GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara…
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TUNIS, Tunisia, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the request of the Tunisian authorities, a mission from the…
KIGALI, Rwanda, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed…
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC will tomorrow, December 3, 2013 arraign former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva…
The newest Member Association of The Confederation of African Football (CAF), South Sudan will be fielding two clubs in the…
US President Barack Obama on Monday pledged up to $5 billion to fight HIV/AIDS as long as the rest of the world collectively offers double that amount. Obama urged other countries to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria…
Lebanese authorities decided Monday to place Tripoli under army control for six months after a wave of sectarian killings linked to Syria’s war left 11 dead in the main northern city. The decision was taken at a meeting between President Michel Sleiman…
Taliban insurgents fighting against the US-backed Afghan government expressed their support on Monday for President Hamid Karzai’s refusal to sign a security pact with Washington. Karzai is locked in a public dispute with the US over the security deal…
The United States Monday urged Beijing to scrap new aviation arrangements set up by its new air defense zone which Washington has denounced as confusing and likely to increase the risk of accidents. “Our general position as a US government is that we…
The US military has begun outfitting a ship with special equipment that will be used to destroy part of Syria’s chemical arsenal, the Pentagon said Monday. A hydrolysis unit is being installed on the MV Cape Ray, a 650-foot (200 meters) cargo ship,…
The first full study of a snake’s genome has revealed the Burmese python to be one of the most evolutionarily advanced creatures on Earth, international researchers said Monday. The findings shed new light on how these southeast Asian natives have survived…
The Central African Republic needs foreign financial assistance as well as troops, its prime minister told AFP Monday as French forces deployed in a bid to halt spiralling violence. Speaking in Bangui before flying to Paris for a 40-nation France-Africa…
Syrian rebels, including jihadist groups, have captured the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. Rebels assaulted the town by rolling explosive-filled tyres down the hills onto regime…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described the late Deji of Akure, Oba Adebiyi Adesida, as an important figure…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Center, wearing Green Cap); with Party faithful and Community Leaders, during a tour of…
Saudi Arabia is satisfied with current crude prices as well as global supply and demand levels, its oil minister said Monday, indicating OPEC will freeze its output ceiling. “The market is in the best position it can be,” Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister…
A least a million Syrians are going hungry, as fighting and checkpoints prevent aid deliveries, the international Red Cross warned on Monday. “A conservative estimate is a million people without food,” said Simon Eccleshall, crisis management chief…
Hong Kong on Tuesday confirmed its first human case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, according to a report, in the latest sign of the virus spreading beyond mainland China. A 36-year-old Indonesian domestic helper with a history of travelling to the mainland…
The White House said Monday that it did not consider peaceful demonstrations in Ukraine as attempts at a coup, and called violent suppression of protests by police unacceptable. “We certaintly don’t consider peaceful demonstrations coup attempts,” said…