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An official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said the sub-regional group has made enormous progress since its founding 37 years ago.

Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan.

An explosion tore through a clothing shop in downtown Nairobi Monday. Police say at least 28 people were injured, but the cause of the blast was not immediately known.

The US military has denied reports that its special forces have parachuted into North Korea to gather intelligence on that country's underground military installations, saying a source had been misquoted.

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague has reportedly issued an ultimatum to Russia to intervene in the Syrian crisis before 'it was too late'.

The Syrian government has blamed armed terrorists for the killing of 108 civilians near the city of Homs last Friday.

Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has announced elections in six months time after the country's political parties failed to agree a new constitution.

At least six people were seriously injured in two separate grenade attacks in northern Kenya on Saturday night, police said.

Tuareg rebels and Islamist militants have joined forces in northern Mali and say they will create an independent Islamist state.

The US Vice President, Joe Biden, has suggested the Obama administration should put in place new policies to reinforce US influence through Asia.