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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…

Uruguay President Jose Mujica, a former guerilla known for his low-key style, has admitted he hopes to adopt “30 or 40 poor children” after his term ends in 2014, local media reported Sunday. The 78-year-old leader said he envisions putting his plan…

Ayanda Mbatyothi, who bears a striking resemblance to a young Nelson Mandela, vowed Sunday to carry on the legacy of the icon who had unwittingly launched his career. The 37-year-old, who hails from an impoverished township in eastern South Africa,…

A week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly chose to miss Nelson Mandela’s memorial service because of travel costs, Israeli ministers voted Sunday to consider buying an Israeli equivalent of “Air Force One.” They approved creating a committee…

L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe; his wife, Eyeosrun Abosede; newly installed chief/wife…

It began as a rumour; then developed into what looked like a game-like gambit; and then the importunacy became truly…

Anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada’s voice wavered on Sunday as he paid a moving final tribute to his fellow freedom fighter and close friend Nelson Mandela. Addressing the late struggle icon by their mutual nickname “Madala”, which means…

After a five-year wait, Mohammad Janis Shinwari is relieved to be in the United States, safe from the threats of the Taliban. But as a former interpreter for US troops in Afghanistan, Shinwari fears for the lives of his colleagues back home, who are…

Famed for his blazing blue eyes and drunken escapades, Peter O’Toole was a giant of the screen and stage whose performance in “Lawrence of Arabia” is often hailed as one of the greatest of all time. In a career spanning half a century, the Irish-born…

Ireland on Sunday became the first eurozone nation to leave its bailout programme but celebrations were muted as the country faces more austerity despite the end of the three-year rescue package. Dublin turned to the International Monetary Fund and…

The amount of electrical waste, anything with a battery or cord, is expected to increase from 54 million tons to 72 million tons worldwide in 2017 according to the United Nations.

At least 25 people, including 14 children, were killed in regime air raids on rebel districts of the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. They were killed when regime forces unleashed an aerial attack using…