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TUNIS, Tunisia, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) approved on…

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As many as 140,357 migrants from Saudi Arabia have returned home…

MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission…

ROME, Italy, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Control operations are continuing in Madagascar against an invasion of the…

MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative for the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas…

KAMPALA, Uganda, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today…

MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay today…

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, December 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Brigadier General Massimo Mingiardi was today appointed new Mission…

The wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Amina Sambo has conducted off a seven days free eye screening and cataracts surgery…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has lauded the continuous support offered to the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan by…

The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has said that all seems to be set for the commissioning of the solar-powered…

African Union troops early on Monday fired on demonstrators protesting against the president of the strife-torn Central African Republic, killing at least one person, according to AFP reporters on the scene. Several hundred Christian demonstrators crowded…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated the President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina, on…

A British Airways airplane carrying 202 people struck an office building at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport with its wing while taxiing for take-off late on Sunday, slightly injuring four, aviation authorities said. The Boeing 747-400…

The Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has enjoined Nigerians to embrace the love of Jesus Christ and shun bitterness in…

Follow @{0} Ivoirian refugees being repatriated home from Liberia ABIDJAN, 19 December 2013 (IRIN) – Fear of reprisal is preventing…

Follow @{0} Some 58,000 children have suffered severe malnutrition in northern Cameroon this year MAROUA, 18 December 2013 (IRIN) -…

Follow @{0} A mother and her malnourished twins at Mopti reference hospital in central Mali DAKAR, 13 December 2013 (IRIN)…

Follow @{0} A house despite in a previous bout of inter-communal violence in the north (file photo) DAKAR, 13 December…

Former Seleka rebels and their Muslim supporters blocked a route near Bangui’s airport to protest against French troops conducting a disarmament operation, accusing them of killing three fighters in clashes on Sunday. Dozens of protesters could be seen…