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WASHINGTON, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementMarie HarfDeputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCMay 26, 2014The…

BERN, Switzerland, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today in Brussels, Switzerland and the Seychelles signed a tax information…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As part of the closing events of year-long celebrations of…

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Abuja (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Report) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali has called on the international community,…

PARIS, France, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — After the CTIC incubator in Senegal and the Ebène project in…

OSLO, Norway, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende condemns the attack on the…

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Fifty people detained in connection with recent clashes in Kidal have…

Abuja (Vice President’s Office Report) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has urged Nigerians, particularly the Muslim Ummah to…

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will conduct her…

JUBA, South Sudan, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Country Team cordially invites members of the…

EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — African Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur…

ABUJA (National Planning Commission Report) The Supervising Minister/Deputy Chairman of the National Planning Commission, Bashir Yuguda has formally launched the…

Report from Vice President’s Office. Vice President Namadi Sambo has urged Nigerians, particularly the Muslim Ummah to pray fervently for…

BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU) and partners have concluded a…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) continues to contend with a ‘leadership tussle’ in the build- up to the 2015 general…

Boko Haram is probably beyond the reach of global sanctions but attempts to curb the Nigerian Islamists’ reign of terror is an indication of growing international commitment, analysts said. The UN Security Council this week designated the extremist…

At least 24 people were killed on Sunday when Boko Haram gunmen raided a village in northeast Nigeria, where the Islamists have stepped up deadly attacks on villages in recent months, residents told AFP. Dozens of motorcycle-riding gunmen stormed Kamuya…

The abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month was “contrary to the teachings of Islam”, the head of the African Union (AU) said at an event to mark Africa Day on Sunday. “We strongly condemn the abduction of the young, innocent schoolgirls…

Nigeria’s Niger Delta Sunday declared that it would settle for nothing less than a new constitution premised on Autonomy or…