UNICEF continues to offer full support to the education activities carried out within the scope of Humanitarian Aid Operation in Syria. The opening ceremony of the “Information and Education Center for Syrian Guests”, provided by the Ministry of Family and Social Policies to Prime Ministry Disaster ...

Chad's military said Thursday it had carried out airstrikes on Boko Haram positions in neighbouring Nigeria to avenge twin suicide bombings in Chad's capital that were blamed on the jihadists. Citing the "cowardly and barbaric acts perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists", which killed 33 people in ...

Soldiers from Niger and Chad have taken the Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram, another victory in a regional campaign to wrest back control of swaths of northeastern Nigeria from the armed group. Damasak, a few kilometres over the border from Niger, was taken from Boko Haram's control over...

Considering the violent political unrest in various parts of the world, many accept the claim that the 21st century will go down in history as a period of global reorder, perpetual insecurity and bloodshed. If the grim headlines of the first decade could be taken as forecasts of the storms ahead, ma...

As with most deadlines and dates this election season, the start of the official candidate campaign period is rolling by today only partially heeded. Political parties had to miss scheduled campaign kick-off events – and the unveiling of campaign songs and slogans – because the candidate scrutiny pr...

President U Thein Sein appears to have delayed indefinitely a meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss the transfer of power to a new government following her party’s landslide election victory. A representative of the president says talks with the National League for Democracy leader will not h...