First Ever Mapping of Activities of External Security Actors in Africa...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Over the past decade, major external actors have developed policy initiatives to advance their security, geopolitical and...
View Article‘Double victims’– in conflict zones, people with HIV are twice as vulnerable
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The past decade has seen major improvements in people's ability to access lifesaving HIV treatments – but if you live in...
View Article20 years after genocide, Rwanda’s press still restricted / CPJ to release...
NEW YORK, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Committee to Protect Journalists will release a special report on press freedom conditions in Rwanda 20 years after the genocide...
View ArticleAfrica can do it, says Louis Michel
STRASBOURG, France, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Delegations "Africa is able not only to transform the lives of a billion citizens, but to improve those of millions of people...
View ArticleNorway / Deeply concerned about developments in Nigeria
OSLO, Norway, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- ‘I am deeply concerned about developments in Nigeria. The terrorist attacks on civilian targets in recent days are shocking and must...
View ArticleEbola: Ask your questions LIVE to the Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone (http://health.gov.sl), Dr Brima...
View ArticleMigrants and the Mediterranean – UN rights expert visits Italy to follow up...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit Italy from 2 to 5 December 2014 as a...
View ArticleProvision of Personal Protective Equipment and Dispatch of Japan Disaster...
TOKYO, Japan, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease continues to spread in West Africa, with a total of 15,327 cases and 5,450 deaths reported...
View ArticleU.S. Government Regrets Nigerian Cancellation of Military Training
ABUJA, Nigeria, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States will discontinue its training of a Nigerian Army battalion. The first...
View ArticleMinister Paradis supports education and training in Senegal / Canada supports...
OTTAWA, Canada, December 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On the sidelines of the 15th Summit of La Francophonie, the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, the...
View ArticleCentral African Republic National Day Message
WASHINGTON, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 1, 2014 Central African Republic National Day Message On behalf...
View ArticleHarper Government Announces New Investment Agreements in Sub-Saharan Africa
OTTAWA, Canada, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International...
View ArticleOptimism and opportunity abounds but a bumpy and slow journey ahead for some:...
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African continent continues to attract the interest of global investors, developers and operators searching for...
View ArticleIMF Executive Board Completes First and Second Reviews Under the Extended...
BAMAKO, Mali, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the first and second reviews of Mali's performance under...
View ArticleAfrica: Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield Visits Liberia in Support of...
WASHINGTON, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 1, 2014 Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda...
View ArticleSurvivors Take Spotlight in New Campaign To End West Africa’s Ebola Outbreak
MONROVIA, Liberia, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The #ISurvivedEbola campaign has kicked off with the release of the first in a series of videos that feature Ebola survivors...
View ArticleInternational Ebola response slow and piecemeal, risks becoming a ‘double...
LONDON, United-Kingdom, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The international response to Ebola in West Africa has so far been patchy and slow, and has left local people, national...
View ArticleIOM, US Build National Police Capacity in Democratic Republic of the Congo
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM, in collaboration with the US State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, has...
View ArticleStranded Ethiopian Migrants Return Home from Tanzania
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM has repatriated 253 Ethiopian irregular migrants released from detention in Tanzania. The operation, in close...
View ArticleIOM Tanzania Launches Migrant Registration Exercise in Kigoma
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On 1st December, IOM Tanzania, in collaboration with the government, launched a voluntary migrant registration operation in...
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