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Port-au-Prince, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Haitian unions called for a general strike on February 1 and 2 to protest against insecurity and kidnappings, which today reach alarming figures.

THE STANDARD By Mercy Kahenda | January 24th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Police chopper landing at Lomelo dispensary in Turkana County [Joseph Kipsang, Standard] A Member of County Assembly was yesterday grilled by detectives over alleged involvement in the killing of two police officers in Kapedo at the border of Baringo and Turkana counties. Silale MCA Nelson Lotela, accompanied by lawyer Gordon Ogolla, presented himself at the Rift Valley regional Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI...

President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order Friday to increase food assistance benefits for Americans struggling with hunger.

Cleveland-Cliffs announced Tuesday that it donated $1 million to address food insecurity in 35 communities across North America including some in Minnesota through the Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation.

Friday Olokor, Abuja ELDERS in Northern Nigeria on Tuesday raised fears about the continued security challenges in the region which, they said, wa...

THE STANDARD COMMENTARY On a visit to one of the North Eastern counties recently, I was in the company of a European colleague, and we planned to visit a few sites in line with our work outside the county headquarters. I decided it would be a good idea to first consult with the security officers about the safety of us moving around. To start with, we were advised to get a security escort but secondly, we heard that the county is divided into three zones. Zone one around the county headquarters ...

Despite the twin problems – poverty and insecurity – that have faced Niger in the past few decades, President Mahamadou Issoufou successfully completed his two-term tenure. In December 2020, the country held the first election to transfer power from one civilian regime to another since independence from France in 1960. The 27 December election was inconclusive as no candidate got the constitutionally mandated 50% of the vote to emerge as president. A runoff is now scheduled for 21 February...

Nike Popoola and ’Femi Asu Economic experts have identified the lingering insecurity challenges in food-producing parts of Nigeria as one of the m...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo, John Alechenu and Alexander Okere The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday clashed over the worsening insecurity in Nigeria. This was as the nation marked the 2021 edition of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. While the APC urged Nigerians to avoid playing politics with the issue of security, the PDP advised the APC to end propaganda and secure Nigerians lives. The APC made its appeal to Nigerians in a statement titled, ...

Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaThe Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says Nigerians who fail to commit the securit...