WHAT initially started in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as a mere skirmish between the police and members of a radicalised group, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram (Western education is forbidden), in July, 2009, when its then leader, Mohammed Yusuf, was...

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Wednesday gave a press conference at the Geneva Press Club to a packed audience of diplomats, policy makers and journalists where he gave details of his post presidential focus and touched on some of the roles his administration played in key areas of the Nig...

NAYPYITAW—the Corruption Prevention Unit of the Myanmar Anti-Corruption Commission will conduct training for officials at the 14 ministries that have drawn the most complaints from the public. Among the ministries that have drawn a high number of complaints are Home Affairs; Office of the Union ...

LESVOS, Greece, Feb 24 – Europe is backing into an even greater refugee crisis by tightening border restrictions on the hundreds of thousands who have fled war and conflict in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries. That was the message of UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi o...

Fighting over the last four years has killed hundreds of people in Mali. There are fewer battles involving government troops, separatists and al-Qaeda fighters but the war is far from over. As a result, more than 250,000 children in Mali are living without a father, mother or both parents, accord...