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More than 300 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the government’s retaliation for attacks blamed on a self-proclaimed “prophet” in the Democratic Republic of Congo in December, a rights group said Thursday. The government has previously denied…

Mali was in crisis Thursday after admitting it had lost the flashpoint town of Kidal to Tuareg separatists in a humiliating defeat forcing the government to call for an “immediate ceasefire”. Ministers have not revealed how many lives have been lost…

Nigerian officials say the bodies of 118 people have been recovered from the scene of a twin bombing in the crowded business section of the central city of Jos. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan called the bombings “Cruel and evil,” and said he is…

Report from Federal Ministry of Water Resources. The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochekpe has revealed that Israeli…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. At the invitation of the Government of the Republic…

LUSAKA, Zambia, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IBM (NYSE:IBM) (http://www.ibm.com) today announced a collaboration with the Zambian Ministry…

The United States deployed 80 military personnel to Chad on Wednesday to help find 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as Nigeria probed its deadliest attack ever with the militant group the main suspect. In a letter to congress, US President Barack…

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The outstanding contributions that compliance professionals make every day to securing…

Britain said Nigeria’s deadliest ever bomb attack, which killed at least 118 people, would strengthen the international community’s resolve to defeat terror in Africa’s most populous nation. Islamist militant group Boko Haram was blamed for two car…

Boko Haram gunmen killed more than 50 people in three separate attacks, including two near Chibok, the Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, witnesses said on Wednesday. The first attack on Monday afternoon…

Nigeria on Wednesday probed its deadliest ever bomb attack, with Boko Haram blamed for the atrocity that killed at least 118 people and fresh attacks near the town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped. Emergency services picked through the…

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — TestimonySarah SewallUnder Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights House Foreign…

DAKAR, Senegal, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said…

OTTAWA, Canada, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Canada is deeply concerned by the alarming spate of terrorist incidents…

The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike has stressed the need for re-awakening of interest of State and Local Governments…

Protesters on Thursday were taking their call for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram to Nigeria’s president, as US military personnel headed to Chad as part of the rescue effort. Demonstrators said they were intending to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 arraigned two staff of Ecobank Plc, Ekpe Sunday…

The first accused person in the trial of a former Governor of Edo State, Patrick Eboigbodin on Wednesday, May, 21,…

JUBA, South Sudan, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Mission in South sudan (UNMISS) is concerned…

OTTAWA, Canada, May 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Canada’s leadership in improving maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) was…