Canada Working with International Community to Support Somalia
OTTAWA, Canada, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Ted Opitz, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre, highlighted Canada's ongoing efforts to stabilize Somalia during the...
View ArticleEbola – MSF staff member evacuated from Mali
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)...
View ArticleEU counter-piracy Operation Atalanta extended to end of 2016
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Council has extended the EU's counter-piracy Operation Atalanta by two more years, until 12 December 2016. The...
View ArticleWHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On 24 August, WHO was notified by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Jeera...
View ArticleIOM Ethiopia Relocates Flood-Stranded South Sudanese Refugees
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM has resumed transport by boat and road of South Sudanese refugees stranded by heavy rains and flooding in Matar to...
View ArticleDjibouti Struggles to Meet Migrant Health Needs
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM Djibouti has contributed USD 85,000 to the Djiboutian Health Ministry to help local hospitals and clinics provide medical...
View ArticleSOUTH SUDAN / HANDOVER CEREMONY OF NEW POLICE POST IN KHOR WILLIAM
JUBA, South Sudan, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) cordially invites members of the media to a handover ceremony of a new...
View ArticleJapan-South Africa Summit Meeting
TOKYO, Japan, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. Bilateral relations Prime Minister Abe stated his intention to strengthen the strategic cooperative relationship with South...
View ArticleStatement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström at the High-Level...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Check against delivery Mr President, Excellencies, Thank you for bringing us together here today, and for setting the agenda...
View ArticleUN DEPUTY HUMANITARIAN CHIEF CALLS FOR PEACE, SCALING UP OF AID IN SOUTH SUDAN
JUBA, South Sudan, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kyung-wha Kang, concluded her three-day mission to South Sudan today,...
View ArticleIMF Staff Concludes Mission to Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Joël Toujas-Bernaté, visited Accra from November 6 to 20, 2014, to discuss...
View ArticleDisease outbreak news – Plague – Madagascar
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Disease outbreak newsOn 4 November 2014, WHO was notified by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar of an outbreak of plague....
View ArticleCanada and Zambia Lead United Nations Efforts to End Child, Early and Forced...
OTTAWA, Canada, November 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement on a resolution led by Canada and Zambia on child, early and...
View ArticleUK / FCO Minister condemns terrorist attack in Kenya
LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire condemns terrorist attack in Kenya and pledges continued UK support in the fight...
View ArticleIMF’s West AFRITAC Steering Committee recognizes the growing role of the...
COTONOU, Benin, November 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Regional Technical Assistance Center for West Africa (West...
View ArticleDidier Reynders delighted about end of Ebola epidemic in the RDC
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders is delighted about the the end of the...
View ArticleBaird Condemns Cowardly Attack in Kenya
OTTAWA, Canada, November 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today released the following statement:“Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms the...
View ArticleStatement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the...
NEW YORK, November 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Secretary-General condemns the terrorist attack this morning on a commuter bus in Mandera, Kenya, in which at least twenty eight...
View ArticleGovernment announces new funding to fight Ebola in West Africa
DUBLIN, Ireland, November 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, TD, and the Minister for Development, Trade Promotion and North...
View ArticleBaird Congratulates Tunisians on Free and Peaceful Presidential Election
OTTAWA, Canada, November 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today released the following statement commending Tunisians on their country's peaceful and...
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