SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF TIMELY ELECTIONS IN LIBYA ON 25 JUNE
NEW YORK, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General continues to follow...
View ArticleDakar Financing Summit on Africa’s Infrastructure
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Some African Heads of State and Government, and high level private sector leaders are meeting in Dakar, Senegal from 14 to15...
View ArticleIreland dispatches vital supplies to refugees from Central African Republic
DUBLIN, Ireland, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, has announced that Ireland is dispatching tents, blankets, and other vital...
View ArticleCanada continues to support sustainable economic growth / Canada supports...
OTTAWA, Canada, June 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Today, the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, the Honourable Christian Paradis, accompanied by the Honourable...
View ArticleAid agencies release plan to assist 3.8 million people in South Sudan by...
JUBA; South Sudan, June 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Aid agencies in South Sudan today released a new plan to assist 3.8 million people hit by hunger, violence and disease by the end...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: ICRC boosts farming in west of country
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- More than 13,000 people living in villages between the towns of Bouar and Bohong, in the west of the Central African Republic,...
View ArticleSomalia: Thousands of flood-affected people in Kismayo receive emergency support
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Some 23,000 people affected by severe flooding in Kismayo, in southern Somalia, have received emergency assistance from the...
View ArticleEquator Initiative for Sustainable Land Management in Sub SaharanAfrica Award...
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Equator Initiative for Sustainable Land Management in Sub Saharan Africa Award Ceremony WHAT: Equator Initiative for Sustainable Land...
View ArticleThe Peace and Security Council of the African Union, at its 440th meeting...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Union, at its 440th meeting held in Addis Ababa, on 12 June 2014, adopted the...
View ArticleChile, China and Morocco join others in moving closer to eradicating hunger /...
ROME, Italy, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Chile, China and Morocco today won recognition from FAO for outstanding progress in fighting hunger, an achievement that sees them join a...
View ArticleUK Minister for Africa condemns Mpeketoni attack in Kenya
LONDON, United-Kingdom, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Mark Simmonds condemns attacks in Kenya, and offers his condolences to those affected.Following the attack in Mpeketoni,...
View ArticleSystematic violence affecting civilians and exposing them to more...
BANGUI, Central African Republic, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is dismayed at the high level of organized violence against...
View ArticleEmergency Grant Aid for Supporting the to Abducted School Girls, their...
TOKYO, Japan, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. On June 13, the Government of Japan, upon requests by UN organizations and the Government of Nigeria, decided to extend emergency...
View ArticleOrange and BNP Paribas open new retail mobile banking services in Africa with...
PARIS, France, June 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Orange (http://www.orange.com) and the BNP Paribas group offer retail banking customers in Africa direct access between their BNP...
View ArticleBaird Strongly Condemns Attack in Kenya
OTTAWA, Canada, June 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement concerning Sunday's attack in Kenya:“Canada is appalled by...
View ArticleDeputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom Travels to Senegal, Kenya, and Liberia
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJune 16, 2014Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom will travel to Senegal,...
View ArticleStatement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on attacks...
NEW YORK, June 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on 15 June 2014 in Mpeketoni, Kenya, which reportedly killed at least 48...
View ArticleForeign Minister Steinmeier to meet the Foreign Minister of Mozambique
BERLIN, Germany, June 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On Tuesday, 17 June 2014, Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier will meet the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Mozambique,...
View ArticleMSF HOSPITAL BOMBED IN SUDAN / Amidst Bombing of South Kordofan Village, MSF...
PARIS, France, June 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- During an aerial attack on a Sudanese village, Sudan's air force bombed and partially destroyed a hospital run by the international...
View ArticleForeign Minister Steinmeier opens International Strategy Conference for the...
BERLIN, Germany, June 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On 18 and 19 June 2014, with the support of the Gerda Henkel Foundation the Federal Foreign Office is hosting an International...
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