ABUJA, March 30 (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber intercepted in northern Cameroon last week before she could blow herself up is not one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014, an African public advocacy group said on Wednesday. The abduction of abo...

Food security emergencies are likely to increase 2 March 2017, Rome - Global food supply conditions are robust, but access to food has been dramatically reduced in areas suffering civil conflicts, while drought conditions are worsening food security across swathes of East Africa, according to the...

Prominent opposition political leaders will travel to Thailand later this week for talks with armed ethnic groups on the peace process and political liberalisation, 88 Generation leader Min Ko Naing says. Min Ko Naing said the meeting, which will be the largest to date between opposition politica...

Since July 2012, U.S. companies have cumulatively invested $612 million in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). Among the leading corporations hoping to carve out market share in the Southeast Asian country of 60 million, which kicked off political reforms in 2011: Coca-Cola (KO), General Electric (GE...

Hpa-An governor Saw Aung Maung Aye told KIC that “two places of pilot project in KNU Brigade (7) called Maw Po Kay and Mae Ta Ray are not yet possible to resettle because of no water, electricity (or) fire, road and land for working.” The area is 200-100 feet wide, wooden house and zinc roof. To ...

Myanmar pomelos are receiving increased international interest, and demand is raising from several countries, including China which presents huge market potential for Myanmar, despite this fact local farmers aren’t producing enough to meet the demand. “China wants to buy as much as two container...

Acculée, la junte malienne fait des concessions. Alors que les rebelles touaregs se sont emparés en trois jours de Kidal, Gao et Tombouctou, Amadou Haya Sanogo, le chef des putschistes, a annoncé le retour à l'ordre constitutionnel comme l'exigeait la Cedeao. En attendant une nouvelle réunion de l'o...