Sierra Leone sells its egg-sized 709-carat diamond for $6.5 million
The government of Sierra Leone has sold a 709-carat rough diamond, named the ‘peace diamond’, at an auction in New York on Monday, fetching a […]
New York
USA: FBI Most Wanted for Email Fraud is from Nigeria
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a press statement released on its website, declared a Nigerian national living in New York wanted […]
Somalia, Nigeria, S. Sudan Top CPJ’s 2016 Global Impunity Index
The 2016 Global Impunity Index released on Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) indicated that murder cases of 24 journalists in Somalia, five […]
West-Africa: WB, France Ink Agreement to Strengthen Climate Resilience
The World Bank and the French government on Friday inked an agreement providing for supporting West African countries in strengthening the resilience of their coastal […]
Relations between Morocco & UN in Turbulence Zone
Relations between Morocco and the United Nations have entered a turbulence zone following the diplomatic blunder of the UN Secretary General during his recent visit […]
Nigeria: President to handle oil portfolio in long waited cabinet
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is to take personal charge of the country’s crucial oil portfolio, his spokesman, Femi Adesina said on Tuesday, as a deadline […]
Palestine: World Bank warns of fragile situation
An economic report released by the World Bank on Tuesday and is to be presented this week in New York has highlighted that Palestine is […]
Congo: MONUSCO bombards FNL to reach FDLR
Forces from the United Nations in Congo and Congolese troops have launched a joint offensive on the National Liberation Forces (FNL) ahead of planed attacks […]
NSA Hackers Break Into Any Anti-Spy Systems
A national security agency (NSA) hacking cell infiltrates computers around the world and inserts spying devices into computer systems, according to documents leaked by the […]
Lockerbie : 25 years after the tragedy, Memories Still…
Britain, the United States and Libya have marked lately the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan American flight 103 over Lockerbie on 21 December […]