It could take until 2017 to recoup the jobs lost in the United States and Europe since the 2008-2009 global recession, the report said.

Testimony was “too contradictory and too hazy” to convict Mathieu Ngudjolo of a 2003 attack on a village that left 200 death, the International Criminal Court said.

Jacob Zuma, the embattled president of South Africa, won a landslide victory for a second term as head of the African National Congress on Tuesday.

The men were charged with treason on Tuesday over a suspected plot to bomb a conference of the ruling African National Congress and execute top officials.

Sasol, a South African company, plans to take advantage of a glut of cheap gas to make diesel and other refined products at competitive prices in Louisiana.

Activists said the ruling was another setback for gay men and lesbians in the country, widely viewed as the most repressive in Africa when it comes to prosecuting same-sex couples.

The chief public prosecutor appointed last month by President Mohamed Morsi stepped down Monday after a demonstration by district prosecutors accusing him of political bias.

France expects that the United Nations Security Council will authorize the deployment of a multinational African military force to regain control of the country’s north.