UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women to review:...
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 20 October...
View ArticleUNAMID welcomes North Darfur tribal leaders’ commitment to end use of child...
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur welcomed a community-based strategic plan to end the use of children...
View ArticleUN Special Representative for Somalia condemns car bomb attack in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemned last night's car bomb attack...
View ArticleEnergy sector is key to powering prosperity in sub-Saharan Africa – Report
LONDON, United-Kingdom, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Increasing access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in sub Saharan...
View ArticleStaying safe : advice for households with Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone is continuing to accelerate with a total of 2950 cases reported by October...
View ArticleCOMMUNIQUÉ ADOPTED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF HEADS OF DELEGATIONS OF THE...
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission established pursuant to the Joint Communiqué adopted at the Summit Meeting which took...
View ArticleInspiring Agricultural Change: Sharefair on Rural Women’s Technologies...
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UN Women's Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, in partnership with FAO, IFAD, WFP and others will host the Inspiring...
View ArticleCFS set to endorse principles for responsible investments in agriculture and...
ROME, Italy, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Committee on World Food Security, the world's foremost inclusive intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder platform for food...
View ArticleUN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in...
JUBA, South Sudan, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura has concluded her...
View ArticleUsing Animation to Battle Ebola
Nashville, Tennessee, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- United Methodist Communications collaborated with Chocolate Moose Media and iHeed to create an animation for West Africa that...
View ArticleMigrant Workers in Libya at Growing Risk, Could Feed Deadly Mediterranean Exodus
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In a new Libya Situation Report this week, IOM notes that the devastating violence of recent months in the country has left...
View ArticleIOM African Capacity Building Centre Celebrates Five Years of Training in...
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM's African Capacity Building Centre in Tanzania this week celebrated five years in operation. Since 2009 it has trained...
View ArticleIOM Aids 560 Displaced Families in Somali Region of Ethiopia
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM Ethiopia has distributed essential non-food aid (NFIs) to 560 internally displaced households in Halobiyo, Kebele, Babile...
View ArticleZouk alors! Congolese IOM Staffer Cuts Anthem in Afro-pop Style
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Thomas Mvubahe Bigaba, an IOM staffer in Goma in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a passionate singer when...
View ArticleInternational partners welcome agreement between the Federal Government and...
GAROWE, Somalia, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ethiopia in its capacity as the Chair of the IGAD...
View ArticleUsar o cinema de animação para combater o ébola
Nashville, Tennessee, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A United Methodist Communications colaborou com a Chocolate Moose Media e a iHeed para criar um vídeo de animação para a...
View ArticleUN rights chief Zeid condemns attacks on human rights defenders in Libya
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Human rights defenders, political activists, bloggers and media professionals have been under increasing attack from armed...
View ArticleFY 2015 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees...
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Funding Opportunity AnnouncementBureau of Population, Refugees, and MigrationOctober 9, 2014Funding Opportunity Number:...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: U.S. Efforts to Assist the Nigerian Government in its Fight...
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In April 2014, the world was horrified to learn that the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram had abducted approximately 270 girls from...
View ArticleStatement by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice on the Chibok Girls
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Six months ago today, approximately 270 girls were abducted in the middle of the night from their school in northeast Nigeria, where...
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