The erstwhile Nigeria Minister of finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has made the final shortlist of candidates for the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). She reached the next round after WTO dropped three candidates from the contest and the body is also planning to reduce the contestants to two final candidates in the next few weeks.WTO said Mexico’s Jesus Seade, Egypt’s Hamid Mamdouh and Moldova’s Tudor Ulianovschi didn’t secure enough support in a f...

After conducting laboratory tests in the northwest Kagera region, Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of the Marburg Virus Disease.Eight people reported symptoms, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to order tests, according to a statement released on Wednesday.Five of the eight confirmed cases have already died, including a health worker; the remaining three are receiving treatment. More than 160 of the infected person's contacts are being kept tr...

The annual South By Southwest festival, better known these days as SXSW, will expand to Australia next year, marking the first time in the event’s 36-year history that an international edition will be held.Since its launch in 1987, SXSW has grown exponentially; this year’s edition, for example, ran for 10 days across March 11–20. It’s long called Austin, Texas home, but the team behind it has held spin-off events like North By Northwest (NXNW) in Portland, North By...