St.Paul,Minn Twelve people have become ill with salmonellosis linked to eating a raw Mexican-style cheese, queso fresco, and state health officials are warning consumers about the risks of consuming unpasteurized dairy products.

Minneapolis,Minn Pro USA, Inc., a United States and Liberia based nonprofit sports organization has awarded a grant totaling $17,000.00 for sports academy kids in Minnesota.

St.Paul,Minn The total number of reportable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Minnesota increased in 2012, according to the latest report from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The 10 percent rise in STDs from the previous year means sexually active people should get tested regularly and take steps to prevent STDs, health officials said.

UN News, New York All Liberians must be part of their country’s progress to ensure lasting peace, a United Nations envoy said this week, praising the West African nation for its advances since the end of its civil war two decades ago and stressing the role of people’s participation in the security transition process.

Abidjan,Ivory Coast. The United Nations said it was reinforcing its patrols in Ivory Coast and in neighboring Liberia in response to attacks from rebel forces.

Washington,D.C. Following a major international women’s conference, members of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women agreed that all nations have an unqualified responsibility to protect women and girls from violence and discrimination in the world today.

Executive Mansion, Monrovia Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has cautioned that universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene must be a post-2015 development priority. “Without greater progress, children will continue to miss school; health costs will continue to be a drag on national economies; adults will continue to miss work; and women and girls – almost always women and girls – will continue to spend countless hours every day fetching…

Washington,D.C., Higher education institutions in Armenia, Paraguay, Rwanda and South Sudan will be partnering with universities in the United States to promote gender equality and women’s leadership through a new program organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Higher Education for Development (HED).

Statement by National Security Council(NSC) Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on Bosco Ntaganda’s Surrender to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist considered the father of African literature, died March 21 in Boston. He was working as the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of Africana studies at Brown University in Rhode Island at the time of his death.