Nigeria no longer has any excuse for failing to root out Boko Haram Islamists blamed for killing thousands, including many school children, its parliament speaker said Tuesday. “We have run out of excuses. We no longer have any excuse for our inability…
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Thousands of refugees are fleeing harrowing scenes of atrocities and body-strewn streets in northern Nigeria, the UN said Tuesday. The UN’s refugee agency said violence in the area had prompted some 2,000 people to flee into neighbouring Niger over…
KADUNA, Nigeria — The waters of the River Kaduna swirl forward under a bridge that spans the long, turbulent divide between this city’s Christian neighborhoods to the south and its Muslim communities to the north. Kaduna, which literally means “…
NEW YORK, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following the Moroccan National Human Rights Council’s September 2013 thematic report…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is continuing to assist thousands of people displaced by the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep concern…
KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “I urge all FDLR rebels to immediately…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM today began to repatriate by road the first of thousands…
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCMarch 11, 2014On behalf of President Obama…
MORONI, Comoros, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Moroni from…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has stated that the guilty…
VICTORIA, Mahé, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An IMF staff mission led by Mr. Marshall Mills visited Victoria…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM, in close collaboration with the Government of Somaliland and in…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVESWHEN: 13 – 14 March 2014 The…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today condemned guilty verdict…
The Ogun State government has been commended for being the first to create extensions and industrial parks among the 30…
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 107km long Ilara-Ijoun-Eggua-Ilase road which links Yewa South, Yewa North, Imeko Afon and Ipokia Local Government…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday March 10, 2014 arraigned the quartet of Joseph Sule Emoabino, David Eson…
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to publications in Vanguard and The Punch, newspapers…