UK Foreign Secretary co-hosts the Defeating Ebola Conference
LONDON, United-Kingdom, October 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Secretary co-hosts the Defeating Ebola Conference to drive forward the international response to the epidemic in...
View ArticleOn eve of Lampedusa disaster anniversary, UNHCR warns that irregular...
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- New data on irregular crossings of the Mediterranean, covering the third quarter of 2014, show an alarming increase in the...
View ArticleCULTURAL CARAVAN FOR PEACE
In 2015, three music festivals Festival Taragalte (Morocco, M’hamid), Festival au Désert (Mali, Timbuctu) and Festival sur le Niger (Mali, Ségou) are working and travelling together to promote cultural...
View ArticleMinister Sherlock announces over €1 million in additional funding to fight...
DUBLIN, Ireland, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Minister for Development, Trade Promotion, and North-South Co-operation, Seán Sherlock, TD, today announced over €1 million in...
View ArticleStatement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Côte d’Ivoire
ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr. Michel Lazare visited Abidjan from September 17 – October 2,...
View ArticleUN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi, visits Mogadishu,...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi visited Somalia to reaffirm the support of the United...
View ArticleUNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT TO HOST ‘MUSIC FOR PEACE’ CONVERSATION WITH...
NEW YORK, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Academic Impact will host another of its “Music for Peace” conversations on 9 October in Dag Hammarskjöld Library...
View ArticlePhilips announces collaboration with PowerFree Education Technology (PET) to...
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- ⁻ Partnership aimed at addressing the high rates of preventable infant mortality across Africa⁻ Philips unveils...
View ArticleVictim of Trafficking Rescued by IOM Ghana Travels to US to Meet Donors
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On Sunday, 5 October, a community in the U.S. State of Ohio will put out the red carpet for a very special visitor. His name is...
View ArticleTragedy at Sea in Lampedusa: One Year On
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- One year after 368 migrants, mainly Eritreans, lost their lives in the Mediterranean trying to reach Italy, survivors of the...
View ArticleIOM Marks Human Trafficking Awareness Week in South Africa
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Every year, South Africa marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Week in an effort to increase awareness of trafficking in...
View ArticleMORE THAN FOOD: WFP BUILDING HEALTH CENTRES, FLYING IN AID WORKERS AND...
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- As of today, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided food assistance to more than 430,000 people affected by...
View ArticleSpecial Presidential Envoy John Allen Travel to Iraq, Belgium, Jordan, Egypt...
WASHINGTON, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 2, 2014 Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: A never-ending quest to promote humanitarian rules
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Killings and acts of physical violence committed against civilians, the destruction of homes and businesses, attacks against...
View ArticleUN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response statement for clarification: No...
ACCRA, Ghana, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Following recent media reports, the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) seeks to clarify that Ebola is not an airborne...
View ArticleEmergency grant aid in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West...
TOKYO, Japan, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. On October 3, the Government of Japan decided to extend emergency grant aid of 22 million US dollars (approximately 2.4 billion...
View ArticleHuman rights: UN Independent Expert to conduct third visit to Mali
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Suliman Baldo, will carry out his third official visit to Mali...
View ArticleStatement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali
NEW YORK, October 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Secretary-General is shocked and outraged by today's attack in Mali that killed nine Nigerien peacekeepers on 3 October. In the...
View ArticleCanada Condemns Killing of Soldiers from Niger in Mali
OTTAWA, Canada, October 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today released the following statement:“Canada strongly condemns the killing of nine...
View ArticleUN Special Representative for Somalia on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha
MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, extended his heartfelt greetings to all...
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