Ebola Outbreak: 25 More Deaths Confirmed In West Africa
A WHO statement said that Sierra Leone accounted for 14 deaths and 34 of the 50 new case Health officials in West Africa say 25...
Author : Jide Adesina
Security Council Voices Concern Over Political, Security Challenges Facing West Africa
While noting the progress made in addressing political and security issues in West Africa, the members of the United Nations Security Council...
UN in Central African Republic Condemns Attack On Civilians Sheltering In Church
In what it termed a “brutal” attack, the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) today condemned the killing of...
UN Envoy Condemns Al-Shabaab Attack On Somali Presidential Palace
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has condemned last night’s attack on the seat of the Federal Government in Mogadishu, the latest in a...
New Fish Drying Method In Burundi Improves Lives For Local Communities
It was a simple adjustment – drying fish on raised racks instead of the sand – but the United Nations food agency project in Burundi has...
Nine Low-income African Countries Win Funding to Transform Renewable Energy Services
At the semi-annual Climate Investment Funds (CIF) governing body meetings held June 25-28 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, nine African nations were chosen to...
Nigeria Suspended From International Football By Fifa
Nigeria have been suspended from all international football by Fifa amid allegations of government interference in its football federation. The ban means no Nigerian team...
Bar.Bamidele Aturu Dies At Age Of 49
Barrister.Bamidele Aturu dies this morning after a brief illness. Its a huge loss to the social movement in Nigeria A VERY SAD DAY FOR NIGERIA...
The Rome Trip with Yvonne Idris
I haven’t written anything in a while, I’ve been settling back in at home. Although I...
Airtel To Sells Its 3,100 Towers In Four African Countries
Airtel today announced to sell its 3,100 telecom towers in four African countries to Helios Towers Africa for an undisclosed sum. “It is...
Airtel To Sells Its 3,100 Towers In Four African Countries
Airtel today announced to sell its 3,100 telecom towers in four African countries to Helios Towers Africa for an undisclosed sum. “It is...
UN Envoy Cites Region’s Daunting Challenges, Boko Haram Threat To Nigeria
While countries in West Africa are trying to promote development and consolidate democracy, they continue to face daunting challenges such as transnational organized...
Escalating violence in Central African Republic threatens aid delivery
Warning about the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that the violence there...
Latest boat tragedy off Libya coast spotlights rising Mediterranean death toll
Search and rescue operations are ongoing for survivors following a recent boat accident in the Mediterranean, the latest tragic incident off the Libyan coast...
On independence anniversary, Ban calls for end to ‘man-made crisis’ in South Sudan
On the occasion of the third anniversary of South Sudan’s independence,Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the country’s leaders to live up to the...
Half of A Yellow Sun Approved by Nigeria Censors Board
The Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, on Friday finally approved one of the most acclaimed movie from Africa, Half of a...
Attempted Bomb On Secondary School in Gombe Foiled by Nigeria Police
An attempt to bomb some final year students of Government Day Secondary School (Pilot), in Tudun Wada area of Gombe metropolis who were writing...
President Al-Sisi 'Regrets Jailing Of Al Jazeera Journalists,' Wishes They Were Deported Instead
Egypt’s president has said he regrets the sentences passed on three Al Jazeera journalists and said he would have rather they were deported.Abdel Fattah...
President Al-Sisi ‘Regrets Jailing Of Al Jazeera Journalists,’ Wishes They Were Deported Instead
Egypt’s president has said he regrets the sentences passed on three Al Jazeera journalists and said he would have rather they were deported.Abdel Fattah...
Oscar Pistorius: Defence Closes Case In Athlete's Murder Trial
The defence team for Oscar Pistorius has wrapped up its case, bringing the athlete’s murder trial closer to...