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Ebola: Ask your questions LIVE to the Minister of Information and Communications of Sierra Leone
Dec 11, 2014The Minister of Information and Communications of Sierra Leone, Alpha Kanu, will host an online press conference Thursday, December 11, at 15 GMT It is now seven months since Sierra Leone recorded the first case of... -
U.S Government Terminates Military Training For Nigerian Army
Dec 1, 2014A press release issued by the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria today has announced a premature termination of the Military training of Nigerian Army battalion. “At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States... -
The U.S Embassy Introduces New Visa Procedures In Nigeria
Nov 25, 2014For Nigerians and non-Nigerians considering applying for Visa to travel to the United States of America, there is something very important you need to know- the U.S Embassy has introduced new Visa procedures in Nigeria. In... -
U.S. Embassy Condemns Harmful Political Rhetoric
Nov 20, 2014: As Nigeria looks ahead to the February 2015 general elections, the United States strongly supports a free, transparent, credible, inclusive, and non-violent electoral process. We are deeply troubled by Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of... -
New Zeal Required To Realize The New Sustainable Development Goals
Nov 4, 2014Even as we prepare to lay the eight millennium development goals to rest and start deliberations on the sustainable development goals, it is important to reflect on where we are as a nation, what we have... -
Rethinking the United Nations for the Networked World
Sep 26, 2014This week’s UN Climate Summit in New York did more than address the urgent issues of climate change. It also put a spotlight on the UN itself, and the role of the UN in tackling the most... -
World Exclusive: South Sudan Rebel Threatened UN Just Before Helicopter Shooting
Sep 11, 2014Al Jazeera has aired exclusive audio of South Sudan Liberation Army rebel commander Peter Gadet threatening to shoot incoming UN aircraft, just nine days before a UN helicopter was shot down on 26 August 2014 over... -
Global Parliament of Mayors: Can Cities Change the World?
Aug 7, 2014In a newly released research report, Professor Benjamin Barber, political theorist and author of If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities, Richard Florida, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and Don Tapscott, best-selling...