GENEVA, Switzerland, May 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM will conduct a two-day diaspora engagement training for Lesotho government…
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FORTY-THREE days after more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in Chibok, Borno State by insurgent sect, Boko Haram, the Military…
India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday to crack down on militant groups while stressing his desire for closer economic ties, the foreign ministry said. Modi “underlined our concerns related…
A Christian Sudanese woman, sentenced to hang for apostasy in a case that sparked an international outcry, has given birth in jail, a Western diplomat said on Tuesday. “She gave birth to a girl today,” said the diplomat, who is familiar with the case…
Ukraine said Tuesday it had regained control of the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk after a day of punishing air strikes and fierce fighting with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen left dozens of people dead. Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately…
A suicide bomber killed 13 people at a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad Tuesday while violence elsewhere in Iraq left four dead, the latest in a protracted surge in bloodshed. The bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the mosque in the capital’s…
Nigeria’s ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in an attempt to broker the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, a source close to the talks told AFP. The meeting took place last weekend at Obasanjo’s farm…
JUBA, South Sudan, May 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) cordially invites…
Residents of Attagara and Kawuri villages in Gwoza and Bama local government areas of Borno State, respectively, repelled attacks on…
Birmingham City’s Hong Kong holding company said it received an undisclosed offer for a stake in the football club, sending its shares soaring, months after its owner Carson Yeung was jailed for money laundering. In a filing to the city’s stock exchange…
Nigeria’s highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers. But Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday assured that the August 9 governorship poll in Osun State would be free…
Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday called on security agencies in the state to ensure the…
TOKYO, Japan, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Japan welcomes the fact that the second round voting for…
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has signed a new four-year contract extension at the Catalan giants. The former Manchester United defender…
It has come to the notice of the Ekiti State Government through a National Newspaper publication, that His Excellency, Dr.…
Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar Gumi, has taken a swipe at the military, over what he called vandalism and…
The Gombe State Government said it would use the Children’s Day celebration to pray for the release of the abducted…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Darfur Internal Dialogue and Consultation (DIDC) Implementation Committee…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — SECOND FIELD MISSION OF THE African UNION COMMISSION OF INQUIRY…