29 December 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan today voiced concern about reports of large numbers…
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29 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned a “cowardly” attack on a convoy of the African Union-United…
28 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed the appointment of a mediation team to work with Government…
The Nigerian military operations geared towards tracking the insurgents who carried out the recent pre-dawn attacks on the Mohammed Kur…
Information Minister, Mr. Labaran Maku has said that stamping out insurgency remains the topmost priority of the Federal Government as…
Thousands of young South Sudanese fighters loyal to ex-vice president Riek Machar have peeled away from an advance on a key town, the government said Sunday, but there was no immediate confirmation from Machar’s supporters. As the UN voiced concern…
Porsches, Range Rovers and even Maseratis… luxury cars are no strange sight weaving through the old bangers that rumble along Abidjan’s chaotic streets, another indication of the emergence of a wealthy class in Africa. Each of the vehicles costs at…
Gunmen on Sunday killed a former security officer who served under slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi in the violence-ridden eastern city of Benghazi, security and medical sources said. “Retired colonel Muftah Najem was shot dead,” said a spokeswoman for…
Dr Kayode Fayemi It seems a new dawn for politics in Nigeria as the All Progressives Congress (APC) continues to…
28 December 2013 – The deadline set for the removal of the most critical chemical weapons material from Syria for…
27 December 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Cambodian authorities to continue to exercise restraint…
Saudi Arabia’s religious police has warned against celebrating the New Year’s Eve in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom, the local Okaz daily said on Sunday. The Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, known unofficially as…
A female suicide bomber killed 14 people Sunday when she blew herself up at the main train station in the southern city of Volgograd, raising concerns about security in Russia just six weeks before the Sochi Olympic Games. The unidentified woman set…
A bomb near an army intelligence building wounded four soldiers Sunday, the third such blast within a week in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood’s terrorist designation further polarised the country. The explosion, which the army said was a “cowardly…
A sanitation court in Sokoto on Saturday sealed six filling stations for flouting the end of the month sanitation exercise.…
Arik Airlines says it has introduced a mobile and tablet booking app that can provide the airline with booking service.…
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Friday presented a budget of N107.4 billion for the 2014 Appropriation Act to…
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State said on Friday in Ilorin that the state government would give out N200 million…
A zoo in northern Thailand said Sunday that it was preparing for the birth of a second giant panda in the New Year thanks to artificial insemination. Chiang Mai Zoo said 12-year-old Lin Hui, who along with her partner Chuang Chuang is on loan from China…
The Israeli military fired a barrage of shells into southern Lebanon in retaliation after two Katyusha-style rockets crashed into an open field on Sunday, officials and reports said. The attacks struck uninhabited areas of both Israel and Lebanon without…