WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Enters Into Force
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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' Edwards, a ...
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 ...
GOC Presidency Nominations Open Tuesday
Nominations for the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) elections will open from Tuesday, February 21 to March 7. According to the ...
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 to the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ethnic cleansing, ...
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 ...
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 tournament ...
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 second top official ...
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 between President of ...
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, ...
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 Nations (UN) backed ...
President Farmaajo Officially Takes Over
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, the new President of Somalia officially took over the reigns at the presidency, Villa Somalia, today. ...
Mongolian Herders Reel Under Dreaded ‘dzud’ Weather
Thousands of Mongolian herders face disastrous livestock losses from a dreaded severe weather phenomenon known as the "dzud", the Red ...
Five Takeaways From Wednesday
US President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House -- and dropped his predecessors' longtime ...