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The government will unveil its latest economic forecasts for 2024 on Wednesday, with media reports suggesting a sharp downgrade to a mere 0.2 percent growth. In its autumn projections, the government was still expecting output to expand by 1.3 percent.

The intensifying conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) army and the M23 Tutsi-led rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted supply lines to the eastern city of Goma, affecting over two million residents and displaced individuals.

The World Bank warned in January that global growth will slow for the third consecutive year, to 2.4% in 2024, when the global economy may record the slowest half-decade of GDP growth in 30 years. Indonesia's GDP growth is also projected to decelerate in line with the weakening outlook.

The preliminary results of a National Transportation Safety Board investigation into how a door flew off an Alaskan Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 in January have revealed that four key bolts appeared to be missing.

Manufacturers and resource providers will be obliged to provide fair wages, decent working conditions and respect environmental standards.

Tragedy struck in the heart of Oworoshoki as a devastating fire tore through people's homes, leaving families homeless and their belongings reduced to harsh. GuardianTV spoke with victims and eyewitnesses who recounted their experiences.

We have to burn fewer fossil fuels, and eventually phase them out completely. But there’s one place that will be hard: flight. The entire field of plane-based transport and travel is built around fossil-based jet fuel.

Ayomide Sotubo on this edition of The Nutmeg previews the Nigeria Vs South Africa match with Hogan Niyi and Olaniyi Adeoluwa.

US prosecutors say Elon Musk's carmaker Tesla was improperly disposing used lead acid batteries, antifreeze, paint and electronic waste across California.

World Gold Council forecasts purchases of the commodity this year are unlikely to meet 2023 levels, where they hit an all-time high and also the second highest year in history of central banks buying gold. But is gold still a safe hedge against inflation in Nigeria?

One of China's largest real estate developers faces a winding-up petition in a Hong Kong court on Monday. A liquidation of the firm could have far reaching consequences for the world's second-largest economy.

Parts made with forced labour in China may be being used in cars around the world, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. It says it has found "credible evidence" that aluminium producers use workers from government-backed labour transfer programmes linked to the forced labour of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities.