Chad: Displaced people from the Central African Republic living in precarious...
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in close cooperation with the Red Cross of Chad, has distributed...
View ArticleForeign Secretary in Copenhagen to press for progress in Somalia
LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Secretary urges Somalia's leadership to resolve political differences and focus on security and stability.Foreign...
View ArticleInternational community welcomes newly-elected President of Somalia’s Interim...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU) and the African Union...
View ArticleUK welcomes UN action to sanction Libyan terrorist groups
LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Secretary welcomes UN action taken to list two terrorist groups in Libya, underlining need to support UN-led...
View ArticleIMF Staff Concludes Visit to the Republic of Congo
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Ms. Dalia Hakura, Mission Chief for the Republic of...
View ArticleIMF Mission and the Central African Republic Reach Staff-level Agreement on...
BANGUI, Central African Republic, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, headed by Mr. Ekué Kpodar, visited Bangui, Central African...
View ArticleUN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea begins operations
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate human rights violations in Eritrea has begun its operations with an initial...
View ArticleReadout of the Vice President’s Meeting with King Mohammed VI of Morocco
WASHINGTON, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Vice President Joe Biden and His Majesty King Mohammed VI met today and reaffirmed the strategic alliance between the United States...
View ArticleThousands of Lives Given Hope Thanks to New Global Programme Backed by...
LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- An international project backed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and designed to prevent the deaths of pregnant women, new...
View ArticleSecurity Council Press Statement on Darfur
NEW YORK, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The members of the Security Council expressed their concern at the allegations reported in the media of mass rape in Thabit, North...
View ArticleMali: Details of the additional cases of Ebola virus disease
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Ebola situation assessment - 20 November 2014As of today, Mali has officially reported a cumulative total of 6 cases of Ebola...
View Article“Participation, Rules and Responsibility – Three pillars to strengthen peace,...
PRETORIA, South-Africa, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- This year we Europeans spent a lot of time remembering the centennial of the First World War. We live in an age - a very...
View ArticlePhilips and SNV collaborate to increase access to clean, efficient cooking...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) (http://www.philips.com) and the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation...
View ArticleThe Gambia: Zeid criticizes harsh legal amendment, violence and arrests...
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday criticized a recent amendment to the Criminal Code of...
View ArticleGambling revenues moderate in Africa amidst faltering economic climate: PwC...
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Gross gambling and casino revenues showed subdued growth in 2013 in the wake of a faltering economy. Gross gambling...
View ArticleMalawian Defense Forces Senior NCO Academy Graduation
LILONGWE, Malawi, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- This is the first Senior NCO Academy in sub-Saharan Africa and the Malawian Defense Forces (MDF) plans to make this a regional...
View ArticleSkyVision provides Cable & Wireless Seychelles with State-of-the-Art IP...
VICTORIA, Seychelles, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. (http://www.skyvision.net), a leading global communications provider, today announced the...
View ArticleLibya – Inclusion of Ansar al-Shariah on the UN Security Council’s terrorist...
PARIS, France, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- France welcomes the decision by the UN Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee to impose sanctions on the Libyan terrorist entities Ansar...
View ArticleMALI: MSF EXPANDS ACTIVITIES TO FIGHT EBOLA OUTBREAK
PARIS, France, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Swift and coordinated action is of huge importance in the days immediately after new cases are reported, the medical organisation...
View ArticleOnline press conference of AfDB (Nov. 2, 2014)
Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Chief Economist and Vice-President of the African Development Bank has held an online press conference on Sunday November 2, during the 9th edition of the African Economic...
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