Afriwise launches first-of-its-kind consulting firm in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, August 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Two well-known lawyers on the African scene, Steven De Backer and Olivier Binyingo, recently launched Afriwise consult...
View ArticleUBA Group Appoints Tony O. Elumelu as Chairman
LAGOS, Nigeria, August 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Board of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) yesterday announced the appointment of Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, C.O.N. as Chairman,...
View ArticleIMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under Extended Credit Facility...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi, August 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On August 25, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fifth review of Burundi's...
View ArticleUNMISS launches search and rescue mission following helicopter crash in Unity...
JUBA, South Sudan, August 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan confirms that one of its MI-8 helicopters has crashed about 10 km south of Bentiu in...
View ArticleEmergency Assistance to the Republic of Liberia in response to the Ebola...
TOKYO, Japan, August 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. On August 25, the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency relief goods worth 30 million yen (tents, blankets, etc.) to...
View ArticleThree crew dead, one injured in UNMISS helicopter crash in Unity State
JUBA, South Sudan, August 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) confirms that three crew members of a UN-contracted MI-8 helicopter have died...
View ArticleCanadian Government Works With the Private Sector to Accelerate Sustainable...
OTTAWA, Canada, August 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Today, The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, chaired the first meeting of the...
View ArticleWHO working to ensure health workers are protected in Sierra Leone post
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has temporarily pulled back its health workers from the Kailahun post in Sierra Leone to...
View ArticleSECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, GREAT LAKES...
NEW YORK, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mark Lyall Grant ( United Kingdom):On 7 August, the...
View ArticleUN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Belize and Ghana
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families (CMW) is meeting from 1 to 5 September...
View ArticlePress briefing by UN aid chief in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media Advisory What: Journalists are invited to a press briefing with the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Mr. Toby...
View ArticleNew deadline for the parties in South Sudan
OSLO, Norway, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- ‘It is regrettable that the parties to the conflict in South Sudan have failed to fulfil their obligations to introduce a ceasefire...
View ArticleSwaziland is moving towards commercial farming / EU-FAO backed government...
ROME, Italy, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In a major effort to revitalize agriculture here, the government, the European Union and FAO have helped over 20,000 smallholder...
View ArticleThe AU and the UN resolved to further strengthen their cooperation in support...
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- As part of the initial tour he is undertaking in the region, Said Djinnit, the Special Envoy designate of the Secretary-General for...
View ArticleCanada Concerned About Downing of UN Helicopter in South Sudan
OTTAWA, Canada, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:“Canada is concerned by reports that a UN helicopter...
View ArticleEbola virus disease – Democratic Republic of Congo
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Disease outbreak news Epidemiology and surveillance On 26 August 2014, the Ministry of Health, Democratic Republic of Congo...
View ArticleThe United Nations special envoy for the Great Lakes Region received at the...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, met with the newly-appointed United...
View ArticleSECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DOWNING OF UN SOUTH SUDAN MISSION HELICOPTER
NEW YORK, August 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mark Lyall Grant ( United Kingdom): The members of...
View ArticleWorld Panel Zambia, Ltd. Celebrates Official Launch of Solar Chargers
LUSAKA, Zambia, August 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- World Panel Zambia Ltd. (www.world-panel.com) launched the durable World Panel solar panels that charge mobile phones as fast as a...
View ArticleEbola virus disease update – West Africa
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Epidemiology and surveillance• The total number of probable and confirmed cases in the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease...
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