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President Akufo-Addo Inaugurates Governing Board Of Ghana AIDS Commission
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has inaugurated the 19-member Governing Board of the Ghana...
Akufo-Addo Inaugurates Governing Board of Ghana AIDS Commission
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has inaugurated the 19-member Governing Board of the Ghana...
India Gets Its First Free Condom Store To Help Bypass Social Taboos
A global charity Wednesday launched a free condom store in India to try to reduce new cases of HIV/AIDS in a country...
US May Stay In Paris Climate Accord, With Caveats
Signs are mounting that US President Donald Trump's administration may stay in the landmark Paris climate change accord...
South Sudan Forces Launch New Offensive
South Sudanese government forces on Wednesday launched an offensive on a town in the north, displacing civilians who...
Arab League Urges ICRC To Intervene On Palestinian Prisoners
Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit on Wednesday urged the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene with...
Hepatitis E Outbreak Kills 25 In Niger Refugee Camp
Bad water and hygiene have led to an epidemic of hepatitis E that has killed 25 people over several months in a refugee...
20 Killed In Clashes In DR Congo’s Kasai Region
Twenty people died in ethnic clashes last week in the troubled central Kasai region of Democratic Republic of Congo,...
China Urges End To US-S.Korea Military Exercises
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged an end to US-South Korean military manoeuvres Wednesday as well as a stop to...
Saudi Fire Stops ‘rebel Boat Bomb’ From Yemen
The Saudi coast guard fired on an unmanned boat rigged with explosives, thwarting an attack on one of the kingdom's oil...
UN Eyes New Yemen Peace Talks By End of May
A new round of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides should begin by the end of May, the UN mediator said...
US Troops Hunting LRA Warlord Kony Begin C.Africa Pullout
US special forces on Wednesday began to pull out from Central Africa, ending a five-year hunt for brutal LRA warlord...
India Gets Its First Free Condom Store
A global charity Wednesday launched a free condom store in India to try to reduce new cases of HIV/AIDS in a country...
Tanzania Expels Top UN Official
Tanzania has expelled the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country, the foreign ministry...
Southeast Asian Leaders To Avoid Direct China Criticism
Southeast Asian leaders will express concern this week about an "escalation of activities" in the South China Sea but...
FAO, WAHO Sign Agreement To Support Health Development
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) have...
Philippines’ Duterte Set For Summit Drug War Support
Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to enjoy much-wanted foreign support for his deadly drug war when...
US THAAD Missile Defence Equipment Enters South Korea Site
Trailers carrying US THAAD missile defence equipment entered a deployment site in South Korea early Wednesday with...
UN Council To Vote On Re-Launching Western Sahara Talks
The UN Security Council is expected to vote Thursday on a draft resolution backing a UN bid to re-start talks on...