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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today announced the selection of the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt as the 2014 World Book Capital.
"I extend my congratulations to the city of Port Harcourt for the quality of
As South Sudan marks its first year of independence on 9 July, room for optimism looks limited: the economy is in free-fall, development plans are on hold as humanitarian crises take precedence, and there is a real fear of a …
Continue readingLibyans participated in their first election since the October 2011 overthrow of Muammar Qadhafi's 41-year regime in what President Obama says is a milestone for the country's "extraordinary transition to democracy."
In a July 7 statement, Obama said the vote …
Continue readingTwo weeks after the event it is still too soon to assess the value of the Rio +20 summit. This hasn't stopped pundits from either labelling it a disaster and the final agreement "283 "paragraphs of fluff", or flagging up …
Continue readingKenyans are still reeling from the shock of the latest of an increasing spate of terror attacks on civilians across the country, mostly blamed on Somalia's Al-Shabaab. On Sunday, 1 July, 17 people were killed and over 40 wounded …
Continue readingFORTY-FIRST ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, 28-29 June 2012 FINAL COMMUNIQUE
1. The Forty-First Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community …
Continue readingNigerian businessmen operating in Ghana yesterday cried out to the Nigerian government to come to their rescue as Ghanaian authorities have commenced closing their shops for allegedly operating illegally.
The Nigerian traders said their shops were closed because they were …
Continue readingDescribed as Africa's leading literary award, the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing has been awarded to Nigerian Rotimi Babatunde for his short story entitled Bombay's Republic published in the Mirabilia Review.
Chair of the judging panel, Bernardine
Online Arabic newspaper Hurriyat Sudan has reported that the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has blocked its website since June 25, following its coverage of protests in Khartoum and other towns.
The protests over the last week have spread …
Continue readingIn his first response to the wave of protests that has been gripping his country for the past eight days, Sudan's President Omer Al-Bashir sought to downplay the growing unrest and dismissed the protesters as "bubbles" who will be "dealt …
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