The terror sect, Boko Haram, is asking for a ransom of nearly $50million from the Federal Government for the release of the 219 Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the insurgents two years ago, according to The Sunday Telegraph of London. The paper said it gathered from sources close to th...

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The Sudanese Council of Ministers passed a bill amending the Sudanese Nationality Act on Sunday.

The Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW) is prepared to assist the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) in a nationwide drive to vaccinate children against Japanese encephalitis, and even lead efforts in areas controlled by armed ethnic organizations. The ministry’s nationwide Japanese e...

The West-African nation of Guinea Bissau became the 10th State to have acceded to one or both of the Statelessness Conventions since the launch of UNHCR’s ‘#IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024’ two years ago. This marks an important step towards the eradication of statelessness and strengt...

Despite an influx of foreign investment and large resource base, Burma’s exponential growth in gross domestic product (GDP) could be held back by inadequate basic infrastructure and a lack of skilled workers, says a Rangoon-based business and market entry adviser. Jean-Pierre Verbiest, an economi...

* Central Africans to vote in Dec. 30 polls * Elections seen as critical to ending years of violence * Winner will face a host of major challenges By Crispin Dembassa-Kette and Joe Bavier BANGUI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - As General Bala Keita, the military head of Central African Republic's U....