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The UN Security Council must intervene in Burundi to prevent mass atrocities and the risk of a regional conflict, seven independent UN human rights investigators...

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at an event recognizing emerging global entrepreneurs at the White House in Washington. Image by: KEVIN LAMARQUE /...

          By : JIDE ADESINA I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of...

Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an...

A high-profile Gambian journalist has been missing for a week after being abducted by suspected intelligence agents, press freedom campaigners said on Thursday, voicing fears...

About 800 million people still live in dire poverty and suffer from hunger despite the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) being the most successful...

 A protester demanding freedom for Al Jazeera reporter Ahmed Mansour stands with his mouth taped shut to symbolize the persecution of journalists in Egypt outside...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari hit the ground running after assuming office in May, vowing to root out Boko Haram which has claimed more than 15,000...

File – Burkina Faso PM Yacouba Isaac Zida listens as an official reads the names of transitional government ministers in Ouagadougou, November 2014. Nearly a...

An attack Thursday on a convoy in northern Mali killed six United Nations peacekeepers and wounded five others, the U.N. said. All of the victims...

By :Comrade Irikefe Evwibovwe ( The Afrika Market  Nigeria Political Correspondent ) In a bid to address the administrative, governance structure and service delivery processes and...

By : ‘JIDE ADESINA Following several appeals by Nigerians, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the registration for Bank Verification...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a wreath laying ceremony on the Inter On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the “invaluable...

BET has unveiled most of the categories for its annual awards and this term Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj lead nominations with six each including Video of...

A riot police officer speaks to residents participating in street protests against the decision made by Burundi’s ruling party to allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to...

Tunisia called in army reservists and shuttered dozens of unregulated mosques in a security crackdown after militants killed dozens of people at a seaside resort....

Tunisia attack: British man used body as human shield to protect fiancee Briton shot three times in back and suffers heart attack after using his...

Nigeria Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has written to the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in response to an earlier letter by...

Former Mozambican president Samora Machel  Image by: © Sowetan Mozambique celebrates 40 years of independence from Portugal today. Get to know this gorgeous country better...

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