The number of immigrants coming to the United States slowed substantially in 2007, with the nation's foreign-born population growing by only 511,000, compared with about a million a year since 2000, according to Census figures released today.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 22 -- Mortar rounds slammed into a market in Somalia's capital Monday, killing up to 30 people, including children, and overwhelming hospitals with dozens of wounded in the worst fighting in months, witnesses said.

Following the donation of pick-ups to the Government of Liberia by Mittal Steel, Catholic Justice and Peace and Commission (JPC) Executive Director Cllr. Augustine Toe has indicated that the donation from the world's largest company is another means of bribery

Charges by commercial vehicle drivers have always been a subject of controversy, especially during the rainy season, when the roads are so ghastly that vehicle owners only venture into certain areas after levying heavy charges on reluctant passengers.

The General Secretary of the Internet Society (ISOC), Mr. Eric Akomea, has called on policy makers in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector, to institute a framework that would encourage the usage of the internet facility in the country.

Anglo Gold Ashanti has mounted a security operation with a combined team of Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service which began at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region on Thursday to combat illegal miners.

Experts began meeting in Yaounde yesterday to assess the milestone covered in EITI implementation.

No one can deny that the Sirleaf administration has so far put a rein on the nation's economic slump and managed to maintain political stability as it appeals to the hearts and minds of Liberian stakeholders for peace and reconciliation.

The President of the Liberia Scrap Association, Edwin O. Urey says the scrap industry was a viable sector to the Liberian economy because it is providing thousands of jobs to needy citizens.

Citizens of Kiteabo District in Maryland County have reportedly filed a petition to the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in River Gee County to nullify a 20-year forest lease agreement between them and the Maryland Wood Processing Industry.

The Secretary -General of the Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr. Kofi Asamoah has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to make the request for the needed logistics for the 2008 general elections from the Government, to ensure an effective organisation.

Buchanan Renewables B.V. announced today that the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) approved a loan of up to US$112,000,000 to Buchanan's subsidiary in Liberia, Buchanan Renewables (Monrovia) Power, Inc. for a 35-megawatt independent biomass power

The Central Bank of Liberia has announced a number of measures for reform, which it says are intended to strengthen and restore confidence in the banking sector of the country.

At least 100 people were killed and thousands fled their homes in the "worst fighting" to hit Mogadishu in recent months, locals told IRIN.

The Airport Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old Loveday Erondu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for allegedly impersonating a police inspector and forging police documents.

An international workshop on Incident Command System (ICS), aimed at combating bird flu is currently underway at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi.

Grand Bassa County Senator Nathaniel Innis has been finally been indicted for aggravated assault. He was indicted Monday by the grand jury of Montserrado County sitting at the Criminal Court "A" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia.

State first witness to testify in the trial of the nine Ghanaian crew members on board 'The Blue Atlantic' with 92 barrels of narcotic drugs that were intercepted on the Liberian waters told the court that when the drugs were

A group of Bong County citizens under the banner of the Fuamah Citizens Union are calling on the government to use the outcome of the forensic audit conducted into the Fuamah District Escrow Account by the General Auditing Commission as