THE UGANDA Revenue Authority has handed over 100 pieces of ivory and a leopard skin to the Uganda Wildlife Authority.

The Jigawa State government has approved N37million for the purchase of chemicals to fight quelea birds that recently invaded some local government areas of the state.

Three Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe security officers based at the Harare Interna-tional Airport allegedly assisted a Chinese man to smuggle 500kg of ivory to his homeland.

Rwanda is considering to temporarily lift a ban on export of row hides and skins, the Ministry of Trade and Industry has said.

NATIONAL Parks authorities, working with the Police Sub Aqua unit, yesterday recovered a man's body parts in three crocodiles at a dam in Mt Darwin.

A woman sits holding a baby in a queue at a medical clinic in Mogadishu, the violence-hit capital of Somalia, where fighting between government troops and insurgents has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

The Force Commander of the United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region today visited the scene of recent deadly clashes between Government forces and a rebel militia group.

At least ten people have been killed in heavy fighting between allied Hizbul Islam and Al- Shabab Mujahideen and Ahlu Sunna Walja'a Islamist fighters that has erupted in Wabho town in central Somalia, witnesses and officials told Shabelle radio on

Officials from the Gambian security forces, Thursday June 4th, 2009 gathered in Banjul to bid farewell to 96 officers from different units of the country's security forces who are on their way on a UN peace keeping mission in the

Sporadic fighting between government soldiers and Islamist forces is continuing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Friday.

Commercial property values are declining across Boone County, as the recession drives vacancies up and rents down.

FRANKFORT - A federal grand jury has returned a superceding indictment in a case that involves contracts awarded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

A remote-controlled toy backhoe loader dug into a small dirt mound Friday signaling the start of construction of the new Kenton County Detention Center off Mary Laidley Drive.

Gov. Steve Beshear's ever-evolving agenda for the June 15 special session now includes a tax incentive for the operators of the Kentucky Speedway in Gallatin County.

President Obama may have been thinking big with his $787 billion stimulus package, but local governments are thinking decidedly small: sidewalks, curbs, playground equipment.

After more than two years of considering the value of a regional United Way - serving nearly every community between Northern Kentucky and Dayton, Ohio - a potential plan appears to be on the table.

Building code inspectors told Cincinnati police Officer Karen Parker that the three-family Walnut Hills home she owned must be torn down. But it still stands, and now she's in court.

Deaconess Hospital has laid off about 50 workers - more than 10 percent of its employees - in a restructuring move that includes closing its Surgical Weight Loss Center.

Heading downtown tonight? You won't be the only one. Ideal weather, a concert by Keith Urban and Taylor Swift, and the Reds-Cubs game will bring out crowds.