The African Union Welcomes the IGAD Ministerial Mission to South Sudan
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, continues to closely follow the...
View ArticleNEW UBA CHAIRMAN APPOINTMENT HIGHLIGHTS DYNAMIC GROWTH IN AFRICAN MARKETS
Lagos, Nigeria, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- United Bank for Africa (UBA), the pan-African financial services group in which investment company Heirs Holdings...
View ArticleCrisis unit takes steps to evacuate German nationals from South Sudan
BERLIN, Germany, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- At the behest of Foreign Minister Steinmeier, the Federal Foreign Office has established a crisis unit to monitor and respond to...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: UN rights experts urge all sides to step back from...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged all parties in the Central African Republic to call an immediate...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Pillay warns against rapidly deteriorating security situation...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned Thursday against the rapidly deteriorating security situation in...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: U.S. Assistance to the Central African Republic
WASHINGTON, December 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In recent weeks, government affiliated armed groups and independent militias have committed shocking and horrific atrocities against...
View ArticleIMF Staff Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation Meetings and Third Review of...
RABAT, Morocco, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Jean-François Dauphin visited Morocco from December 5 to 19, 2013 to...
View ArticleStatement by the President on South Sudan
WASHINGTON, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In 2011, millions of South Sudanese voted to forge a new nation, founded on the promise of a more peaceful and prosperous future for...
View ArticleAPPALLED BY GROWING VIOLENCE IN SOUTH SUDAN, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON...
NEW YORK, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is deeply...
View ArticleNomeação de novo presidente do UBA destaca crescimento dinâmico nos mercados...
LAGOS, Nigeria, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- O United Bank for Africa (UBA), o grupo de serviços financeiros pan-africano no qual a empresa de investimento Heirs Holdings...
View ArticleTogo: Navi Pillay calls for greater respect of human rights in the...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Togo still needs to strengthen respect for human rights in the administration of justice and improve the overall functioning...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: Living conditions still harsh for displaced in Bangui
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Several tens of thousands of displaced people continue to take refuge at sites set up for them in Bangui, where sanitary...
View ArticleUrgent, sustained national and international efforts needed to avert disaster...
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday warned that the situation in the Central African Republic...
View ArticleEthiopian returnees from KSA speak up at International Migrants Day event
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- As many as 140,357 migrants from Saudi Arabia have returned home to Ethiopia, 36 days after the expulsion operation started....
View ArticleIOM Libya and Mali assist vulnerable and stranded Malians to return home
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Upon request of the Malian Government, IOM carried out last week an operation to assist the voluntary return of 163 Malians...
View ArticleSwitzerland steps up support for victims of crisis in Central African Republic
BERN, Switzerland, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In view of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), Switzerland has allocated CHF...
View ArticleForeign Minister Steinmeier on the evacuation of German nationals from South...
BERLIN, Germany, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier issued the following statement at the Federal Foreign Office this morning (20...
View Article5 million people targeted by ZimFund-financed energy project in Zimbabwe
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) approved on Friday, December 20 the Emergency Power...
View ArticleIMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation with Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On December 11, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with...
View ArticleIMF Completes the Eighth and Final Review Under the Extended Fund Facility...
VICTORIA, Mahe, December 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On December 19, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the eighth and final review under the...
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