GENEVA, Switzerland, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The international community should urgently provide adequate resources to cope with…
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WASHINGTON, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Statement by the President on the Celebration of Coptic ChristmasMichelle and I…
JUBA, South Sudan, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As announced by the Department of State, due to the…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay,…
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued…
The Director of Defence Information in Nigeria, Chris Olukolade (Major General) has said that the Nigerian Defence Ministry is involved…
The Nasarawa State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ukraine Stroy Aryans Construction Company Ltd for the…
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The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has assured Nigerians that effort is being made to normalize electricity supply to parts…
WASHINGTON, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 7, 2014U.S. Special Envoy to the…
Late Chief Friday Aderemi Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed profound regrets at the death of former Acting…
7 January 2014 – The United Nations today resumed food aid for some 100,000 displaced people in Bangui, capital of…
7 January 2014 – As the fighting in parts of South Sudan grinds on between Government forces and rebels despite…
6 January 2014 – Three helicopters have been deployed to the South Sudanese capital of Juba today to help reinforce…
6 January 2014 – The worsening strife in the Central African Republic (CAR) with its Muslim-Christian overtones risks escalating into…
Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o was nominated on Monday for Bafta’s Rising Star Award for her role in “12 Years A Slave”, in a further sign that it is heading for Oscar glory. Nyong’o is considered the frontrunner for the British Academy of Film and Television…
Commended MorganCapital Group, one of leading investment banking and securities dealing firms in the country for its crucial role in…
Libya’s General National Congress on Tuesday failed to agree on what action to take about the embattled government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, a member said. His administration has been under fire for failing to tackle security problems and end an…
ThA Ne small number of surviving giraffes in western Africa is on the rise again, after 366 were counted in southwest Niger in 2012, up from 311 the previous year, official figures published Tuesday showed. The latest figure includes 177 males and 189…
Drug abuse in northern Nigeria’s largest city has been on the rise in recent years, with anti-narcotics officials and experts warning of serious social consequences if the problem is not tackled. Kano has the country’s highest drug abuse rate based…