JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa’s days as top dog on the continent are numbered. Booming, bustling Nigeria is about to become Africa’s biggest economy. So pop open a bottle of Moet & Chandon — after all, from 2012-2013, seven Nigerian…
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists has secured an insurance policy for journalists who often work in poor conditions across the country and fall victim to accidents and attacks by militant groups. VOA’s Ndimyake Mwakalyelye reports and later talks to…
The number of people killed in a deadly market attack blamed on Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria has risen to 52, police told AFP on Tuesday. “From the verified figures I have in my records, 52 people have been confirmed killed in the attack…
NEW YORK, January 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the new Government in the…
NEW YORK, January 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN…
Scottsdale, AZ, January 29, 2014 –(PR.com)– Today Eos Group, Inc. announces the latest release of Eos P6 Integrator, version 3.0.…
OTTAWA, Canada, January 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following…
WASHINGTON, January 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJen PsakiDepartment Spokesperson, Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 28, 2014The United…
Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi represented by his deputy, Prof Modupe Adelabu, cutting the tape to flag off the distribution of…
S/N ACTIVITY DATE REMARKS 1 Notice of Election 3rd March Section 30(1) of the Electoral Act 2010 provides…
28 January 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the separate…
28 January 2014 – Amid reports that riot police have been deployed in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to break…
27 January 2014 – Coconut farmers in the Philippines are in urgent need of assistance to recover their livelihoods nearly…
28 January 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged the Rwandan Government to lift undue restrictions…
28 January 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency said today it has released updated guidelines on the needs of…
28 January 2014 – Following Tunisia’s adoption of a new constitution, the United Nations human rights office today added its…
27 January 2014 – Côte d’Ivoire is making “good progress” towards lasting peace and stability, but with presidential elections on…
27 January 2014 – Despite significant progress towards peace in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the international…
27 January 2014 – Warning that the Central African Republic (CAR) is now at a critical juncture, the United Nations…
26 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended “another historic milestone” in Tunisia’s democratic transition with the adoption of…