KIGALI, Rwanda, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed…
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NAIROBI, Kenya, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC will tomorrow, December 3, 2013 arraign former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva…
The newest Member Association of The Confederation of African Football (CAF), South Sudan will be fielding two clubs in the…
Lebanese authorities decided Monday to place Tripoli under army control for six months after a wave of sectarian killings linked to Syria’s war left 11 dead in the main northern city. The decision was taken at a meeting between President Michel Sleiman…
The Central African Republic needs foreign financial assistance as well as troops, its prime minister told AFP Monday as French forces deployed in a bid to halt spiralling violence. Speaking in Bangui before flying to Paris for a 40-nation France-Africa…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described the late Deji of Akure, Oba Adebiyi Adesida, as an important figure…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Center, wearing Green Cap); with Party faithful and Community Leaders, during a tour of…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan has identified the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) as an important institution in the…
The prime minister of Somalia was ousted by parliament Monday amid a bitter power struggle within the internationally-backed government that could undermine efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation and tackle Islamist rebels. Abdi Farah Shirdon, prime…
Rebels and government forces in Sudan’s South Kordofan state have clashed again south of a railway town the insurgents briefly occupied last month, both sides said on Monday. Fighting in the state has intensified since early November, at the start of…
OSLO, Norway, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Brende concerned about new Egyptian protest law“I am concerned…
Pygmies exhibited like animals before a gawping public. Forced labour with amputations to encourage productivity. Medical experiments used to justify Nazi theories of Aryan superiority. Even now, many of the horrors of colonial Africa are insufficiently…
20 MHz of capacity leased on EUTELSAT 10A’s powerful African widebeam PARIS, December 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — PPC (formerly Philips Projects Centre), one of the leading providers of integrated IT services in Nigeria, has selected Eutelsat Communications…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay paid…
Africa could lose 20 percent of its elephant population in a decade if current poaching levels are not slowed, animal conservation groups warned Monday. An estimated 22,000 elephants were illegally killed across the continent last year, as poaching…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Court today formally handed over the Court’s landmark…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Sixteen distinguished jurists today were sworn-in as Judges of the…
Overnight attacks by Boko Haram Islamists forced authorities on Monday to impose a 24-hour curfew in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, closing the airport and shutting roads into and out of the city. The government in Borno state said the decision was taken…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson will be one of the key speakers at this year’s edition of the…