TOP militant leaders, yesterday, opted to accept the Federal Government's offer of amnesty, but by proxy, for fear of arrest.

The United States Tuesday urged the government of Sudan and former rebels in the south to re-invigorate their 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), as 30 Sudanese political leaders met with 170 observers from 32 countries and international organisations here to

Former military ruler General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida was the moving force behind the crisis that recently engulfed the Niger State House of Assembly because he had a grouse against the state governor Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, Special Assistant to the

To mark the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross Movement IRIN spoke with humanitarian and legal experts about how conflict has changed in the 21st century and to what degree the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols stand up

South Africa's International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane believes the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in 2005 in Sudan could still be realised.

ZIMBABWE'S diamond trade will no doubt feature high on the agenda of the three-day Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), which began yesterday, with the opening remarks of chairperson Bernard Esau setting the tone for this.

Human rights activists and opposition politicians yesterday reacted angrily to the 14-year jail sentence handed out to Special Police Constable Ramathan Magara by Justice Wilson Kwesiga for two counts of manslaughter.

The death of a boda boda taxi operator, Mr Peter Ngigi, 30, on Saturday in the latest orgy of violence in Kirinyaga district brings back tension and fears of a fresh wave of violence in the volatile area.

Leaders from northern and southern Sudan are currently meeting in Washington against the backdrop of a series of bloody clashes between rival ethnic groups in the south in recent months.

Own up, apologise and pay up for the sins committed by your predecessors.

President Umaru Yar'Adua has directed the immediate stoppage of award of further contracts by the Federal Government through the ministries, departments and agencies (MDA).

PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua is expected today to grant full pardon to many Nigerians, especially soldiers convicted of treason by the General Sani Abacha administration in the mid-1990s, a senior government official said.

Death penalty is an integral part of the nation's penal laws and it will continue to be applied in accordance with the rule of law, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua said yesterday in Abuja.

TOP militant leaders, yesterday, opted to accept the Federal Government's offer of amnesty, but by proxy, for fear of arrest.

Former military ruler General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida was the moving force behind the crisis that recently engulfed the Niger State House of Assembly because he had a grouse against the state governor Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, Special Assistant to the

Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta was Wednesday on the spot for 'recycling' retirees into plum government jobs.

The basic indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange continued on the red on Monday as both the NSE All-Share-Index and equitiesÌ capitalisation suffered the fourth consecutive loss, since hitting a new high of N6.844 trillion and 30,013.26 basis points on

The bearish trend in the Nigerian capital market continued Monday, as key indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded significant depreciation, brought about by profit-taking activities by investors.

The declining fortune of quoted companies continued Tuesday, as the value of listed equities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) plunged further by N163.38 billion.

While there was silence on the bond market, the Rwanda Over the Counter Market recorded a turnover of Rwf 340,000 from shares traded in 3 transactions at the price of Rwf 170.