(FILES) This file photo taken on September 29, 2010 shows workers of TECMA, a cross-border plant (maquiladora) in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico. Mexico’s cross-border plants in the border with the United States where on their golden age, until the Read more
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley holds photos of victims as she speaks as the UN Security Council meets in an emergency session at the UN on April 5, 2017, about the suspected deadly chemical attack that killed civilians, Read more
A picture taken on May 14, 2011 shows the national headquarters of the party National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) in the Ngagara quarter, north of Bujumbura. Across Burundi, citizens complain they are Read more
An election agent directs a voter at a polling station in Bakau on April 6, 2017. Gambians head to the polls on April 6, 2017, for the first time since the departure of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, with multiple parties Read more
Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) protesting against the detention of 13 students of the University of Lagos…yesterday PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) yesterday staged a peaceful protest at the Lagos State Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the final forfeiture of N1.83 billion, belonging to a former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Dele Ezeoba. The court made the order for permanent forfeiture of the sum, following an application Read more
South Korea has successfully test-fired a home-developed ballistic missile with a range long enough to hit any part of North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Thursday. It comes a day after the North fired its own ballistic missile into the Read more
Somalia’s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday declared war against Shabaab extremists, offering amnesty to militants who surrendered within 60 days and warning the rest would “face the consequences”. “I am announcing a state of war in the country Read more
Senate PDP caucus backs political solution to crisisAgain, former President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned the factions of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to a meeting in Abuja. Spokesman of the Ahmed Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi says it will not participate in the April 22 local government council elections in the state. Spokesman of the party in the state, Mr Chuks Oko, made this known in an interview with Read more