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....
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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....
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...
CURBING INSURGENCY OF TERRORIST IN AFRICA
By ; ZAYYAN YABO I believe it may be strategically unwise and operationally unhelpful to the ongoing counter insurgency efforts for the fact that non...
CURBING INSURGENCY OF TERRORIST IN AFRICA
By ; ZAYYAN YABO I believe it may be strategically unwise and operationally unhelpful to the ongoing counter insurgency efforts for the fact that non...
Monsour Made Sexual Harassment A Criminal Law in Egypt
Egypt’s outgoing interim president issued a decree criminalizing sexual harassment to combat the widespread abuse of women in the country, a spokesman said Friday. President...
Sailors escape Somali pirates after being held hostage for nearly four years
The sailors had been repeatedly tortured and starved during their years in captivity Jack Simpson According to the reporter, most of the men did not...
Democratic Republic of Congo suffers another day of bloodshed, its soldiers talk with astonishing candour of their own brutality
Officially the country is at peace, but murder and rape are ever-present threats Kitty Knowles , Chiara Rimella The Congolese soldiers march through the night,...
More than 300 inmates escape DR Congo jail;Six reportedly killed after 301 prisoners escaped from jail in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
At least 1,600 prisoners were in the prison in the city of Bukavu at the time of the breakout At least six people have been...
Lagos State University students storm Governor Fashola’s office with beds, mats, mosquito nets, pots
Protesting LASU students storm Fashola’s office with beds, mats, mosquito nets, pots Hundreds of Lagos State University students on Thursday stormed the office of Governor...
Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War; As world remmeber D Day
Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War David Killingray Woodbridge, James Currey, 2010, ISBN: 9781847010155; 272pp.; Price: £45.00 Reviewer: Dr Daniel Owen...
Emir of Kano is Dead…Bayero Will be Remembered for Great Wisdom, Competence, Says Jonathan
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero is dead. He died in his sleep at 5 a.m. Friday, 6 June. The Emir returned from...
State house in Gomber bombed
The Government House in Gombe State was attacked in a massive explosion late Thursday afternoon. As this breaking story unfolds, there are...
Midwives can prevent two-thirds of deaths among women and newborns
3 June 2014 – Midwives are the unsung heroes of maternal and newborn health, according to a new United Nations report released today that urges...
Top 10 Nigeria Generals Aiding Boko Haram And found Guilty of Arms stmuggling
Top 10 senior military officers and others were found guilty by courts martial of providing arms and information to Boko Haram extremists. The verdicts follow...
Lawyers kick Against Payment Of Taxes By Religious Organisations
Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Thursday kicked against the payment of taxes by religious organisations in the country. Delegates at the ongoing National Conference...
Italian priests and Canadian nun ‘freed in Cameroon’
Gianantonio Allegri, Giampaolo Marta and Gilberte Bussier were abducted in the district of Maroua Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun seized by gunmen in...