IOM Helps Stranded Ethiopians Return Home from Somaliland
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM has helped 42 Ethiopian migrants stranded in Hargeisa, Somaliland, to voluntarily return home. Many of the group, who sought...
View ArticleIOM Facilitates Launch of National HIV/AIDS/STI Strategy Along Kenya...
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Kenya needs to reach out more to mobile populations along transport corridors with effective HIV/STI* prevention, treatment, care...
View ArticleIOM Helps Sierra Leonean Migrants in Libya to Return Home
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- At the request of the Government of Sierra Leone and in coordination with the Libyan authorities and the Sierra Leonean embassy,...
View ArticleUN HUMANITARIAN FUND ALLOCATES $7.1 MILLION TO CRISIS-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN...
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated over US$7.1 million to lifesaving assistance to be...
View ArticleJustice George Gelaga King Elected President of the Special Court
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, June 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Justice George Gelaga King of Sierra Leone has been elected Presiding Judge of the Appeals Chamber, a post which makes him...
View ArticleUNEP National Goodwill Ambassador Suzanna Owiyo to Lead Prominent Women in...
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- What: Soko Bila Waste, Vending and Clean-up Exercise on the Occasion of World Environment Day Time: 7:45am – 10:00 am, Wednesday 5 June...
View ArticleLIEUTENANT GENERAL PAUL IGNACE MELLA OF UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA APPOINTED...
NEW YORK, June 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma announced today the appointment of...
View ArticleEgypt NGO Trial Verdicts and Sentences
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 4, 2013 The United States is deeply concerned by the guilty verdicts and...
View ArticleSouth Africa selects Gemalto for its national electronic identity card program
AMSTERDAM, Netherland, June 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) (http://www.gemalto.com), the world leader in digital security, will supply the Government...
View ArticleStatement by National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on Egypt...
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United States is deeply concerned by the verdicts issued today by an Egyptian court against representatives of non-governmental...
View ArticleStatement / Extraordinary Meeting of the Implementation Follow-Up Commission...
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, June 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The members of the Implementation Follow-Up Commission (IFC) for the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) held an...
View ArticleYahsat Awarded SatCom “Most Innovative Product and Service for Africa” for...
ABU DHABI, UAE, June 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Yahsat (http://www.yahsat.ae), the Middle East's leading satellite service provider, took home the highly coveted SatCom Star Award for...
View ArticleHIGH LEVEL PANEL REPORT FOR WORLD’S NEXT DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Eminent Persons from Around the World Call for a New Global Partnership to Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through...
View ArticleNorway / Deep concern about verdicts against NGO employees in Egypt
OSLO, Norway, June 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- “I am deeply concerned about the severe sentences handed down against local and international representatives of NGOs in Egypt, including...
View ArticleFOLLOWING TRANSITION PROCESS IN EGYPT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE...
NEW YORK, June 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General continues to follow...
View ArticleSECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS POTENTIALLY CONSTRAINING MEDIA LAW IN BURUNDI
NEW YORK, June 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General regrets that a new...
View ArticleAfrica: Taken Question: Egypt/Ethiopia Tension Regarding Blue Nile Project
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Taken Question Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC Question Taken at the June 4, 2013 Daily Press Briefing June 5, 2013 Question:...
View ArticleIFC Aims to Reach 1 Million Farmers in Africa by 2018 through Sustainable...
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, aims to reach one million smallholder farmers in Africa by promoting sustainable agriculture and...
View ArticleEgypt NGO Trial Verdicts and Sentences
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 4, 2013 The United States is deeply concerned by the guilty verdicts and...
View ArticleEgypt NGO Trial Verdicts and Sentences
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 4, 2013 The United States is deeply concerned by the guilty verdicts and...
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