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KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 8, 2018/ -- Sporadic protests have erupted on Friday in Khartoum and the Gazira State in central Sudan against the recent government decision to increase the bread price.On Friday, bakeries raised the price of a…

PRETORIA, South Africa, January 8, 2018/ -- President Jacob Zuma has declared a Special Official Funeral for the late highly respected author and poet, Professor William Keorapetse Kgositsile, a renowned veteran activist and a giant of the…

KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 8, 2018/ -- The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is seriously concerned for the safety of a Darfurian student who has been detained incommunicado and without charge for two weeks by the National…

CANBERRA, Australia, January 8, 2018/ -- Today I announce the appointment of Ms. Bronte Moules as Australia’s next Ambassador to Zimbabwe, with non-resident accreditation to Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the…

LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 8, 2018/ -- The 2017 financial year has just ended with the concrete materialization of an awaited commitment: the inauguration, on 22 December 2017, of the modernized registered office of…

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, January 8, 2018/ -- The Director-General of WHO has outlined his vision for a Madagascar free of plague epidemics during a three-day visit to the island nation that started on 7 January 2018."Madagascar can…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 8, 2018/ -- The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has welcomed the policy shift in government, following the President's announcement of a fee-free dispensation for poor students at…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 8, 2018/ -- Google Developers Group (GDG), held the first ever Developers’ Festival, dubbed DevFest-Addis, on January 6, 2018 in Addis Ababa at the U.S. Embassy American Center.Developers’ Festivals…

PRETORIA, South Africa, January 8, 2018/ -- Having established formal ties on 01 January 1998, the Republic of South Africa and the People’s Republic of China have reached the important milestone on 01 January 2018 of 20 years of formal…

KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 8, 2018/ -- The Government of Sudan must condemn in the strongest terms the excessive use of force by its police and security forces in El Geneina, West Darfur on Sunday 7 January and conduct an immediate…

9/11 was a tragic event that claimed so many innocent lives. Holocaust was a crime against humanity and could never be allowed to happen again.  But let's remind the public that since 9/11, Muslims have been the greatest victims of…

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In the name Allah, the Beneficent, the MercifulAs-salaam alaikum,Dear H.E. President/Ambassador:In sha Allah, it is with great humility and honor that I, Sheikh Musa Drammeh, am hereby commend your…

It has been two years since the disappearance of Mahfuza Rahman and the NYPD now believes she is dead. When her name is mentioned in the Bangladeshi community the men say "Oh the one that ran away with another man" and the sisters are…

BUEA, Ambazonia, January 6, 2018/ -- The Interim Government of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia strongly condemns the abduction of President Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe and nine other officials by gunmen from la Republic du Cameroun at about…

By Robert GolombThere have been three milestones “Firsts” which have been credited to Dilip Chauhan. For one, when Chauhan, now 47, who was born in India and immigrated to America in 1999, received the New York State and City…

KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 5, 2018/ -- The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies is concerned about the safety and well-being of two community leaders from Port Sudan, Red Sea state who are being held incommunicado by the National…

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, January 5, 2018/ -- The U.S. Embassy in Malabo is aware of reports that an attempted coup may have occurred in Equatorial Guinea on or around December 24. As a result, borders between Equatorial Guinea and…

BEIRUT, Lebanon, January 5, 2018/ --GROHE, the world's leading provider of sanitary fittings, partnered with the German Sustainability Day 2017, in Dusseldorf. At this leading two-day convention, experts from companies and administrations…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 5, 2018/ -- Parliament Statement on Passing of Struggle Stalwart Prof Keorapetse Kgositsile: Parliament of South Africa joins the nation and the international community in mourning the passing-on of the…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, January 5, 2018/ -- In response to the announcement by the government of Ethiopia that it will release all political prisoners and close the notorious Central Crime Investigation Center, also known…

MONROVIA, Liberia, January 5, 2018/ -- The EU sends its congratulations to George Weah for his victory in the Presidential elections in Liberia as announced by the National Elections Commission.All political leaders showed…

PRETORIA, South Africa, January 5, 2018/ -- President Jacob Zuma has today (04 January 2018), congratulated all the matriculants who sat through their National Senior Certificates examinations in 2017, whose results were released by the…

Dear fellow New Yorkers:As the season for our political leaders’ ‘State of the …) begins, I am looking for a few community leaders who would join me in giving our constituents’ ‘State of the City, County and Districts Affairs…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 4, 2018/ -- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, notes with serious concern the incidents that took place in Kinshasa and other locations in the Democratic Republic of the…

SEOUL, Republic of Korea, January 4, 2018/ -- The Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Ambassador Chaim Choshen today 4th January 2018 paid a courtesy call on Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the Republic…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 4, 2018/ -- Google Developers Group (GDG) is pleased to announce that for the first time, the Developers’ Festival, dubbed DevFest-Addis will be held on January 6, 2018 in Addis Ababa at the U.S. Embassy…

TRIPOLI, Libya, January 3, 2018/ -- On Monday, 1 January, the UN Migration Agency’s Libya mission chartered its first flight of 2018 under the Voluntary Humanitarian return (VHR) programme, assisting 142 returnees departing from Libya to…

Every electoral course and its disadvantage are used to divide us and place us bickering, rather than results on reaching true solutions and conclusions that can help our communities to overcome the overwhelming disservice of transparency…

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 3, 2018/ -- World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned an attack that occurred on New Year’s Day at the Rivers church in Omuku town, southern Nigeria.At least 16…