Wild polio virus (WPV1) outbreak After more than two years without the detection of wild polio in Nigeria, the Government reported three laboratory confirmed wild poliovirus type one (WPV1) cases with onset between July and August 2016. All three cases were detected from Borno State, in childr...

The deputy head of the government team negotiating a national ceasefire accord with armed ethnic groups is hopeful that Myanmar will achieve lasting peace before the end of President U Thein Sein's term in office late next year. "We have negotiated with the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team ...