Myanmar plans to go ahead with an election in November despite the challenges it faces in completing an electoral roll in the many areas of the country that have suffered ethnic conflict, the country's election commission chairman said on Tuesday. The country is gearing up for a historic election...

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Tuesday 4/19/2016 - 13:27 GMT A northeast Nigerian state, the worst hit in the country by the Boko Haram insurgency, needs greater international assistance for rebuilding as it faces funding issues and a food crisis, its governor said on Tuesday. Borno state governor Kas...

An Islamic court has sentenced a Nigerian cleric to death by hanging for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern city of Kano. Abdulazeez Dauda, popularly known as Abdul Inyass, was convicted after a trial held in secret to avoid protests. Five of his followers were also sentenced to de...

NIAMEY - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed in-kind and cash donations from USAID’s Food for Peace Program totalling US$40 million to support WFP’s assistance to very poor households and build community resilience to withstand recurrent shocks especially drought. “This i...

Brussels, 22 March 2012 - Responding to the continuous deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria and on its borders, the European Commission is allocating an additional €7 million to finance life-saving assistance to those who have been wounded or forced to flee the ongoing violence in th...

* Regional al Qaeda arm uses Sahel as base for attacks * Mali, Niger, French forces stage operation against jihadists * Cooperation includes common radio frequency, sharing phone numbers * But cross-border "hot pursuit" remains delicate issue By Marine Pennetier ON THE MALI/NIGER BORD...

Burma’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian supplies for over 3,800 villagers displaced by a recent wave of armed hostilities in Karen State. Local civilians from the areas around Hlaingbwe and Maethawaw fled their homes several days ago and ...

Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank (MADB) is unable to collect 52 per cent of outstanding agricultural loans, according to the Ayeyawady Region Government. Htay Win, Ayeyawady Region Minister for Planning and Finance said: “From monsoon and winter agricultural loans in 2012 to monsoon and win...