Protests, continued fighting and fresh air strikes have marked the start of the Saudi-led coalition's new phase of operations in Yemen. Thousands of Houthis fighters and their supporters took to the streets of the capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday to protest against the nearly month-long military offe...

Hundreds of ethnic Kayan in Pekhon Township on Wednesday marked the golden jubilee of the founding of the Kayan National Liberation Army, a rebel militia formed 50 years ago to wage a campaign of armed resistance against Burma’s central government. The golden jubilee celebration was held in Cebu...

The United Nations Permanent Representative to the United Nations and leader of President Barack Obama’s team to Nigeria, Amb. Samathan Power and other members of the team will visit the Boko Haram ravaged Northeast on Friday. The visit will enable them the team to have first hand information on ...

Mogadishu, Somalia 27th June, 2015: The AMISOM Chief of Staff (CoS) Ambassador Epiphanie Kabushemeye on Saturday visited AMISOM soldiers admitted at the AMISOM Level 2 Hospital in Mogadishu. She also delivered a get well message from the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission...

Thanks to the US Embassy in Nairobi, UNHCR & AVSI just opened new libraries for the communities in Ifo, Dagahaley and Hagadera. We are still looking for funds for school books, so that children can study after school hours.

Myanmar refugees in camps along the Thai-Myanmar border are to be given vocational training in an effort to increase the number of refugees willing to return to their home country. Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) head Chanvech Boonpraderm yesterday signed an agreement with ACT...

An innovative new teacher training initiative was launched last week in Ghana using satellite technology to deliver lessons on teaching strategies. Train for Tomorrow aims to coach up to 5,000 teachers over two years by beaming interactive programmes into classrooms at selected hub schools. "W...

The Kayin State agricultural department will provide technical support and farm tools to farmers, as it urged them to plant in vacant lots in their vicinity, said an official. The soil from vacant lands would be tested in the laboratories so it would match with the crop to be planted, said U Win...

A training school for agricultural mechanisation (Yezin) on the University of Yezin campus in Zeyathiri Township, Nay Pyi Taw, was opened on March 31, according to a statement by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. The school, which is a joint project between the ministry and K...