Ghana Ranked 3rd Highest Cocaine Transit Point In Africa
Ghana has been ranked the third cocaine transit destination in Africa behind Nigeria and South Africa respectively. According to the ...
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UN Agrees To Draw Down Darfur Peacekeeping Force
The UN Security Council on Thursday agreed to a major drawdown of peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur after ...
Tanzania Football Federation President Detained Over Corruption
The president of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), Jamal Malinzi, has been arrested by the country’s Prevention and Combating of ...
S.Africa’s ANC Seeks To ‘self-Correct’ At Policy Meet
South Africa's ruling ANC party will look to "self-correct" at a six-day meeting starting Friday, a senior official said after ...
NATO Agrees Afghanistan Troop Boost But No Combat Role
NATO will increase troop numbers in Afghanistan to help train local forces facing a resurgent Taliban but will not return ...
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 negotiations over ...
Indian Business Braces For Disruption Amid Massive Reform
India is bracing for upheaval as it storms ahead with its most ambitious reform in decades -- transforming the world's ...
Saudis Stand Tough As Top Gulf Diplomats In Washington For Qatar Talks
Three top Gulf diplomats were in Washington Tuesday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to help resolve the ...
Celebs and Their Equally Famous ‘clones’
When Kofi Anan first addressed the world as the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Morgan Freeman fans had an ...
Journalist With French TV Dies of Wounds From Mosul Blast
Journalist Veronique Robert, wounded in the same landmine blast that killed two colleagues in the Iraqi city of Mosul earlier ...
French TV Journalist Dies of Wounds From Mosul Blast
Journalist Veronique Robert, wounded in the same landmine blast that killed two colleagues in the Iraqi city of Mosul earlier ...
UN Offers To Help Resolve Qatar Row
The United Nations on Friday offered to step in to help resolve a deepening crisis in the Gulf after Qatar ...
At Refugee Summit, UN Chief Urges ‘solidarity’ With Uganda
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for international solidarity with Uganda at a fundraising summit to help the ...
EU Pledges 85 Mn Euros To Uganda For S.Sudan Refugees
The EU pledged 85 million euros ($95 million) to Uganda Thursday, ahead of a summit to raise twenty times that ...
Benin Protestors Rally Against President’s Liberalisation Drive
Over a thousand people took to the streets of Benin's economic capital of Cotonou on Thursday to protest against President ...
Thousands of Yogis Search For Serenity In Times Square
Thousands of yoga aficionados celebrated the summer solstice amid the neon lights and cacophony of Times Square Wednesday, searching for ...
Venezuelan President Sacks Military Top Brass Amid Abuses
Venezuela’s president has replaced four top military commanders over the use of live bullets by security forces during months of ...
UN Boss Warns America Will Be Replaced If It Withdraws From the World
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that if the United States disengages from the international ...
Kofi Annan Calls For Fight Against Snakebites
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for a global fight against snakebites and the need to reduce impact ...
A Deadly City In A Dangerous Country
The death of two journalists in Mosul has highlighted once more the particular dangers of covering the battle to recapture ...