Côte d’Ivoire: “Provisional release of pro-Gbagbo detainees, major step...
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 7, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- “The release of 14 pro-Gbagbo detainees linked to the post-electoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire constitutes a major step in the...
View ArticleSkyVision successfully implements project to install and manage UNACOOPEC’s...
Hertfordshire, UK August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. (http://www.skyvision.net), a leading global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber...
View ArticleJoint Statement by EU High Representative Ashton and US Secretary of State...
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In the spirit of supporting Egypt's democratic transition, two senior representatives of the European Union and the...
View ArticleUnder Secretary Sherman To Lead U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Nigeria...
WASHINGTON, August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC August 7, 2013 The Government of the United States announces that Under Secretary...
View ArticleFifteenth Anniversary of East Africa Embassy Bombings
WASHINGTON, August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC August 7, 2013 On the fifteenth anniversary of the U.S. Embassy bombings in...
View ArticleGlobal vaccination community turns its back on getting new vaccines to...
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- As Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) starts vaccinating against pneumonia in Yida refugee camp, South Sudan, the international...
View ArticleReadout of the President’s Call with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta
WASHINGTON, August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- President Obama called President Kenyatta today to offer United States support following a major fire at Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta...
View ArticleAggreko Secures 50 MW Interim Power Project in Guinea
CONAKRY, Guinea, August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Aggreko (http://www.aggreko.com), the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control services has signed...
View ArticleStatement by H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Statement by H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Occasion of Eid‐Al‐Fitr for...
View ArticleRed Cross Red Crescent step in to assist flood victims in Sudan
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The International Federation of Red cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Sudanese Red Crescent have come to the aid...
View ArticleAfrica: Arrest of Wildlife Trafficker
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement Jen Psaki Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC August 8, 2013 We commend the Togolese authorities on...
View ArticleMSF condemns the killing and wounding of its team members near Juba, South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, August 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On Monday, 5th of August, a group of armed men attacked a car belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a main road outside...
View ArticleUS Backs IOM Efforts to Address Needs of Migrants in Zimbabwe
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM Zimbabwe has received US$ 750,000 from the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to assist in responding to...
View ArticleUganda: “Public assembly must be protected, not attacked” – UN independent...
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Three United Nations independent human rights experts today expressed serious concern at the passing of the Public Order...
View ArticleEmergency Assistance to the Republic of the Sudan in Response to the Floods...
TOKYO, Japan, August 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. On Thursday, August 8, the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency relief goods worth 16 million yen (water purifiers,...
View ArticleMSF suspends medical activities in Pinga, Democratic Republic of Congo after...
LONDON, United-Kingdom, August 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been forced to suspend medical activities in the town of Pinga and...
View ArticleChad’s National Day
WASHINGTON, August 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press StatementJohn Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC August 11, 2013 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United...
View ArticleClose to 150,000 people affected by heavy flooding across Sudan
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations in Sudan is concerned by significant flooding across eight states in Sudan following heavy rains that began...
View ArticlePresident Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya will visit China
BEIJING, China, August 13, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei announces: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President Uhuru Kenyatta of the...
View ArticleFCO Minister welcomes outcome of Presidential election in Mali
LONDON, United-Kingdom, August 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- FCO Africa Minister congratulates Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on his victory in transparent and inclusive Presidential elections...
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