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The UN’s cultural organisation on Tuesday urged Iraqis to protect the country’s heritage amid heavy fighting, warning that destroying religious sites would amount to war crimes. UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova expressed concern at “renewed human…
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday vowed “total war against terrorism” following last month’s mass abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram Islamists amid news of attacks in three border villages that claimed 35 lives. Jonathan said in an address…
DEMOCRACY DAY BROADCAST BY H.E. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA MAY 29, 2014 Fellow Nigerians, 1. I…
Jordan on Monday expelled Syria’s ambassador over his “repeated insults” to the kingdom, drawing a swift tit-for-tat response from Damascus, which ordered Amman’s top diplomat to leave. On the battlefield, Syrian rebels made advances in the war-torn…
Ukraine was preparing Saturday for a presidential election seen as crucial to its very survival after months of turmoil that has driven the country to the brink of civil war. Sunday’s vote comes with tensions running high after a bloody upsurge in fighting…
The declaration of ‘war’ on Boko Haram extremists by African leaders at a security summit in Paris is a major step to tackle the regional threat posed by the group as well as help end the insurgency if properly implemented, analysts say. “It’s a good…
Video News by NewsLook Nigeria and four neighboring countries vowed to wage “war” against Boko Haram at a security meeting with U.S. and European Union officials in Paris.
Swathes of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels voted on independence Sunday in polls the West slammed as illegal amid fears they could fan violence into full civil war and lead to the break-up of the ex-Soviet republic. Fighting flared…
Twenty years ago, Islamists shot dead a Roman Catholic brother and nun as they helped young Algerians prepare for exams, the first of 19 Christians murdered during the country’s devastating civil war. But members of the small religious community insist…