Tag: Britain
Facebook probed by Britain over mood experiment
British authorities will question Facebook over an experiment in which the social network secretly manipulated the feelings of users to…
Prince Harry meets children on Chile trip
Britain’s Prince Harry, on the last day of a three-day official visit to Chile, joked and played with handicapped children…
Britain plans to reopen Iran embassy
Britain plans to reopen its embassy in Iran, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Tuesday, as the West steps up its…
Britain brands Assad re-election an ‘insult’
Britain branded Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s election victory an “insult”, saying Thursday the poll was merely a way of “sustaining…
Malawi’s president seeks ‘new friends’ in China, Russia
Malawi, traditionally dependent on Western aid donors, will look for “new friends” in countries such as China and Russia, newly…
Cameron condemns Sudanese death sentence
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday he was “appalled” by the “barbaric” death sentence given to a Sudanese woman…
Terrorism: Nigerian military capable of wining war – Obanikoro
The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday in Abuja, expressed confidence in the ability of the…
Long-term foreign help needed to stop Boko Haram
Nigeria needs foreign help to defeat Boko Haram, a senior intelligence source told AFP on Friday, as the country’s top…
Terrorism: Jonathan solicits global support for rehabilitation of affected states
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday solicited international support for his plans for the socio-economic rehabilitation of the north-eastern states after…
UK offers spy planes to help Nigeria schoolgirl search
Britain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft and a military team to help with the search for more than 200 missing…
Need For Regional Cooperation To Defeat Insurgents
In a much publicised move, Nigeria has accepted assistance from the United States, Britain, France, China and Israel in a…
Hollande invites US, Britain to summit on Nigeria abductions
French President Francois Hollande said Monday he had invited US and British officials to attend a Paris summit this weekend…
Hollande pledges help for Nigeria in hunt for kidnapped girls
President Francois Hollande pledged Wednesday that France would help Nigeria look for over 200 girls kidnapped by Islamist militant group…
Cameron Orders Probe Of Muslim Brotherhood
British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation into the activities of Muslim Brotherhood over concerns that the group…
Hurricane batters Britain
Hurricane-force winds from an Atlantic storm left tens of thousands of Britons without power Thursday and one man dead, adding…