12 February 2014 – Rural development is key to Africa’s prosperity, yet it has been undervalued by Governments, international lenders…
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12 February 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began to airlift food into the Central African…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has praised the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Onyeabor Ihejirika (rtd), for…
Four persons have been relieved of their appointments in the Federal Executive Council in Nigeria. The affected persons include…
DAKAR, Senegal, February 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) in partnership with…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, February 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will visit the African state…
DUBAI, UAE, February 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The growing confidence in Somalia’s economic recovery process has seen institutions…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, February 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists [NUSOJ] protests the arrest of…
Boko Haram gunmen killed nine Nigerian soldiers after launching an ambush on a military convoy in the troubled northeast, a local official and a hospital source told AFP Thursday. The troops were responding to a distress call late Wednesday in the Madagali…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Strong concerns were expressed by the World Council of Churches (WCC)…
OSLO, Norway, February 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “The situation in the Central African Republic is critical. More than…
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, February 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The inaugural BUILD Africa Forum (http://www.buildafricaforum.com) was a…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU),…
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, urged the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to promote national unity and development. . He…
Prof. Atahiru Jega, Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said the commission would not just sanction any of…
At least 9 soldiers were feared killed in a deadly ambush by gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says sales of nomination forms for Ekiti and Osun state governorship elections slated for this…
AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, a former senatorial aspirant of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji has announced the creation of two new…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has suspended the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Nma Onyechere, “with…