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The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d’Ivoire has assured authorities there that the Organization will provide the West African country with the support it requires to ensure that legislative elections next month are held successfully and in a peaceful atmosphere. The Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Operation in Cote d’Ivoire UNOCI, Bert Koenders, ...

A Nigerian military spokesman says security forces are conducting house to house searches for illegal weapons in the northeastern city Maiduguri in an effort to stop attacks by Islamist militants. Colonel Hassan Mohammed of the Joint Military Task Force says the sweeps are aimed at stopping frequent attacks by the militant group Boko Haram. Security forces launched the searches after ...

The President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, has officially responded to threats by UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron saying would not accept any aid that has homosexuality strings attached. He said Britain cannot tell Ghana, a sovereign nation, what to do, adding that the country would not in any way legalize homosexuality. Ghana’s constitution like many African countries frowns ...

The clamor for balance in the roles and responsibilities of men and women in marriages and relationships is no doubt on the increase. These days you can hardly present one side of the ‘fact’ without the other party, either the men folks or their women, as the case may be, asking for their own views to be shared. Africa is ...

Associated Press Nigeria hired former defender Stephen Keshi as head coach of its national team Wednesday, five days after firing Samson Siasia following the failure to qualify for the African Cup of Nations. The Nigeria Football Federation appointed the 49-year-old Keshi, who was captain when Nigeria made its World Cup debut in 1994, to try and bring together a team ...