1 February 2014 – The head of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has welcomed a breakthrough commitment…
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31 January 2014 – Unless additional funding is secured for the Central African Republic (CAR), nearly two million desperate people…
31 January 2014 – An action plan to stabilize the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has made important progress…
31 January 2014 – The congestion at United Nations bases in South sudan has started to create risks for the…
2 February 2014 – While confirming today’s delivery of more than 700 food parcels to the desperate, malnourished civilians stranded…
1 February 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council have strongly condemned the “heinous” terrorist attack…
31 January 2014 – Voicing deep concern about the growing threats and attacks on members of the media in Egypt,…
31 January 2014 – Syrian Government and opposition delegates today wrapped up what United Nations officials hope will be just…
31 January 2014 – A senior United Nations relief official today called for a halt to the displacement of Palestinians…
Displaced and host families in Gasseré village wait for UNHCR to distribute blankets and kitchen kitsGASSERE/BOSSO/DIFFA, 30 January 2014 (IRIN)…
Battling chronic diseases will be the major Arab health care challenge for the next generationLONDON, 30 January 2014 (IRIN) -…
Follow @{0}Razed IDP camp in Côte d’Ivoire’s west. Activist worry that politics is overshadowing justice ABIDJAN, 29 January 2014 (IRIN)…
Follow @{0}Liberian authorities are cracking down on the sale of fake drugsMONROVIA, 29 January 2014 (IRIN) – Liberia’s Ministry of…
The Federal Government on Sunday urged Nigerians to pray for the security agents partaking in the ongoing military action to…
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, on Sunday reassured Nigerians, especially industrialists, of steady electricity supply in a very…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Sunday urged the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State to track down the…
They are the moral guide to the society and they do all in their wisdom to engender peace and preserve…
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has dumped the party which gave him a platform to be Nigeria’s…
Nigeria’s ruling party, weakened by mass defections and riven by months of in-fighting, was dealt a fresh blow on Sunday, when one of its most senior figures said he had joined the main opposition. Atiku Abubakar, the country’s vice-president under…
“Nigeria, March/April 1978: The Minister for Education, Col Ahmadu Ali under the Obasanjo Military administration, had just announced that the Federal Government of Nigeria intended to increase the cost of feeding for University and other tertiary…