As delegates in Copenhagen continue to grapple with the dilemma of how to rein in carbon emissions, a plan to cap and trade p...

BA's Chief Executive Willie Walsh says the planned strike action over Christmas is a "massive over-reaction" and he has urged...

British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike in a dispute over job cuts and changes to staff co...

British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike in a dispute over job cuts and changes to staff co...

The Chinese president, Hu Jintao, has opened a major pipeline to transport gas from Turkmenistan to China.The pipeline is nea...

An ancient plant is being cultivated in Tanzania as a lucrative biofuel crop.The jatropha plant has even been used to fuel a ...

It may be huge, bustling and not pleasant on the nose, but Dar es Salaam's fishmarket is one of the most important in the reg...

Tanzania is pivotal to east Africa's plans to form a common market, because it is home to one of the region's biggest and bus...

LJ Rich rounds up this week's most fascinating technology stories.

You can now get short-term loans simply by sending a text message. It is immediate and simple - but is it worth it?The BBC's ...