Placing Economic Value on Africa’s Natural Resources
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- African Ministers and Experts Spotlight Efforts to Incorporate Natural Wealth Accounting in Development Planning What: Press...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian aid still needed in east of...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- With the end of fighting between the armed forces and M23 in Rutshuru, displaced people are returning home. The ICRC and the...
View ArticleSixteen Judges Sworn-in for Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Sixteen distinguished jurists today were sworn-in as Judges of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, the institution...
View ArticleSpecial Court Hands Over Courthouse and Complex to the Government of Sierra...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Special Court today formally handed over the Court's landmark courthouse and the surrounding court complex to the...
View ArticleUN Special Representative for Somalia on the departure of Somalia’s Prime...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay paid tribute today to Somalia's outgoing Prime...
View ArticleNorway / Foreign Minister Brende concerned about new Egyptian protest law
OSLO, Norway, December 2, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Minister Brende concerned about new Egyptian protest law“I am concerned about the recent developments in Egypt. In Cairo, we...
View ArticleIMF Executive Board Completes Sixth and Final Review Under the ECF...
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the sixth and final review of Kenya's economic program...
View ArticleIMF Executive Board Completes Seventh and Final Review Under the Policy...
KIGALI, Rwanda, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the seventh and final review under Rwanda's Policy...
View ArticleStatement by the IMF Mission at the End of a Visit to Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- At the request of the Tunisian authorities, a mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headed by Mr. Amine Mati visited...
View ArticleUrgent and effective action needed for the eradication slavery and child...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, urged the Government of Ghana to...
View ArticleGiresse: “FIFA development projects key to Africa”
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The future of Senegalese football was at the core of the first-ever organisational review implemented within the scope of...
View ArticleMilitary Continues Work With North African Countries
WASHINGTON, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Defense Department continues to work with nations in North Africa to promote security and increase stability in the region still...
View ArticleDates for New York Forum Africa 2014 announced; Theme will be the...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The New York Forum AFRICA (NYFA) (http://www.ny-forum-africa.com) will again be held in Gabon's capital Libreville in 2014, with...
View ArticleIOM Assists Ethiopian Government to Manage the Influx of Vulnerable Ethiopian...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of Ethiopia are working together to manage the influx...
View ArticleSomalia: Storm Devastated Puntland Struggles to Recover
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Two weeks after a tropical cyclone struck the northeast coast of Puntland State of Somalia with unforeseen ferocity, the...
View ArticleAssessment in South Sudan to Determine Migrant Health Needs
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM South Sudan released the findings of its recent Migrant Health Assessment last week, providing health partners in the...
View ArticleYang Jiechi to Attend the Fourth Meeting of BRICS High Representatives for...
BEIJING, China, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei announces at the regular press conference: At the invitation of Siyabonga Cwele, State...
View ArticleKenya: Statute Law Bill poses grave threat to civil society and must be...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs today urged the Government of Kenya to reject legislation that would impose...
View ArticleBINUCA deeply concerned over violence in Boali
BANGUI, Central African Republic, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Integrated Peacebuidling Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) expresses its deep...
View ArticleUNAMID Head praises East Darfur tribal reconciliation efforts
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The AU- UN Joint Special Representative (JSR), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded on 3 December a two-day visit to El Daein,...
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