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Santa may already be riding his sleigh around the globe doling out gifts, but that did not stop US lawmakers and conservative groups Tuesday from warning of efforts to sabotage Christmas. Some members of Congress and religious organizations perennially…

A majority of Palestinians believe Israel poisoned their late leader Yasser Arafat, according to poll published Tuesday, which also highlights a decline in Hamas popularity compared to rival Fatah. The poll, released by Ramallah-based Palestinian Center…

Yemeni political parties have signed a document pledging a “just solution” that would grant some autonomy to the south in the face of secessionist demands, state news agency Saba reported. The text, inked late Monday, was hailed as a breakthrough in…

A mass grave has been found in South Sudan, the United Nations said Tuesday, amid fresh reports of brutal ethnic killings and ongoing battles that threaten to tip the young nation into civil war. UN rights chief Navi Pillay said a mass grave had been…

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden will call on citizens to work together to end mass surveillance when he delivers a Christmas Day broadcast to Britain, the Channel 4 television network said on Tuesday. In his first television appearance since claiming…

A military offensive in northeast Nigeria that killed more than 50 Islamist rebels has destroyed four villages and left corpses scattered in bushes, with some civilians among the dead, witnesses said Tuesday. The defence ministry has said the operation…

Thousands of worshippers and tourists from around the world flocked Tuesday to Jesus’s birthplace in Bethlehem, as the Middle East reels from conflicts and Pope Francis celebrates his first Christmas mass. Jerusalem’s Latin patriarch will lead a procession…

Angry Egyptians standing on piles of debris and shattered glass pointed the finger of blame at the Muslim Brotherhood after a car bomb ripped through Mansoura’s police headquarters on Tuesday. “The people want the execution of the Muslim Brotherhood…

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December 23, 2013 VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO WITH THE EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, MR. ASHRAF SALAMA DURING A COURTESY CALL…

December 23, 2013 AFENIFERE DELEGATION LED BY CHIEF RENSEN FASHORANTI AND GOV OLUSEGUN MIMIKO ARRIVING PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA FOR A…

Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese factory owner in Nigeria’s second city of Kano on Monday in an attack that left two employees wounded by gunfire, police and witnesses said. Kano, the largest city in the mainly Muslim north, has been attacked repeatedly…

Nigeria’s troops have killed over 50 Islamists and destroyed more than 20 vehicles during a massive hunt for fleeing Boko Haram insurgents who attacked an army barracks in a restive northeastern town, a spokesman said Monday. Boko Haram gunmen stormed…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday he had ordered a probe into a rash of allegations, including the creation of a political hit squad, levelled against him by former leader Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo, who served as president from 1999…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed shock at the killing of the Chairman of the Board of the…

Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu (2nd right) cutting the tape to inaugurate the nineteen Hilux Ford Patrol vehicles…

VICTORIA, Mahe, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On December 19, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary…

LUSAKA, Zambia, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On December 11, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary…

TUNIS, Tunisia, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) approved on…

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As many as 140,357 migrants from Saudi Arabia have returned home…