by JAMES ABRAHAM Over 2,000 internally displaced persons, IDPs, taking refuge in Jos, Plateau State capital, yesterday received free medical services. The free medical treatment was organised by Tina Bawa Ministries, TBM, a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, in partnership with Stephanos Fou...

Nigeria will be declared polio-free in seven months, according to Dr Yewande Adeshina, Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Health. She spoke at flag-off of first round of this year’s national immunisation plus days at the Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State. ...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to form a government free from corruption, empower workers and end reliance on foreign aid, as she campaigned on Monday for the southeast Asian country's first free national vote in 25 years. Wearing red shirts and waving party flags, thousands o...

A new clinic that will provide free primary health care to villagers in Kawkareik Township is at its final construction stage and will soon be ready to receive patients. The clinic is being built in Nan Shwe Mone village, Kawkareik Township under the initiative of the Karen National Union, will g...

By Crispin Dembassa-Kette and Tom Miles BANGUI/GENEVA May 5 (Reuters) - Armed factions in Central African Republic agreed on Tuesday to free all child soldiers and other children used as sex slaves or menial workers, boosting U.N.-driven efforts at national reconciliation after two years of turmo...

Thailand is expected to sign a visa-exemption agreement with Myanmar next month during a visit by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a Myanmar Foreign Ministry official said. 'We will sign an agreement once the Thai government has approved it. I don't know exactly when we will be able to sign but ...

DEAF persons in Kayah State received free medical treatment under a Myanmar- Thailand joint programme titled “Ear Surgery Mobile Unit”, according to a source from the Information and Public Relations Department. The programme, jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar and ...

Eleven sailors held hostage by Somali pirates for more than three years have arrived safely in Kenya, mediators who helped secure their freedom said. The 11 men - from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran - were crew of the Malaysian-owned cargo vessel MV Albedo, which was hijacked 1,500km of...

Primary and middle schools registering new students for the 2014-2015 school year will no longer request school fees according to the Ministry of Education. Under instruction from the ministry, all basic schools will no longer request school fees, nor sell exercise books, notebooks, and student’s g...