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VATICAN, Holy See, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Yesterday, in a statement to journalists, the director of the…

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCMay 9, 2014The Department of State, Bureau…

ROME, Italy, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The latest IPC food security analysis carried out in South sudan…

LONDON, United-Kingdom, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for Africa welcomes agreement but expresses grave concerns over human…

JUBA, South Sudan, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Given the enormous, immediate and medium-term humanitarian consequences of the…

NEW YORK, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General welcomes the signing in Addis Ababa today, by President…

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCMay 9, 2014Today’s agreement to immediately stop…

RABAT, Morocco, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…

KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Edward Gemayel…

Vote counting in South Africa’s election that returned Nelson Mandela’s ANC to power wrapped up on Saturday, while the army was deployed overnight to quell violence in a Johannesburg township over alleged voter fraud. Completed results showed the African…

The mass kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria was an “unconscionable act” of terror against the education of girls, US First Lady Michelle Obama said Saturday. Speaking in her husband’s place during President Barack Obama’s weekly Saturday morning address…

Extradited British millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani is due in court in South Africa Monday on charges of ordering his Swedish wife’s murder during their 2010 honeymoon in Cape Town. After losing a three-year extradition fight in Britain, Dewani…

U.S. advisers arrives in Nigeria to aid in search for the kidnapped schoolgirls. CNN’s Barbara Starr reports.

The member representing Daura Constituency at the Katsina State House of Assembly on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC),…

President GOODLUCK Jonathan DECLARING OPEN THE 2014 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON AFRICA IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY (8/5/14). President Goodluck Jonathan…

First Lady Michelle Obama is to speak out against the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamic militants when she gives the weekly presidential address instead of her husband, the White House said Friday. White House deputy spokesman…

President Goodluck Jonathan says he will “not sleep” or rest on his oars until the over 200 abducted girls in…

Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has appealed to the people of the state irrespective of religious inclinations to embark on…

Over 15 million teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19 are reported to give birth every year following…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has appealed to Nigerians to unite and fight the insurgents to achieve success. Atiku wrote…