WASHINGTON, January 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 5, 2014Coordinator Macon Phillips of the…
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It is with great emotion and great sadness that CAF President, Issa Hayatou, on Sunday, 5 January 2014, learnt of…
Eusebio, revered as football’s “Black Panther”, died on Sunday, aged 71, sending fans into mourning for a man who grew up in grinding African poverty to become one of the world’s greatest players. Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, who died of cardio-pulmonary…
The Local Organizing Committee has welcome with enthusiasm the announcement made by SAFA that the South African team. Bafana Bafana,…
The momentum for the 2014 Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) is gradually building up with the arrival of five teams…
Ghana and Nigeria boosted their preparations for the 2014 Orange African Nations Championship (CHAN) with victories in warm-up games.Ghana’s Black…
The National Chairman of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said the party requires fund to complete its national…
3 January 2014 – The situation in crisis-torn South Sudan remains tense today and, with clashes reported between pro- and…
The number of people uprooted by conflict in the Central African Republic is nearing one million, with half of the residents of the capital Bangui driven from their homes, the United Nations said on Friday. “The humanitarian situation in the Central…
Rwanda’s murdered ex-intelligence chief agreed to scrap his South African security detail before he was strangled to death in a Johannesburg hotel room, according to a political ally. Patrick Karegeya, 53, was discovered slumped on a bed by staff at…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has approved the appointment of a seasoned journalist and former Deputy Chief of Staff…
2 January 2014 – Appalled by the deadly bomb attacks carried out in Mogadishu Wednesday, for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility,…
Seven people, including two Cameroonian soldiers, have been killed in an attack on eastern Cameroon by an armed group from the Central African Republic, a security official said on Thursday. The raid took place on the village of Ondiki, close to the…
1 January 2014 – Amid set peace talks between the Government of South Sudan and warring rebels, the head of…
While recounting the progress of Mr. President’s transformation agenda from January to December, 2013 at a World Press Conference held…
“Media owners and political leaders are not to be bent on taking frontline political interests as a country is about…
2014: OUR YEAR OF STABILITY AND GROWTH New Years Day Broadcast 2014 by Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria…
31 December 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) today voiced grave concern over mounting evidence…
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wished 15 million Malians “peace, nothing but peace” as he delivered a New Year greeting Tuesday at the end of one of the most turbulent years in the west African nation’s history. “I only want peace, nothing but peace…
Mauritania is to set up a special tribunal to prosecute suspects accused of involvement in slavery, state media said on Tuesday, in a bid to eradicate the trade in the west African state. A judicial committee chaired by President Mohamed Ould Abdel…