Nigeria: Yaya Toure makes history, named African Player of the Year for 4th consecutive time

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ivorian international Yaya Toure has made history by becoming the first player to win the much-coveted African Footballer of the Year Award for the fourth consecutive time, afte...

Nigeria: Opposition party calls invasion of its offices, worst political scandal in Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned Saturday's invasion of its offices in Lagos by security agents, calling it perhaps the worst political scan...

Polls close in Tunisia's first free election

Turnout estimated at above 50 per cent in vote marking first democratic transfer of power in country's modern history.

Who will be Tunisia's next president?

Tunisians go to the polls on 23 November to choose a new leader in what is hoped to be the first genuinely free presidential election in the country's history. The BBC explains the background to the el...

Nigeria: Government, opposition agree on violence-free polls

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In a rare convergence of opinion between Nigeria's ever-squabbling government and the opposition, both have agreed to work hard to ensure violence-free general elections next mo...

Fifa Rankings - Algeria Makes Historical Leap to 15th Position

[Algerie Presse Service]Zurich -Algeria won five places to leap to the 15th position of the FIFA October's rankings published Thursday. This is a historical ranking in the history of the Algerian footb...

UN: Kirr says South Sudan committed to peace

New York, US (PANA) - President Salva Kirr of South Sudan on Saturday said his government is deeply committed to "talk peace with the rebels to close this dark chapter in our country's history, so the ...

Somalia's government launches postal service

Somalia#039;s government has launched its first postal service in more than two decades. It has also introduced postcodes nationwide for the first time in the country#039;s history. The postal service ...

Nigeria: Nigerian festival marked amidst screening for Ebola

Osogbo, Nigeria (PANA) ? For the first time in the over 600-year history of the Osun Osogbo festival in southwest Nigeria, worshippers, local and foreign tourists as well as fun seekers at the grand fi...

Libya and Vietnam: Two Lessons in Geographical Ignorance and Projection

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling This week when the Obama Administration announced it had evacuated its personnel from its embassy in Tripoli, it brought back memories of Saigon. But befo...
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