Sudan: Woman condemned to death released after international pressure
Today’s release of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, a Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to death by hanging for ‘apostasy’ and to flogging for ‘adultery’, is a step...
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Libyans to elect parliament in polls key to stability
Libyans are to elect a new parliament on Wednesday, in a vote seen as crucial for the future of a country hit by months of...
Al-Jazeera condemns 'unjust' Egypt verdicts against staff
Al-Jazeera slammed as “unjust” an Egyptian court decision Monday to jail three of its journalists for between seven and 10 years after convicting them of...
Al-Jazeera condemns ‘unjust’ Egypt verdicts against staff
Al-Jazeera slammed as “unjust” an Egyptian court decision Monday to jail three of its journalists for between seven and 10 years after convicting them of...
POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM EKITI STATE ELECTION
A complete overview of the election by ‘jide Adesina and edited by Veronica Olayinka...
Ebenezer Babatope's reaction to PDP victory in Ekiti
Former Minister of Transport and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope reacts to Saturday’s...
Ebenezer Babatope’s reaction to PDP victory in Ekiti
Former Minister of Transport and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope reacts to Saturday’s...
Fayemi Concedes Defeat
Governor Kayode Fayemi of  the All Progressives Congress party congratulates PDP’s Ayo Fayose on winning the 2014 Ekiti governorship election and concedes defeat : See...
PDP; AYO FAYOSE IS THE GOVERNOR ELECT OF EKITI STATE
Dr. Ayodele Peter Fayose has been declared the next Governor of Ekiti state. According to the announcement of the Returning Officer of INEC, Professor Isaac...
PDP; AYO FAYOSE ON EARLY LEAD IN EKITI STATE ELECTION 2014 while Deputy Governor Prof Modupe Adelabu loses in her polling unit CAC, Ado Ekiti
‘I can authoritatively say today that history will repeat itself with your cooperation. My husband, Ayo Fayose, will return to the Government House Ekiti to...
Tight Race in Ekiti Governorship Election 2014; Fayemi vs Fayose
The Ekiti State governorship election holds today June 21. The election will be conducted in the 16 local government areas of the state. According...
Ekiti State, Nigeria, Holds Governorship Election Tomorrow, June 21, 2014
Ekiti live with ‘Jide Adesina Kayode Fayemi, Opeyemi Bamidele & Ayodele Fayose Ekiti State’s governorship election is set to take place tomorrow, June 21st. The...
Terrorist attacks, extremist ideologies "destabilizing" the Sahel
Crises in Libya, Mali and Nigeria are “destabilizing the broader Sahel region of Africa”, according to the UN Secretary-General’s monthly strategy report on the region....
Terrorist attacks, extremist ideologies “destabilizing” the Sahel
Crises in Libya, Mali and Nigeria are “destabilizing the broader Sahel region of Africa”, according to the UN Secretary-General’s monthly strategy report on the region....
World faces "epidemic of youth unemployment" says UN chief
Governments around the world have been urged by the UN Secretary-General to solve what he described as “an epidemic of youth unemployment.” Speaking at an...
World faces “epidemic of youth unemployment” says UN chief
Governments around the world have been urged by the UN Secretary-General to solve what he described as “an epidemic of youth unemployment.” Speaking at an...
World Refugee Day ;Global Displacement Tops 50 Million For First Time In Post-War Era
The number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide has exceeded 50 million for the first time in the post-World War II era....
Justice for Darfur’s victims mired in political expediency – ICC prosecutor
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda briefs the Security Council on Darfur. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras  Challenging the Security Council to take immediate action to protect victims in...
Mali’s leaders must do more to ensure lasting peace, ease humanitarian suffering – UN official
Bags of food from WFP’s logistics base in Mopti, Mali, waiting at Koureme port, near Timbuktu, to be delivered to schools. Photo: WFP/Alexandre Breche 19...
Tackling Sahel’s enduring challenges requires regional, global cooperation – UN envoy
Special Envoy for the Sahel Guebre Sellassie briefs the Security Council for the first time since her appointment on 1 May 2014. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz...