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Civilians ‘cut Off Without Water’ Over South Sudan Clashes
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) charity says that in the past three days 25,000 South Sudanese have been...
At UN, Tillerson Makes Case For Tougher Stance On N. Korea
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Friday to push for a tougher response...
UN Security Council Delays Vote On Western Sahara To Allow Pullback
The UN Security Council on Thursday postponed voting on a draft resolution on the Western Sahara conflict amid signs...
US Tells UN To Put ‘all Pressure’ On Russia Over Syria
US Ambassador Nikki Haley urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to ratchet up pressure on Russia to end sieges in...
Ghana To Roll Out Free Senior High School Programme
Ghana is planning to make senior high school free for all teenagers, whatever their background, in a move experts say...
Rights Group Fears Gaza Fuel ‘catastrophe’
An Israeli rights group warned Thursday that cutting power to the Gaza Strip would have "catastrophic consequences"...
Over 95,000 S.Sudanese Fled To Sudan In 2017
More than 95,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan so far this year, the UN said Thursday, as thousands continue to...
Ghana AIDS Commission Gets New Board
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the re-constituted 19-member governing board of the Ghana AIDS...
Two Saudi Soldiers Killed Patrolling Yemen Border
Two Saudi soldiers were killed Thursday in a rocket attack near the border with war-torn Yemen, the interior ministry...
Female Muslim Clerics In Indonesia Issue Rare Fatwas
Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia declared a series of fatwas Thursday, including one to tackle child marriage, a...
Philippines’ Duterte Says Helpless Against China
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday there was no point protesting Chinese artificial island building in...
Over 200 Stranded Nigerians Repatriated From Libya
253 Nigerian nationals stranded in Libya have been returned back home with the help of the United Nations migration...
Jailed Bahrain Activist On Hunger Strike
A prominent Bahraini activist jailed for life for his role in anti-regime protests has been on hunger strike for two...
Children Pay the Price In Afghan Conflict
Children account for one-third of civilian casualties in Afghanistan's grinding conflict in the first three months of...
Leaders Influence On Citizens Behavioral Tendencies
Conscientious objection based on one's unreadiness to follow legal command because of a fundamental moral or religious...
A Shared and Collective Responsibility [Article]
Travelers and industries rely heavily on road to transport people, goods and products Undoubtedly, road transport...
Burundi Accused By WFP of Blocking A Convoy
The UN's World Food Programme has said Burundi has blocked an 10-truck aid convoy coming in from Rwanda, the Reuters...
Road Safety; A Shared and Collective Responsibility [Article]
Undoubtedly, road transport remains the largest and main mode of transportation in Ghana. As a major transport...
Fear Grips Liberians As Mystery Disease Claims 9 Lives
A mysterious disease has killed nine people in Liberia, leading the health authorities to issue guidelines to citizens...