Mauritania National Day
WASHINGTON, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 27, 2013 On behalf of the American people, I am delighted to...
View ArticleECOWAS, MEMBER STATES MOVE TO STRENGTHEN TRADE, ENVIRONMENT POLICIES
ABUJA, Nigeria, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A capacity building workshop for experts from the ECOWAS Commission, its Member States and other stakeholders is underway in Abuja...
View ArticleAsian Development Bank President hails AfDB’s work on clean energy financing
TUNIS, Tunisia, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Development Bank's (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) work in clean energy financing received some welcome recognition last...
View ArticleMali: Access to health care remains challenging in the north
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In Mali, despite a certain political normalization, the armed conflict that has been under way for almost two years makes...
View ArticleUNITAR and BADEA Launch New Regional Finance and Investment Training...
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)...
View ArticleAU Commissioner for Peace and Security receives EU Director for East and...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui, on 27 November 2013, received the...
View ArticleDadaab: Agreement on refugee repatriation should not affect aid delivery,...
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Four in five refugees in the camps at Dadaab do not want to return to Somalia given the current climate of insecurity, finds...
View ArticleIreland / New Ambassador of Rwanda presents Credentials
DUBLIN, Ireland, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda presented its Letters of Credence to the President at Áras an Uachtaráin...
View ArticleSix African countries get new support to bolster private sector’s role in...
TUNIS, Tunisia, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- With African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) support, six African nations – Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of...
View ArticleKenya / New Urban Agenda for Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat wishes to invite journalists to a Press Briefing to discuss an upcoming...
View ArticleAssistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project...
TOKYO, Japan, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. On October 14, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security, which was established by the initiative of the Government of...
View ArticleUNAMID and Sudanese Police strengthen cooperation
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On 27 November 2013, the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Government of Sudan (GoS)...
View ArticleCameroon hosts counter-terrorism cooperation and combatting illicit...
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, November 29, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Combating terrorism and illicit trafficking were the focus of an international audience who gathered recently in Cameroon. The...
View ArticleStatement attributable to the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian...
KHARTOUM, Sudan, November 29, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Ali Al-Za'tari, strongly condemns the killing of two Sudanese...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day 2013 Statement by Donald Kaberuka, President of the African...
TUNIS, Tunisia, November 29, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Africa has made significant progress in fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In the past seven years, AIDS-related deaths declined by...
View ArticleFirst fact-finding mission to Brazil by UN expert group on people of African...
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 29, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Working Group* of Experts on People of African Descent will undertake its first visit Brazil from 3 to 13...
View ArticleUN Special Representative for Somalia appeals for calm in Sool
MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 1, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has expressed his deep concern at the recent...
View ArticleCentral African Republic National Day Message
WASHINGTON, December 1, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 30, 2013 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United...
View ArticleAMISOM and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia closed the first...
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 1, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) together with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
View ArticleInfrastructure in Africa: AfDB Group’s Africa50 Fund partner of the BUILD...
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The BUILD Africa forum (http://www.buildafricaforum.com) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with...
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