Australian combat troops have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday, marking the end of the nation’s longest war which left 40 of its soldiers dead. Abbott announced that more than 1,000 troops would pull…
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Catholic leader in England and Wales urges rethink on spousal visas and warns many families are split by new income rules
Malta has announced it is selling passports to foreign investors for £546,000, but that’s cheap compared with other countries, such as Britain and the US
Proposal emerges among range of measures including tougher employment criteria in leaked government report
Nigeria could soon become Africa’s biggest economy but there is growing recognition that the landmark will be largely symbolic and do little to change lives in the continent’s most populous nation. On paper, the future looks bright for Nigeria: the…
January 1, 2014 marks the centenary of the amalgamation of southern and northern Nigeria but the anniversary looks set to be muted, amid lingering questions about whether the union can hold. In the run-up to the landmark, opinion is split between those…
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the end of her mission, the United Nations Special Rapporteur…
LOME, Togo, October 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Montfort Mlachila visited…
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJen PsakiSpokesperson, Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCAugust 8, 2013We commend the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FIFA can today confirm that the Togolese Football Federation (TFF) has…
ROME, Italy, June 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The crisis in Mali, terrorist infiltration, cross-border crime and, more in…
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCApril 26, 2013On behalf of the American…
NEW YORK, March 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Wednesday’s ruling by Togo’s Constitutional…
NEW YORK, March 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Togolese police on Thursday fired rubber bullets and tear gas to…
LOME, Togo, March 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) and the Investment and Development…
BERLIN, Germany, February 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister of State Cornelia Pieper met with Prime Minister Kwesi Séléagodji…
It was supposed to be a regular shopping trip to a Kenyan mall until Faith Wambua found herself playing dead for bullet-spraying militants, in an ordeal that capped a year of Islamist violence across the continent affecting countless ordinary Africans…
Will the gravesite of Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest statesmen the world has ever seen, be permanently off limits for the public? This was the question on many lips as the democracy icon was buried with full honours in his rural boyhood village…
An Israeli soldier was killed by cross-border fire from Lebanon on Sunday evening, Israeli media reported. There was no confirmation from the Israeli military, which earlier said that a Lebanese soldier opened fire at an Israeli civilian vehicle at…
Socialist Michelle Bachelet was swept back into office Sunday as Chile’s next president, electoral officials said, as her rival recognized the win. Bachelet, 62, would take office March 11 to succeed conservative billionaire President Sebastian Pinera…