Fonio, a couscous-like grain eaten in Senegal, Nigeria and
other West African countries, and which is said to be the oldest
cultivated grain in the world, is coming to America. The grain, which
has been popularised by US-based Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam, could
replicate the outstanding success of quinoaa and open a brand new export
market for African farmers. Report by Leslie Gordon Goffe.
Fonio, the low-calorie, high-protein grain, which was a favourite
food of ancient Egyptians and is believed by the Dogon people of Mali to
be the seeds from which life on earth itself sprung, will, if all goes
as planned, be available for the first time in American supermarkets at
Some 96 percent of malware -- or malicious software -- employed by hackers target Google
Android, according to U.S. firm FireEye, which analysed more than 7
million mobile apps on Android and Apple iOS between January and October
2014. 
"Putin with (a) bare chest isn't a mighty leader:
He is a naked king," Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the exiled former oil
orligarch, said Thursday, according to a Reuters report, saying that
Putin's power was waning. 
Germany's parliament approved an extension of Greece's
bailout on Friday but a record number of dissenters from Angela Merkel's
conservatives underscored growing skepticism in Berlin about whether a
new Greek government can be trusted to deliver on its reform pledges.
The company cut its target for capital spending
for the year to June 2015 and said it would reap savings of $4 billion
in the next two years, shoring up cash flows so it could stick to its
policy of not cutting dividends. 
