Tsvangirai denounces Zimbabwe vote as "huge farce"
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Zimbabwe's election as a farce on Thursday after his rival President Robert Mugabe's party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in power for Africa's oldest head of state. | Video
Moroccans to protest royal pardon for Spanish pedophile
RABAT - Moroccans outraged by a royal pardon for a Spanish pedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping 11 children in the North African kingdom are planning a protest in Rabat on Friday.
Nigeria troubles, shale charge blot Shell profits
LONDON - Rising costs, oil theft in Nigeria and weak U.S. shale liquids production have hurt profits at Royal Dutch Shell , adding both to upward pressure on spending and to uncertainty on output growth. | Video
CORRECTED-UPDATE 4-Nigeria troubles, shale charge blot Shell profits
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Britain 'concerned' about way Zimbabwe election was organized
LONDON - Britain said on Thursday it was concerned that Zimbabwe had not enacted important electoral reform before Wednesday's vote in the former British colony and by reports that large numbers of voters had been turned away.
Moroccans to protest against royal pardon for Spanish pedophile
RABAT - Moroccans outraged by a royal pardon for a Spanish pedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping 11 children in the North African kingdom are planning a protest in Rabat on Friday.
Nigeria's Union Bank says H1 profit falls 4.2 pct
LAGOS, Aug 1 - Nigeria's Union Bank said on Thursday its half-year pretax profit fell to 9.8 billion naira ($61.1 mln), down 4.2 percent from 10.2 billion naira last year.
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai dismisses election as 'huge farce'
HARARE - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Wednesday's election as a "huge farce" and said the results were invalid because of intimidation and ballot-rigging by President Robert Mugabe's ruling party, which is claiming victory.
Kenya's CIC Insurance says H1 pretax profit rises 5 pct
NAIROBI, Aug 1 - Kenya's CIC Insurance posted a 5 percent rise in pretax profit for the first half of this year to 494 million shillings ($5.65 million), the company said on Thursday.
Zimbabwe poll 'seriously compromised': ZESN monitors
HARARE - Zimbabwe's leading domestic election monitoring agency cried foul on Thursday over this week's poll, saying the credibility of the vote was "seriously compromised" by irregularities on polling day.
McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum
These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.


