African Football Chief Hayatou Faces Challenger In Bid For 8th Term
Issa Hayatou, the last of the old generation leaders in world football, faces a rare and determined challenge when he ...
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Act Now To Help Starving Children In East Africa
Sir Mo Farah has said it "breaks his heart" to hear how families are facing starvation in East Africa as ...
Global Oil Supplies Up, But OPEC Abides By Output Cut
OPEC countries are complying with a landmark deal to reduce a worldwide glut in oil, but global supplies nevertheless increased ...
Disasters Emergency Committee Makes East Africa Appeal
UK aid agencies have launched a fundraising appeal to help millions of people facing hunger in East Africa. The Disasters ...
Sudanese Have Had Enough
By: Rhulani Thembi Siweya The controversial government of President Omar al-bashir of Sudan has pardoned jailed fighters from Darfur who ...
Chad’s Faki Assumes African Union Leadership, Pledges Reform
Chad's former foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat assumed office as head of the African Union Commission on Tuesday, pledging to ...
South Sudan’s President ‘prays For Forgiveness’
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has prayed for forgiveness for what he described as sins he may have committed while ...
South Sudan ‘to Profit’ From Crisis With $10,000 Visas
International aid agencies on Saturday slammed South Sudan's decision to raise foreign worker visa fees to as much as $10,000 ...
World Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since WWII
The United Nations is warning that the world is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War ...
World Facing Greatest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945
The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nation's humanitarian chief said as he pleaded for ...
Niger Drought Leaves Schools Closed
More than half of schoolchildren have quit class in some parts of Niger due to drought which is forcing entire ...
Japan To Withdraw Troops From South Sudan
These Japanese peacekeepers who arrived in November were mandated to use force Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that the ...
Japan Troops To Withdraw From South Sudan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday a plan to pull the nation's engineering troops from South Sudan in May ...
AU Not Doing Enough For Africa – Emile Short
The Africa Union (AU) is not doing enough for Africans, a former boss of the Commission on Human Rights and ...
UN Proposes Measures To Curb Sex Abuse By Peacekeepers
The United Nations on Thursday proposed a series of new steps aimed at stamping out sex abuse by peacekeepers as ...
S.Sudan Students Miss Final Exams Over Security Fears
Hundreds of uprooted South Sudanese students missed taking school-leaving exams this week after refusing a government order to leave the ...
Danny Jordaan Withdrew From FIFA Council Race To ‘focus On One Job’
The South African Football Association has explained why its president Danny Jordaan pulled out of the race for a place ...
South Africa’s Jordaan Withdraws From Fifa Council Race
South African FA president Danny Jordaan has pulled out of the race to be a member of the Fifa Council. ...
UN Chief Urges ‘massive Response’ To Avert Somali Famine
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the international community to take action to avert famine in Somalia where ...
UN Chief Guterres In Somalia To Discuss Famine Threat
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Somalia Tuesday to discuss a hunger crisis which has pushed the country to ...