Three blasts rocked the city of Jos in central Nigeria on Tuesday, two local journalists said. The blasts caused casualties,…
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NEW YORK, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General takes note of Malawi’s first tripartite elections, to be…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM has begun an operation to allow 220 Ethiopian irregular migrants…
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Africell Holding (http://www.africell.com) signe un accord avec le Groupe Orange visant…
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The wait is over in Africa for a homegrown platform that…
NEW YORK, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In the context of the second round of the…
Jumia is on the move with another fashion forward campaign. Jumia is the largest online fashion store with over 20,000 fashion…
L-R: Commissioner, General Administration, Local Government Service Commission, LGSC, Ekiti State, Sir Akin Akomolafe; Governor Kayode Fayemi; and Chairman, LGSC,…
L-R: Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; State Market Women Leader, Chief Waye Osho; Commissioner for Women Affairs,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, May 15th, 2014 arraigned a former staff of Chevron Nigeria Limited,…
BERLIN, Germany, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Christoph Strässer, the Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU),…
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In advance of tomorrow’s South sudan pledging conference in Oslo, Norway, today…
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde branded Boko Haram, the Nigerian insurgents who kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, “despicable” on Monday. “In a deep sense, the actions of Boko Haram represent the complete antithesis of the values…
A Nigerian soldier has told Sky News his country’s troops are poorly paid, badly equipped and in no shape to take on Boko Haram militants. There’s growing frustration at Nigeria’s inability to track down the schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist group…
A South African judge on Tuesday ordered Oscar Pistorius to undergo up to 30 days of psychiatric tests to establish if he is “criminally responsible” for killing his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day 2013. Thokozile Masipa said the Paralympian sprinter…
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCMay 19, 2014On behalf of President Obama…
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksHeather HigginbottomDeputy Secretary of StateWashington, DCMay 15, 2014Thank you for that kind…
Former Science and Technology Minister, Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre and her husband, Chief Peter Ekpiwhre yesterday had their marriage dissolved by…