GABORONE, Botswana, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Internet Society (http://www.internetsociety.org) today announced that it has been selected…
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6 February 2014 – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and former South African President Thabo Mbeki today stressed the…
6 February 2014 – The United Nations and the African Union (AU) affirmed their common commitment “to put an end…
5 February 2014 – Up to 7 million people in strife-torn South Sudan, nearly two thirds of the total population,…
5 February 2014 – Senior United Nations officials today welcomed parliamentary approval of an amnesty law covering acts of war…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is facing a crisis within his party centered around his assumed intention to run for another term in the 2015 election. His critics say it would violate an unwritten rule that power should rotate between the largely…
At least 22 people were killed in a raid in restive central Nigeria on Thursday, locals said, in the second such attack in the area this week. Gunmen opened fire in the predominantly Muslim village of Mavo in the Wase local government area of Plateau…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, February 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Events in Ukraine will again be in focus when EU foreign…
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, February 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On February 6th 2014, BUILD Africa (http://www.buildafricaforum.com), Africa’s…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination…
An Abeokuta High Court on Thursday fixed April 3 and April 4 for the continuation of the trial of a…
The PDP Board of Trustee (BoT) Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, said there was hope for the party with the emergence…
Alhaji Gani Ola-Oluwa, the Chairman of the PDP in Osun, said on Thursday that the party had postponed its membership…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers on Thursday condemned the alleged killing of some registration officers in the state.…
Controversial Rivers State Commissioner, Joseph Mbu has been removed. . The Police Service Commission (PSC), Thursday, announced the redeployment of…
(Interior Ministry Reports) “The Nigerian Government is committed to building a virile nation for the future of the youths and…
(Special Duties News) The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has urged Nigerian youths to be…
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Royal Philips (http://www.philips.com) (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) and the African Medical…
OTTAWA, Canada, February 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — International Development Minister Christian Paradis meets with the President of Tanzania,…
PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, February 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Martin Petri visited…