Agriculture: A strong component of Agenda 2063
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission gave a press briefing on Wednesday January 29th 2014...
View ArticleAfrican Youth Forum: “Accelerate Youth Employment in Africa”
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Department of the Human Resource Science and Technology in collaboration with the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF)...
View ArticleSEVEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES LEAD THE CONTINENT IN MALARIA CONTROL
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Annual awards – bestowed at the AU – highlight how Africa's future is inextricably tied to progress in defeating...
View ArticlePRESS BRIEFING OF COMMISSIONER FOR PEACE AND SECURITY
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Within the frame work of the 22nd AU Summit, H.E. Ambassador Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security will on...
View ArticleIMF Executive Board Completes First and Second Reviews Under the Stand-By...
TUNIS, Tunisia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On January 29, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first and second reviews of...
View ArticleTranscorp, GE partner to improve power generation in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Transcorp Ughelli Power Ltd (TUPL), the power subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), and General...
View ArticleSECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ISMAIL OULD CHEIKH AHMED OF MAURITANIA DEPUTY...
NEW YORK, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania as his new Deputy...
View ArticleDEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT ASSEMBLY OF AFRICAN UNION, CALLS FOR STRATEGIC...
NEW YORK, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson's address to the twenty-second Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African...
View ArticleCall for applications: Cartier seeks Exceptional Entrepreneurs for the 2014...
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Cartier Women's Initiative Award (http://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com) is a business plan competition aimed at...
View ArticleAUC Chairperson and UN Deputy Secretary General discuss enhancing AU-UN...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and UN Deputy Secretary General Jan...
View ArticleAUC Chairperson in audience with US Deputy of State
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on Thursday 30 January 2014, granted...
View ArticleAfrican Union honors outstanding African scientists through the Kwame Nkrumah...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Union Commission has awardedUSD100 000 each from the Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards to two outstanding African...
View ArticleDeputy Chairperson of the AUC H.E. Mr. Erastus Mwencha briefed the press on...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Mr. Erastus Mwencha Deputy Chairperson of the AUC held a press conference on January 30, 2014 at the African Union...
View ArticleIOM Cargo Flights Deliver Aid to Displaced South Sudanese
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM has launched an air operation to move vital humanitarian supplies to locations in South Sudan where people have been...
View ArticleSierra Leonean Healthcare Professionals in UK Want to Contribute to Home...
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Sierra Leonean healthcare professionals in the UK are keen to volunteer for short term assignments to fill acute healthcare...
View ArticleIFRC and Global Fund target for tuberculosis treatment for all in Niger
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Clean water remains urgent priority
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in South Sudan still lack water, food and medical care. The ICRC and the South Sudan...
View ArticleEU to announce new support for security and elections in the Central African...
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, has announced that the European Commission stands ready to give new...
View Article“Peace may not be achieved on a sustainable basis without a democratic...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- H.E. Dr. Aisha L. Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs on 28 January 2014 briefed the press at the AU headquarters...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Amidst ongoing insecurity, MSF staff & patients forced to flee...
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Ongoing insecurity in Unity State has forced thousands of people to flee into the bush, including 240 South Sudanese Medecins...
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