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Remarks by President Obama at the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Presidential Summit

  During a town hall Monday with 500 young African leaders, President Obama  announced the expansion of his Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and the renaming of the Washington Fellowship Program after.

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The World Celebrates Mandela’s Birthday

For many South Africans, this year’s celebration of Nelson Mandela’s birthday (July 18) is bittersweet, as the statesman died last year at the age of 95. But some say that.

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Dubai Building World’s Biggest Shopping Mall [Photos & Videos]

World’s favourite shopping and vacation destination is planning to become home to the largest shopping mall in the world. Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emirate’s ruler has laid.

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The shifting soft power of the Arab world

Over the past decade the Arab world has witnessed a shifting of not only hard power — which saw the traditional armies of the Arab world in Syria, Egypt and Iraq consumed.

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Coup In Thailand: Military Seizes Control Of Country

The moment Jonah Fisher and other reporters realised a coup was under way Thailand’s military has announced it is taking control of the government and has suspended the constitution. In.

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New EU programme to strengthen land governance in ten African countries

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, April 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/– A new programme worth €33 million to improve land governance and help improve the food and nutrition security of family farmers.

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Africa: Can the World Really End Poverty By 2030?

The slogan “make poverty history” has been used by development pundits and pop star philanthropists for years. Now, in a bid to turn words into deeds, it is being discussed.

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World Leaders Condemn Nigeria Bomb Attack

The international community has condemned the bus station bombing in Abuja that left many commuters dead and hundreds injured. United States president, Mr. Barrack Obama and the United Nations Secretary-General,.

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Saudi Arabia pledges to protect foreign workers, as Indonesian maids face execution

For the first time, Indonesian maids working in Saudi Arabia will be guaranteed a monthly wage, time off, and contact with their loved ones, under a new agreement signed by.

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Pakistan-Taliban peace talks ‘under way’

The first formal meeting between the Pakistan government and a Taliban-nominated team has begun in an undisclosed location, local media say. They are due to start charting a “roadmap” for.

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