Rescue workers raced against time and darkness Monday night looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City, leveling homes and leaving at least 51 people dead. At least 20 of the dead were children, including at least seven from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, which lay directly in the path of the monster storm’…

The statement reads” “President Obama and the First Lady look forward to traveling to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania from June 26 – July 3

Five strongholds of the Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of Borno State have been taken by the Special Forces, it was learnt yesterday. No fewer than 120 members of the sect were rounded up at the weekend at the funeral of one of its top commanders, who was killed during one of the raids, a Defence Headquarters…

Uganda is expected to import thumbprint machines in an effort to eliminate electoral malpractices. Read more …

From peacekeeping, conflict prevention and resolution to engaging and driving rebel elements out of town, as has been witnessed in Somalia, regional leaders are showing a robust determination to bring

Renewable energy sources play a significant role in plans to double electricity production in the next four years. Read more …

Two Islamic clerics and two other residents of Ngamdu, a border town between Borno and Yobe States, were killed, weekend, by unidentified gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram  members  during an attack on the town. Ngamdu is located 100 kilometres, west of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on the road to Damaturu, the Yobe State …