As an African Union summit on agricultural investments opens in Libya, donors and non-profits are calling participants' attention to the role smallholder farmers - mostly women - can have in feeding their communities.

Under a new initiative international donors are backing Africa-based policy research to improve local decision-making on complex global issues with potentially enormous humanitarian consequences like food security and climate change.

PETER Michael Hitschmann, the former police reservist who was jailed after the discovery of an arms cache on his property, was released on Thursday and vowed not to be a state witness in the trial of Roy Bennett, the MDC

Red tunas, sharks, rays and cods may soon disappear from our tables. Negotiations are ongoing at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to reduce the subsidies that contribute to this catastrophe.

ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI) is pleased to announce it is expanding its presence in Korea, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan with the appointment of new dealers, Nova Solution Corporation and Harsha Marine Designers.In spite of the current recession, ShipConstructor

Today it became known that City Bank signed an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the State of Washington Department of Financial Institutions. The Bank has been dealing with the impact of the recession and the slowdown in

Despite the fact that stock prices go, supermarkets especially in the US are still feeling the recession pain. But for some of them, the crisis has been a unique opportunity to woo customers into a relationship that they hope will

The world's second-largest credit card provider MasterCard revealed it decision to agree with prepaying its obligations under a legal settlement with US vendors and will receive a 16% discount. Thus, the company announced on Thursday, it is to pay $335

At the hardest times of the crisis frenzy many people believed that the recovery of the Asian economy along with the largest part of the world depends on China's prosperity. But as China's governmental agencies are crowing daily over the

On Thursday the US Department of Justice confirmed that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible violations of the Sherman Act, a US antitrust law, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on

First Data and India's new age private sector bank YES BANK set up collaboration in a move to establish jointly a widespread network of ATMs across various cities in India. Thus, on Thursday, Yes Bank and First Data signed a

Wells Fargo revealed its plans to invest $208,000 in the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC) Education Foundation for a national research study of the characteristics and interests among business owners in the six largest Asian American ethnic

The late delivery of voicemail messages is making AT&T and iPhone customers angry who in some cases could not check their voice message even after several days it had been recorded."I have had this happen on a number of occasions,"

Bling Nation, the startup that has raised $ 8 million in funding, is launching a service with the help of which customers will be able to purchase items in stores with their cell phones. This service will bring the Japanese

The decision of Apple to sell their first adult application 'Hottest Girls' featuring scantily clad models has drawn attention to mobile porn. There's a lot of buzz surrounding its revenue potential in the U.S. market. If people often purchase games

Apple has conceded that its new iPhone 3GS may be having some issues with regards to temperature its new smartphone can reach under normal circumstances. The company has been forced to issue a set of guidelines that will help users

Many internet users especially those literally living in the virtual space are discussing a scandal around the theft occurred in the MMOG game known as EVE Online, where more than 300,000 subscribers pay $15 a month to play. A person

Yoichi Suzuki, director-general of the Japanese foreign ministry's economic affairs bureau and one of the country's main coordinators for the G8 summit, said that major countries should support the dollar as the key international currency, although emerging nations may discuss

During Friday trading gold prices moved up slightly, steadying above $931 per ounce as the dollar tumbled against the single currency, with deeper concerns over the US economic outlook also underpinning the metal.By 7:09 a.m. EDT Spot gold stood at

Donation equaling to $1.5 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock has been given by a billionaire investor Warren Buffet to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and to four family charities on Wednesday. After faithfully fulfilling the promise made in