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Burundi Warns New UN Envoy Against Opposition Bias
Burundi on Thursday said it has "faith" in the new UN envoy to the crisis-hit country but warned Michel Kafando against...
2020 Is the Deadline To Avert Climate Catastrophe, Experts Claim
A world that heats up beyond that threshold will face a crescendo of devastating impacts ranging from deadly heatwaves...
Nigerian Camps Under Strain From Returning Refugees
An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the...
US-Backed Forces Cut Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa
US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, a monitor said,...
Cambodian Five Freed On Bail After A Year In Jail
Five prominent Cambodian rights activists have been released on bail after more than a year in jail, a court official...
E. Guinea VP Says French Case Against Him Fabricated
Teodorin Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's vice president and son of its leader, denounced a French legal case against him...
Nigeria Begins Yam Exports To Europe, US
Nigeria on Thursday began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its...
US-Backed Force Cuts Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Thursday sealed off the last route used by the Islamic State group to flee an...
Gov’t To Extend IMF Programme
Government has finally communicated to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) its decision to extend the Fund’s...
Dubai Ruler Takes To Verse To Urge Qatar Turnabout
The ruler of Dubai has taken to verse to urge Qatar to concede to the demands of Saudi Arabia and its allies for an end...
Italy Threatens To BAN Migrant Vessels Amid ‘unsustainable’ Influx
Italy has threatened to close its ports to aid groups rescuing migrants off Libya's coast as it struggles to cope with...
Bauxite ‘mortaging’: 5m Ghanaians To Lose Access To Potable Water
Ghana risks facing severe water crisis if it sacrifices its bauxite resources in the Atiwa Forest Reserve in Kyebi,...
Under US Pressure, UN Agrees On Deep Cuts To Peacekeeping
A deal on cutting nearly $600 million from the UN peacekeeping budget was reached Wednesday following weeks of...
North Korea Takes Aim At US Offer of Talks In Rare UN Statement
North Korea's deputy ambassador to the UN Kim in Ryong described the US' sanctions against North Korea as a "mean and...
Planting of 10,000 Trees Begins
A project to plant 10,000 trees nationwide has commenced at the Ningo Senior High School (NINSEC) at Ningo-Prampram in...
Gunmen Attack UN Convoy Near Libya Capital
Gunmen attacked a UN convoy on Wednesday near Zawiyah, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the Libyan capital, a...
Suspected Diarrhoea Kills 38 Sudanese In One Month
Suspected acute diarrhoea has killed 38 Sudanese in the past month and 317 since August 2016, the UN said Wednesday,...
Sacrificing Atiwa Forest For Bauxite For China Wrong
China’s move to commit to $15 billion into Ghana’s economy could have some far reaching implications on the...
Are Asteroids Humanity’s ‘greatest Challenge’?
Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummeled by space rocks that have caused anything...