GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Calling Nelson Mandela a leader with hard-won wisdom and maturity unparalleled…
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WASHINGTON, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved US$228.5 million for…
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJonathan ShrierActing Special Representative, Office of Global Food SecurityJohannesburg, South AfricaDecember 4,…
AFP IS CLOSING THE LIVE REPORT ON THE DEATH OF NELSON MANDELA, the South African anti-apartheid hero beloved as a global symbol of peace and forgiveness and the father of the “Rainbow Nation”. 0245 GMT: F.W de Klerk, the former South African president…
With its tales of infidelity, backstabbing and money-grabbing, “Lekki Wives” has become one of the most talked-about television programmes in Nigeria. But the edgy portrayal of life in one of Lagos’ newest suburbs is far from imagined — and a sharp…
BERN, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — It is with great sadness that the President of the Swiss…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The international football community has today learnt the sad news of…
DUBLIN, Ireland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — It is with deep sadness and regret that I learned tonight…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following the death of Nelson Mandela, the Foreign Secretary William Hague…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, we bid farewell to a man who dedicated his life…
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCDecember 5, 2013Madiba’s ‘long walk to freedom’…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Millions of people, including many who never met him, will feel…
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, we have lost one of history’s great leaders. I extend my…
PLANO, TX, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — DreamTrips™ Vacation Club (https://dreamtrips.com), one of the world’s leading travel and…
President Obama addressed the nation on the death of Nelson Mandela.
A ship, two portable treatment plants and less than 90 days: that’s the plan the Pentagon unveiled Thursday to destroy “hundreds of tons” of Syria’s most dangerous chemical weapons. After Albania refused to destroy the lethal “priority 1” chemical agents…
Ho/Framingham Police Department/AFPThis undated booking photo courtesy of the Framingham, Massachussetts Police Department shows Onyango Obama. The uncle of US President Barack Obama was arrested last week near Boston on a charge of drunk driving, police…
America’s first black president Barack Obama Thursday mourned Nelson Mandela as a “profoundly good” man who “took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice.” Obama — who met the former South African president briefly…
South Africa’s archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu lauded his compatriot and fellow Nobel peace laureate Nelson Mandela Friday as the man who taught a deeply divided nation how to come together. “Over the past 24 years Madiba taught us how to come together…
Barcelona boasts the world’s most successful bike share program, according to a report Thursday that lays out the secrets of getting more people out and about on two wheels. The Spanish Mediterranean city’s Bicing system averages 10.8 trips per bike…