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Harvard Names Rihanna Its Humanitarian of the Year

Rihanna may be best known as an R&B superstar, but on Wednesday she was named the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian...

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UN Needs $4.4 Bn For Famine Relief In Four Countries

UN aid agencies need $4.4 billion in emergency funding to address famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UN...

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Pence Defends Trump’s Media Attacks During Brussels Trip

US Vice President Mike Pence backed up President Donald Trump's latest attacks on the news media, vowing Monday that he...

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Sri Lankan ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Takes Snowboarding Plunge

Following in the traditions of plucky triers such as Jamaica's bobsledders and British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle'...

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Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin Dies At Work

Vitaly Churkin died while at work in New York on Monday Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has died. Vitaly...

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GOC Presidency Nominations Open Tuesday

Nominations for the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) elections will open from Tuesday, February 21 to March 7. According...

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Nominations For GOC Elections Opens On Tuesday

Nominations for the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) elections will open from Tuesday, February 21 to March 7. According...

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Pence Takes Charm Offensive To EU and NATO

US Vice President Mike Pence meets EU and NATO leaders Monday at the end of a European trip aimed at reassuring allies...

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Israel-US Team To Discuss Settlements Says Netanyahu

Israel and the US will set up a joint team to discuss Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Prime Minister...

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Third S.Sudan Military Official Quits Over ‘ethnic Crimes’

A third top South Sudanese military official has resigned, accusing President Salva Kiir's regime of war crimes and...

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UN Chief Hails The Gambia’s Decision To Stay

Antonio Guterres, has hailed The Gambia on its decision to remain a party to the Rome Statute The United Nations (UN)...

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Qatar Open Could End Without Winner, Admit Organisers

The rain-ravaged Qatar Open could finish without a winner this year, a senior official conceded on Friday as the...

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S. Sudan Minister Quits, Rejoins Machar’s Rebels

South Sudan's labour minister resigned Friday and declared allegiance to rebel leader Riek Machar, making him the...

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Facts About Nigeria’s Pinnick and Benin FA Boss Controversy

The controversial dynamics of the forthcoming CAF exco elections cannot be fully accentuated… It is a tough contest...

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Yemen Air Raid Kills Eight Women, Child At Funeral

An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said Thursday,...

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Libya Officially Requests NATO To Help Train Its Armed Forces

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has confirmed the receipt of an official request from Libya’s United...

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President Farmaajo Officially Takes Over

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, the new President of Somalia officially took over the reigns at the presidency,...

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Mongolian Herders Reel Under Dreaded ‘dzud’ Weather

Thousands of Mongolian herders face disastrous livestock losses from a dreaded severe weather phenomenon known as the...

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Five Takeaways From Wednesday

US President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House -- and dropped his...