Tags GENERAL U.N,: Famine averted but millions still at risk in Lake Chad region The United Nations is calling upon world leaders to maintain their support towards the humanitarian cause in the Lake Chad
Tags GENERAL Nigerian President Buhari to push for UN reforms at 72nd General Assembly Nigeria’s foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari will lead the country’s delegation at the 72nd United
Tags GENERAL South Sudan seeks explanation following U.S. sanctions The South Sudanese government has said it is dismayed by the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on three current and
Tags GENERAL Egypt prosecutors order detention of Egyptian lawyer in slain Italian’s case Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention of a lawyer who assisted the family of an Italian graduate student killed under
Tags GENERAL Voter registration begins in DR Congo’s troubled Kasai region Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission says it has started voter registration in the turbulent Kasai provinces where thousands have
Tags GENERAL Halimah Yacob, Singapore’s first woman president Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament, was declared elected as Singapore’s first woman president on Wednesday, after the returning
Tags GENERAL Central African Republic defense minister sacked amid growing violence Central African Republic president Faustin-Archange Touadera sacked his defense minister on Tuesday evening, according to a state radio broadcast, amid
Tags GENERAL EU Naval Force seeks to enhance Somalia’s maritime security The European Union Naval Force personnel have helped train Somalia’s Maritime Police Unit in Mogadishu to help strengthen the Horn
Tags GENERAL US to stop issuing visas to citizens of 3 African countries The United States on Tuesday said it would stop issuing business and tourism visas to Eritrean nationals with immediate effect.
Tags GENERAL Kenyan opposition MPs boycott Uhuru Kenyatta’s parliament opening Kenyan opposition Members of Parliament on Tuesday boycotted the opening of the new parliament by President Uhuru Kenyatta, saying he