Michael Olugbode Borno State Government yesterday commenced the relocation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from schools which have been serving as IDPs camps. The action commenced with the relocation of the first batch of 602 IDPs at Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Yerwa to Da...

YANGON — Myanmar’s de facto leader and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has repeatedly singled out the minister for health and sports as one of the few Cabinet members whose performance she has been consistently satisfied with since taking office nearly two years ago. Despite this praise, howeve...

Burmese officials have said they are releasing 69 political prisoners, including the grandchildren of a former leader of the country. The release is part of President Thein Sein's promise to free all prisoners of conscience by the end of the year. The move comes amid a visit by high-profile gu...

I crouched on the make-shift tent floor across from Fane Abdelkkarim Arame, a 70 year old grandmother sheltering at L’ Ecole Liberty in the town of Bossangoa, Central African Republic. She recounted the atrocities she had seen pass in the final months of 2013. She talked and cried surrounded by h...

Mogadishu, Somalia 27th June, 2015: The AMISOM Chief of Staff (CoS) Ambassador Epiphanie Kabushemeye on Saturday visited AMISOM soldiers admitted at the AMISOM Level 2 Hospital in Mogadishu. She also delivered a get well message from the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission...

Myanmar's president pardoned 56 political prisoners Tuesday, an amnesty apparently timed to highlight the government's reforms ahead of a regional summit as well as important negotiations with a rebel group at home. President Thein Sein ordered the prisoners' release just ahead of a forum in Brun...

Pope’s Visit Key Moment to Call for Tolerance, Justice (Nairobi) –At least 100 people have died in brutal sectarian violence around the Muslim enclave of Kilomètre 5 in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, since September 25, 2015, Human Rights Watch said today. Pope Francis is d...

A Growing and developing economy needs, among others, highly skilled economists who are more than mere bureaucrats. Myanmar is no exception. As a developing nation, a vibrant and thriving economy is needed to harness the nation’s economic resources as well as people who can manage it in a dynamic...

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Saturday 12/12/2015 - 09:37 GMT by Ola AWONIYI with Aminu ABUBAKAR in Kano Nigeria expects many of the 2.1 million people internally displaced by Boko Haram's insurgency to return home in the coming year, amid claims the Islamists are in disarray and a spent force. Pr...