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TEF Selects 1,000 Entrepreneurs For 2018 Programme – Red Cross,…
Lagos, Nigeria, 22 March 2018 — More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF)…
UN urges Liberia to ensure ‘full and true reconciliation’
(AFP) - A top UN official on Thursday urged Liberia to implement the recommendations of a truth commission, dating back to 2009, which included prosecuting…
World Bank Group Senior Vice President and General Counsel Arrives in…
World Bank Group Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Sandie Okoro, arrives in Liberia on Thursday, March 22, 2018 for a two-day visit.
Ms. Okoro's…
U.S. pastor charged with “dividing Turkey” for Gülen, PKK
A court in İzmir, western Turkey, has accepted a prosecutor’s indictment charging U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson with criminal offences on behalf of two separate…
Three chemical attacks thwarted in Syria’s Ghouta: Russia defense chief
Russia’s defense minister says three attempts at staging chemical attacks in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus, have been foiled over…
UN Acknowledges Russia’s Leadership in Syrian Humanitarian Situation
From Firas Samuri | firas.samuri@aol.com |
Despite the biased evaluation of Russia’s role in the Syrian peace settlement by the Western governments and…
UK Police Worry About Russian Migrants After Ex Aeroflot…
The UK police consider the lives of Russian citizens living on British soil may be under threat after two recent cases: the death of businessman Nikolai…
Why Did Women Journalists Strike in Spain?
(Global Voices) - Some 8,000 women journalists from Spain, among them the author of this post, recently signed a manifesto called “Journalists On Strike,”…
City Councilor and Leading Rights Activist Shot Dead in Downtown Rio de…
Less than two hours before she was murdered on the evening of March 14, Rio de Janeiro city councilor Marielle Franco was speaking at a roundtable of black…
EU to give Turkey more funding to extend migrant deal
Notwithstanding a rise in tensions between Brussels and Ankara – recently exacerbated by Turkey’s increasingly aggressive stance toward Greece and Cyprus – the…