Round-up – 25 October 2012

Europe UK economy grows after Olympics The United Kingdom’s (UK) Gross Domestic Product has grown 1.0% in the wake of this summer’s Olympics.  The growth is the first seen since it was announced earlier this year that the ...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 24 October 2012

  Africa Equatorial Guinean human rights lawyer ‘missing’ Fabian Nsue Nguema, a top human rights lawyer in Equatorial Guinea, has gone missing.  Human Rights Watch (HRW) said he was last known to have visited a jail on Mo...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 23 October 2012

  Africa Stolen Nigerian oil ‘goes to Balkans and Singapore’ The main buyers of the estimated 180,000 barrels of oil stolen each day in Nigeria are based in the Balkans and Singapore, says campaigner Patrick Dele Cole.  M...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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