11 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council today warmly welcomed the re-launching of negotiations aimed at…
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11 February 2014 – Over the next two and a half years, the United Nations food agency will provide technical…
10 February 2014 – Building on the “remarkable progress” made in Kosovo during 2013, particularly with regard to local elections,…
L-R: INEC National Commissioner (Oyo, Ogun and Ekiti), Prof. Lai Olurode; INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega; Chairman, Ekiti State Council…
L-R: Acting Chief Medical Director, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Dr. Kolawole Ogundipe; Wife of the State Governor, Erelu…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu flanked on the left by Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police, Zone 8, Mr.…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, February 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for Africa urges rapid progress on political talks in South…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Needs remain acute in South Sudan, where recent fighting has exacerbated…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana…
ROME, Italy, February 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Farmers in the Central African Republic are in urgent need of…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan sacked four cabinet ministers on Wednesday, including his controversial aviation minister, in a move seen as linked to his expected re-election bid next year. Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is racked…
Nigeria on Wednesday said it would open a probe into claims of state-sponsored killings dating back to the era of military rule, raising hopes that perpetrators will finally be brought to book. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said a public…
A gruesome attack by Boko Haram Islamists has killed 39 people in a village in the northeast, the area governor said after visiting the scene on Wednesday. “Up to 39 people have been killed and over 70 percent of the village has been razed to the ground…
12 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the start yesterday of the South sudan political talks between the…
DUBLIN, Ireland, February 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Republic of South AfricaH.E. Mr.…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, February 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will announce €347…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri will…
NORTHERN leaders yesterday engaged in war of words over the allegation that the Presidency was behind the emergence of the…
Dr. Bisola Clark, wife of elder-statesman, Senator Edwin Clark, yesterday, flayed former President Olusegun Obasanjo and daughter, Iyabo for a…
Contrary to criticisms that have trailed the recently released time-table for the 2015 general elections by the Independent Electoral Commission,…