Niger authorities crack down on critical journalists
NEW YORK, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by recent detentions in Niger of journalists critical of the government. In the past...
View ArticleCentral African Republic: MSF expanding its activity to assist population...
BANGUI, Central African Republic, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Following several fatal episodes of inter-communal violence in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui...
View ArticleAfrica: DHL’s deliveries just got stranger…
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- DHL Express (http://www.dhl.com) recently released its annual list of quirky, strange and speedy delivery requests for...
View ArticleReport of the Chairperson of the AUC on the 416th PSC meeting on the...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- I. INTRODUCTION The present report is submitted in pursuance of communiqué PSC/AHG/COMM.1(CDXI) Rev.1 on the situation in...
View ArticleReport of the Chairperson of the AUC on the 416th PSC meeting on the...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- I. INTRODUCTIONThe present report is submitted to Council within the framework of the regular consideration of the situation...
View ArticleEdinburgh Business School Celebrates Success of African Graduates
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On the 8th February, Edinburgh Business School (http://www.ebsglobal.net/africa) will mark the achievements of its...
View ArticleProgress report of the African Union High-Level Panel for Egypt
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- I. INTRODUCTION The African Union (AU) has, over the past three years, given sustained attention to the situation in Egypt....
View ArticleIOM provides urgently needed assistance to people displaced by conflict in...
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Heavy fighting in Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile State, caused widespread destruction and displaced thousands of people...
View ArticleUN and partners launch new plan to tackle Sahel crisis / Press Conference...
ROME, Italy, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- People in the Sahel region will continue to need substantial humanitarian assistance in 2014 and beyond. Millions are facing food...
View ArticleMinister for Trade and Development Joe Costello addresses Seanad on...
DUBLIN, Ireland, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello TD will address the Seanad on the humanitarian situation in Syria, South Sudan and...
View ArticleThe African Union welcomes the progress registered in the transition process...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkozasana Dlamini-Zuma, welcomes the inauguration of the...
View ArticlePrime Minister Abe’s Visit to Africa (Outline and Outcomes)
TOKYO, Japan, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- As a part of his “diplomacy that takes a panoramic perspective of the map”, Prime Minister Abe visited Cote d'Ivoire, Mozambique and...
View ArticlePrime Minister Abe’s Visit to Cote d’Ivoire (Outline and Outcomes)
TOKYO, Japan, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Prime Minister Abe visited the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire from Friday, January 10 to Saturday, January 11, 2014. An outline of the...
View ArticlePrime Minister Abe’s Visit to Ethiopia (Outline and Outcomes)
TOKYO, Japan, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- 1. Outline and Outcomes (1) Prime Minister Abe selected Ethiopia as his last stop of his tour of Africa because it is the country...
View ArticleEMAIL FROM THE FUTURE, ELECTION OF NEW CHAIRPERSON AND AWARDS TO PROMINENT...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- An “email from the future” delivered by African Union Commission Chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has served to...
View ArticleNew Chairperson and members of the bureau elected at AU Assembly meeting
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- This morning marked the official opening of the 22ndOrdinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments of...
View ArticleOUTGOING CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION OUTLINES ACHIEVEMENTS AND WISHES...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia officially opened the 22ndOrdinary...
View ArticleYear of agriculture and food security launched at AU summit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Newly Elected Chairperson of the African Union (AU), Mr Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz who is also the President of the Islamic...
View ArticleSuspect Pirates Apprehended by EU Naval Force Flagship Transferred To The...
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On 29 January 2014, international collaboration in the fight against piracy resulted in the transfer of five men by...
View ArticleJoint FCO/MOD/DFID Press Release: UK provides airlift support to UN Mission...
LONDON, United-Kingdom, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A RAF C-17 containing emergency blast wall protection for the UN Mission in South Sudan has today been deployed to Juba....
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