Federer Edges Closer To Record-Breaking Return To World Number One

Roger Federer moves one step closer to a return to No. 1 in the ATP Rankings, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber in Rotterdam. @ATPWorldTour  

Roger Federer is a victory away from becoming the oldest world number one in tennis history.

Tech Startup Gives Workers The Tools To Report Supply Chain Slavery

A worker sprays colour on a drawer inside a household furniture manufacturing industry in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 28, 2014. Reuters/Amit Dave

Giving staff the tools to report workplace abuses, including forced labour, should improve data for brands that are striving to ensure their products are slavery-free, a tech startup said.

South African Lawmakers Choose Cyril Ramaphosa As President

South Africa's parliament will elect Cyril Ramaphosa, seen here on February 11, 2018 in Cape Town, as the country's new president, the ruling ANC party said, after Jacob Zuma resigned in a late-night television address

South African lawmakers on Thursday selected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's new president after scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma resigned under pressure from his own ANC ruling party.

US Opioid Maker On Offensive As Scrutiny Mounts

Nan Goldin, a former opioid addict pictured in 2009, wants museums to refuse funding from the Sackler family, whose members sit on the board of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

Accused of profiting from a deadly opioid crisis ravaging middle class America, the maker of the world's best-selling pain medication went on the offensive Tuesday in the face of increasing scrutiny.

The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington is one of many bearing the name of the family that founded opioid maker Purdue Pharma

Anger After Preacher Says Women ‘Source Of Evil’; Rwanda ‘Shuts Radio For Denigrating Women’

Rights groups are horrified after a preacher said there was nothing good about women AFP

A Rwandan preacher could be hauled before the country's media regulator after calling women the source of all evil in a radio sermon.

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Ibrahim Prize: Liberia’s Sirleaf Wins African Leadership Prize

Mrs Sirleaf is the first woman Ibrahim Laureate GETTY IMAGES

Liberia's ex-president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has won the US$5m (£3.6m) Ibrahim prize for African Leadership.

FOR THE RECORD: Customers Continue To Pay More On Loans, Earn Less On Deposits

‘Invisibles’ dollar sales dominate forex utilization by 48%

Except the seven-day and one-month maturity deposit rates, all other forms of deposits in the banking industry lost values in the fourth quarter of 2017, when compared with the third quarter records.

Cyber-Attacks: ‘₦150bn Depositors’ Monies At Risk’

Experts and top Nigerian government officials have said at least ₦150 billion will be lost to cyber criminals if they eventually carry out their plan to launch a massive robbery attack on the country this year.