2 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the crackdown on journalists in Ethiopia and the…
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1 May 2014 – United Nations peacekeepers in South sudan reported today that opposition forces are occupying Lich University, located…
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has disclosed that a high-level meeting at Aso Villa to review the security situation…
A statement released and signed by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade has denied any attack on…
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has disclosed that a high-level meeting at Aso Villa to review the security situation…
MAY 02, 2014 President Goodluck Jonathan today called a high-level meeting at Aso Villa to review the security situation in…
CNNi talks to Nigerian child rights advocate, Toyin Olakanpo, about the Nigerian president’s speech on the missing girls.
First lady Patience Jonathan fueled anger Monday when a leader of a protest march said she ordered the arrests of…
A Nigerian woman who led a protest demanding the release of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists was arrested Monday after meeting Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan, activists said. The first lady’s office has denied reports…
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned South Sudan’s warring factions Monday against walking away from ceasefire agreements and recently agreed peace talks, saying the implications of such a move would be “serious”. “Let me make clear: if there is…
OTTAWA, Canada, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie,…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Over 2,600 detainees have been treated for scabies in an eradication…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Judy Cheng-Hopkins, arrived yesterday in…
Three foreigners have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, police said Monday, after the Dutch foreign ministry told AFP it was “aware” of reports that those taken were Dutch citizens. “Three expatriates tried to access…
Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial resumed Monday with a neighbour and friend giving a heart-wrenching account of finding the “broken” athlete coming down the stairs, holding his dead girlfriend in his arms. After a two-week break in the trial, the defence…
I came across this report released by Sahara Reporters and decided to share. Apparently, it’s a compilation of the 200+ abducted…
OSLO, Norway, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Norway is to host a pledging conference for South sudan in…
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram yesterday attacked a village market in Borno State, shooting sporadically on…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has said plans to make her a widow, in apparent reference to the pressure…
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday declared that his government was at a loss on the exact location the abducted students of…