The United Nations said Thursday the South Sudan conflict death toll is “very substantially” higher than the 1,000 given so far, as it stepped up efforts to shelter civilians. The UN mission in South Sudan has cut all military links with the government…
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South Sudanese government forces were Thursday battling to retake the key rebel-held town of Bentiu, as Washington warned the world’s youngest nation was “in danger of shattering”. Peace talks in neighbouring Ethiopia appeared deadlocked as fighting…
Prof. Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), has described the poor reading habits cultivated by…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a new payment system called Real-Time Gross settlement (RTGS) system as part…
NEW YORK, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has announced the allocation of US$15…
Healthcare services at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Thursday remained paralysed, as the strike by the Joint House…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports that are claimed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it is…
South African President Jacob Zuma Thursday handed over 13,184 hectares (35,580 acres) of a previously white-owned farm to black communities as part of the country’s land reform programme, ahead of elections this year. The state paid almost one billion…
The All Progressives.Congress (APC) has advised President GEJ to be extremely careful on his reported plan to force the Governor…
African leaders began talks on Thursday to tackle the sectarian violence wracking the Central African Republic, with the pressure piling on the country’s embattled president. Rebel-turned-president Michel Djotodia was summoned to Chad’s capital NDjamena…
South Africa’s government on Thursday ordered investigators to speed up a probe into the killing of Rwanda’s former intelligence chief, who was found strangled in a Johannesburg hotel on January 1. With police yet to make any arrests nine days after…
Nigeria’s military on Thursday said they had killed as many as 38 Boko Haram fighters during counter-insurgency operations in the country’s northeast. Army spokesman Colonel Muhammad Dole said troops on patrol foiled a planned attack on local residents…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Every day, boat after boat arrives at Awerial, on the west…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “With such a focused group of industry shapers participating…
BEIJING, China, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announces at the regular press conference:At…
PARIS, France, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 752 deaths in Bangui and more than one thousand across the…
NEW YORK, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Members Also Hear from Country’s Permanent Representative, Delegations of Chad, African…
BAMAKO, Mali, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…
ISHERI NORTH, Nigeria, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Channels TV (http://www.channelstv.com), the award-winning independent Nigerian broadcaster, is delighted…