The Ecowas Bank of Investment and Development, EBID, granted a complementary loan of 1.5 billion CFA F to the Lome Port (PAL) during its 26th session of Board of Directors on Wednesday in Lome (Togo).

Confronted with a need to recruit more teachers necessary to attain Education for All (EFA) goals in Africa by 2015 and the need for quality in education delivery, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the World

MALI has been presented with a perfect opportunity to reclaim the Fiba Women Afrobasket crown after being named hosts of the 2011 edition.

A regime of sanctions against this country's northern neighbor, Niger Republic, went into effect early this week with men of the Nigeria Customs Service preventing the export of fuel, grain and other essential commodities across the Jibia border in Katsina

There is greater frankness today about development policy failures in Africa. It was reflected in President Barack Obama's speech in Accra, Ghana on July 11 when he stated: "Development depends on good governance. That is the ingredient that has been

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua observed yesterday that anything that disturbs the peace and stability of the neighbouring Niger Republic would also affect Nigeria.

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Security Organisation (NSO), Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, has advised the Federal Government to show more interest in the affairs of Niger Republic, saying any breakdown of law and order in that country will have consequences in

THE decision of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to suspend Niger Republic on October 20 for its defiance of the ban on the recent legislative elections in that country, marks a major shift in policy of the

Amnesty International today warned hundreds of people - including many women and children - may be left homeless tomorrow morning if plans to demolish their homes to make way for a commercial development go ahead.

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) this morning adopted a motion moved by the Hon. Member from Swaziland Marwick Khumalo against the massacre witnessed in Guinea on September 28 where at least 150 protesters calling on Guinea's military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis