The United Nations is considering the use of unarmed drones to monitor sectarian violence in the Central African Republic, a UN official said, ahead of the deployment in September of 12,000 peacekeepers in the restive nation. UN under-secretary-general…
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A key Palestine Liberation Organisation body was set to hold Saturday talks after Israel pulled out of US-sponsored peace negotiations in response to a Palestinian reconciliation deal with Hamas. The meeting of the PLO’s Central Council at its West…
ABUJA (Water Resources Ministry Report) – Member – States of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) as well as the…
17 April 2014 – On the heels of his recent visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), where the deadly…
UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the conflict in Central African Republic could embroil the whole region and threaten global security. “It’s not easy to put Central African Republic on the map of concerns of public opinion in…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that the federal government overspent by N105.47 billion in January due to decline…
10 April 2014 – Racing against time and bad weather, prodding fickle donors and an indifferent general public, the United…
The UN accused Chadian soldiers Friday of carrying out an unprovoked attack when they opened fire in a crowded market in the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui, killing at least 30 people. The damning findings came a day after Chad — under fire…
An official in Nigeria’s central Nasarawa state and a local leader on Friday accused the military of killing scores of people in a disarmament operation, but defence officials denied the charge. The alleged incident took place on Thursday in the Keana…
The UN’s refugee agency said Tuesday it was prepared to help evacuate some 19,000 Muslims at risk of attack from mainly Christian militias in the conflict-torn Central African Republic. “What we don’t want is to stand by and watch people being slaughtered…