They urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan as well as sanctions on decision-makers with the ability to either perpetuate or end the war, who reap the economic and political benefits of the conflict. ...

The European Union’s Rapid Alert System for food says it has detected excessive levels of chemical contaminants in Nigerian food exports. These include beans, melon seeds, sweet potatoes, cashew kernels, dried fish and meat ...

Jamaica was in second place with 7 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze followed by the U.S. winning 6 of each. Russia, which captured 7 golds and 17 medals at the last World’s competition in Moscow, this time came in ninth ...

The girls were being driven to the royal homestead of Swazi King Mswati III. Some 40,000 girls take part in the 8-day ceremony, singing and dancing bare-breasted for the King who often selects one of them to become his new wife. ...