18 December 2013 – Led by strong growth in Myanmar, opium poppy cultivation in the area known as the Golden…
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18 December 2013 – After moving significantly towards reducing poverty, Malaysia must ensure that such gains do not come at…
Ogun State Government has dismissed reports published by a national newspaper that N11 billion was missing from Tax Revenue…
In Asa traditional Cum Cultural settling, the ‘Ikoro’ is seldomly beaten. It may, therefore, not be surprising to learn…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has presented a N391.51 billion (three hundred and ninety one billion, five hundred and…
Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State, has been named the 2013 Man of the Year by Nigerian Pilot newspapers.…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said that constructive criticisms by newspapers’ columnists and media organizations in the country…
19 December 2013 – Unknown assailants attacked a United Nations base in South Sudan today, possibly killing or injuring civilians…
19 December 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today urged all parties in the Central…
19 December 2013 – A locust control programme launched in Madagascar is making progress against an invasion of the voracious…
18 December 2013 – The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has strongly condemned the killing of six people during…
18 December 2013 – The Security Council, deeply concerned over the increasing links between drug trafficking and other forms of…
18 December 2013 – Amid the ongoing fighting in South Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is reaching out to key leaders…
People with a glucose-tolerance problem — a driver of diabetes and cardiovascular disease — can cut the risk of heart attack or stroke by simply walking an additional 2,000 steps per day, a study said on Friday. The experiment gathered more than 9…
The United States has deployed 45 troops to South Sudan, amid intensifying fighting between rebels and government forces and fears the country is sliding toward civil war, the White House said Thursday. In a letter to Congress, President Barack Obama…
The Nigerian army said Thursday it had killed 13 suspected Boko Haram gunmen in a shootout near the border with Cameroon after an armed robbery at a currency exchange business. “Our men succeeded in killing 13 suspected Boko Haram terrorists in a shootout…
Depending on what you read, Maximilien de Robespierre was a defender of the poor and downtrodden — “the Incorruptible” who defended the values of the French Revolution to the end. Or he was a monster who slaughtered thousands for revolutionary crimes…
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The BUILD Africa Forum (http://www.buildafricaforum.com) is pleased to…
TOKYO, Japan, December 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Japan welcomes the Declarations signed on December 12 respectively by…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, December 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. Recalling its…