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The Nigerian Government has donated drugs to the Nassarawa State Government to check the spread of cholera and lassa fever…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated USD 8…
TOKYO, Japan, January 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. As a result of a public referendum held on 14th…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is distributing medical and laboratory equipment to different health clinics…
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, willinvest $10 million…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Transforming Africa’s Agriculture: Harnessing Opportunities for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable…
NEW YORK, January 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Human Rights…
NEW YORK, January 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN…
Dr Kayode Fayemi As Ekiti State prepares for another governorship election, the governor, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, says his achievements…
L-R: Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State; Chairman of defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Ekiti State, High Chief Jide…
PULLING DOWN THE HOUSE TO PROTECT A CORNER: A NOTE OF CAUTION It is with considerable hesitation that I…
12 January 2014 – United Nations officials are calling on the international community to increase aid to Haiti on the…
The International Criminal Court on Monday threatened to return to their home country three Congolese witness-detainees who sought asylum in the Netherlands almost three years ago, pressing the Dutch authorities for a decision. The unnamed witnesses…
The United Nations said Monday it is running out of food for the growing number of homeless in Central African Republic because of spreading unrest in the country. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said 38 trucks carrying rice are stuck at the Cameroon…
Two people have died from the H7N9 strain of bird flu in China’s commercial hub Shanghai, including a medical doctor, the local government said Monday, the city’s first fatalities from the virus this year. The victims included a 31-year-old surgeon…
Enlarge An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector disconnects the connections between the twin cascades for 20 percent uranium production at nuclear power plant of Natanz, as Iran halted production of 20 percent enriched uranium…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Few countries have invested as much goodwill and diplomatic energy in the birth of South Sudan as the United States. And few presidents have tied their legacies more tightly to the fledgling nation than George W. Bush, for whom the…
China’s working-age population continued to decline last year, the government said Monday, as Beijing grapples with a demographic time bomb that is one of its biggest challenges. The country introduced its controversial one-child policy in the late…
The communications teams of Queen Elizabeth II and her heir, Prince Charles, are to merge, royal sources said Monday, which should help smooth his eventual transition to the throne. The Sunday Telegraph newspaper called the latest move “the clearest…