Nigeria
Top Terrorism Risk list by Maplecroft (198 countries)
August 04, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Maplecroft, a consultancy firm that studies and monitors political, economic, social, and environmental risks, developed the Terrorism Index to allow business to identify and monitor the risks posed...
Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan to be sworn in as president
May 29, 2011Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan will be sworn in as president on Sunday for a new four-year term. Mr Jonathan, who was promoted from vice-president after the death in office last year of Umaru Yar'Adua, won a decisive election victory last month. However...
Nigerian election postponed again
April 04, 2011Nigeria has postponed its parliamentary election until next Saturday - the second such delay in two days. The vote was initially due to take place on Saturday, but staff and papers failed to materialise at polling stations around the country. After...
Czechs ask health certificates for visa applicants from Moldova
June 02, 2009Czech visa applicants from Kenya, Moldova, Ukraine, Vietnam and some other countries will have to present health certificates that they do not suffer from tuberculosis and syphilis and that they are not HIV positive, Foreign Minister Jan Kohout told journalists...
Armed militants overrun Shell oil station in volatile Niger delta
December 15, 2006Nairobi/Abuja (dpa) - A group of armed men stormed a Shell oil flow station on Thursday, forcing the facility to shut down oil- processing, a Shell official said Friday. An unknown number of militants overran the Anglo-Dutch oil giant's facility on...