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Attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s restive northeast have killed more than 1,200 people since May, when a state of emergency was declared in the region, the United Nations said Monday. Nigeria placed the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe…
16 December 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping in South Sudan is deeply concerned about a new bout of fighting…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS from mothers to their children is…
MBABANE, Swaziland, February 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On February 8, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary…
MBABANE, Swaziland, November 7, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr.…
ROME, Italy, September 21, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Rural farmers in Swaziland are starting to reap the fruits of…
WASHINGTON, September 4, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementHillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of StateWashington, DCSeptember 4, 2012On behalf of President…
NEW YORK, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via African Press Organization (APO)/ — On Wednesday, June 6, two teenagers from Swaziland,…
MBABANE, Swaziland, February 8, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On January 23, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary…
MBABANE, Swaziland, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the request of the authorities, a mission of the International…
The State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson has described the successful completion of his thank-you-tour to the eight Local Government Areas…
On a public holiday dedicated to reconciliation, South Africans on Monday started coming to terms with the loss of Nelson Mandela, a day after he was buried at the end of a life struggle for freedom and equality. A nine-metre, bronze statue of the democracy…
Heavy fighting broke out overnight in South Sudan’s capital Juba, officials said on Monday, amid mounting political tensions in the newly-independent nation. Diplomats and security sources said the fighting appeared to have erupted in a barracks close…
Nigeria could soon become Africa’s biggest economy but there is growing recognition that the landmark will be largely symbolic and do little to change lives in the continent’s most populous nation. On paper, the future looks bright for Nigeria: the…
January 1, 2014 marks the centenary of the amalgamation of southern and northern Nigeria but the anniversary looks set to be muted, amid lingering questions about whether the union can hold. In the run-up to the landmark, opinion is split between those…
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the end of her mission, the United Nations Special Rapporteur…
LOME, Togo, October 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Montfort Mlachila visited…
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJen PsakiSpokesperson, Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCAugust 8, 2013We commend the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FIFA can today confirm that the Togolese Football Federation (TFF) has…