Arturo Vidal and Giorgio Chiellini struck in either half to hand Juventus a 2-0 away win at Bologna on Friday which gave the Serie A leaders a six-point lead over second-placed Roma. Four days ahead of a crucial trip to Istanbul, where Juve need a point…
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French President Francois Hollande on Friday told African leaders it is time for their continent to take charge of its own security as a major summit went ahead against the sombre backdrop of mourning for Nelson Mandela. Hollande unveiled a major new…
The United Nations family today mourned the loss – and celebrated the enduring legacy – of Nelson Mandela, the former…
Palestinian leaders on Friday drew on the legacy of Nelson Mandela, a high-profile supporter of their cause, likening his fight against apartheid to their own struggle to end Israeli occupation. Tributes to the late South African leader, whose death…
L-R: Award recipient, Professor Olufunke Egunjobi; Commissioner for Special Duties, Ekiti State, Chief Apalara Wole-Adewunmi; Governor Kayode Fayemi; and Permanent…
Nelson Mandela Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi spoke this morning on the passage of the icon Nelson Mandela. He said:…
World governing body FIFA on Friday conducted the draw for next year’s World Cup, when 32 national teams will converge on Brazil to compete for the sport’s most important prize. Six months and six days before the tournament opens with a game between…
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed immense sadness over the death of former South African President, Dr. Nelson Mandela.Special Adviser to…
President Goodluck Jonathan has conferred the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award on Professor Seth Sunday Ajayi, NNOM in the…
People view and place tributes at a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square in London December 6, 2013. (Toby Melville/REUTERS) Reporting contributed by Christa Case Bryant in Jerusalem, Scott Peterson in Tehran,…
Signs of HIV have returned in two American men who appeared to have briefly eradicated the virus after bone marrow transplants for cancer, US doctors said Friday. Experts said the discovery is a disappointment to efforts to find a cure for the human…
Outside Nelson Mandela’s former home in Soweto, South Africans paid tribute to the anti-apartheid leader through song and dance. They also mourned his death with flowers and candles outside the Johannesburg home where he died. (Dec. 6)
Former US president Bill Clinton, who was in office when Nelson Mandela took power in South Africa, on Thursday mourned the death of a “champion for human dignity and freedom”. “Today the world has lost one of its most important leaders and one of its…
The widow of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat pledged Friday to challenge a French inquiry which found his death to have been from natural causes, rather than poison as Palestinians suspect. “A request for further expert opinion will be submitted in…
South African President Jacob Zuma has laid out the schedule of formal events to honor Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95. Mandela will be buried on December 15 at his rural home in Qunu. (Dec. 6)
OSLO, Norway, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “I am very concerned about the security and humanitarian situation in…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Nelson Mandela was “a giant for justice” whose “selfless struggle for human dignity, equality and freedom” inspired many people around the world. http://news.sky.com/story/1178430/nelson-mandela-dies-president-confirms…
PARIS, France, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Elysée Palace – Friday 6 December 2013Dear friends,Before our Summit had…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU),…
PARIS, France, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FIDH and its 178 member organisations throughout the world, including Lawyers…