The United States announced today more than $41 million in additional humanitarian assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict and severe food insecurity in Nigeria and throughout the Lake Chad Basin region, where more than 6 million people need emergency food assistance, and 2.6 million p...

The upgrading process of Yangon-Taungoo railroad, which is a part of Yangon-Mandalay railroad, is expected to finish within a four-year time, according to Myanma Railways (MR). The work to lay rail tracks and installation of signal system at Nyaunglaybin train station began on November 11, accor...

* Islamist insurgents may disrupt election in parts of northeast * One million refugees may not be able to vote Jan 6 (Reuters) - Facing an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency, governors from three states in northeast Nigeria asked President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to deploy extra tr...

Who Belongs? Statelessness and Nationality in West Africa At least 10 million people around the world are stateless, according to estimates from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), but the real number may be much higher. Statelessness severely limits a person’s human rights...