The 2014 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results released by the Ministry of Education showed very encouraging performance by refugee candidates in Kakuma with schools registering above average mean score of 259 out of 500. Of the 1,467 candidates who sat the exam, 1300(340 female, 960...

INTERNALLY Displaced Persons (IDPs) in parts of Borno State consume about 1,800 bags of 50 kilogrammes of rice daily, Governor Kashim Shettima said yesterday in Abuja. He was delivering an address at the first annual Dialogue on Rebuilding Peace in Borno State, organised by an advocacy group, AOA...

The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Mr Babachir David Lawan, has revealed that the federal government has commenced the reconstruction of schools and police stations destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. Lawan made this known yesterday in Hong, Adamawa State, dur...

Pope Francis was determined to bring light and hope to one of the bleakest conflicts in Africa, in the Central African Republic, whatever the risks to his own safety - and his visit to this continent has been an illuminating one. It has revealed much about this Pope and about the Roman Catholic C...

It is still home to some of the most pristine forests in Southeast Asia. But forest experts warn that Myanmar is fast losing its woodlands due to a combination of commercial logging, agricultural expansion and firewood harvesting. According to the UN-REDD Programme, at least half of Myammar’s lan...