Special Representative receives United States Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire
ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and head of the United Nations...
View ArticleCAR Needs Immediate Humanitarian Assistance: IOM Director General
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM Director General William Lacy Swing is in the Central African Republic (CAR) to review IOM operations in the country and...
View ArticleIOM Aids Rwandan Returnees from Tanzania
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM has provided emergency transport assistance to over 15,000 Rwandan returnees from Tanzania over the past six months.The...
View ArticleIOM Marks International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Yesterday (6/2/14), as part of its migration health programme to improve the health conditions of migrants and mobile...
View ArticleUS Special Envoy Visits IOM Operations in Eastern DRC
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Russell D. Feingold, US Ambassador...
View ArticleMédecins Sans Frontières Launches Campaign in Guinea to Vaccinate 400,000...
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The humanitarian medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Saturday launched a vaccination campaign against measles...
View ArticleSudan: UN rights expert in official mission to Khartoum, Darfur and South...
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mashood Adebayo Baderin, will visit the Sudan from 11 to...
View ArticleCanada Condemns Upsurge of Violence in Central African Republic
OTTAWA, Canada, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Andrew Bennett, Canada's Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following...
View ArticleU.S. Concern About Violations of Cessation of Hostilities in South Sudan
WASHINGTON, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC February 8, 2014 We are deeply concerned by reports of violations by...
View ArticleWorkshop on the implementation of the Algiers Memorandum on Good Practices on...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) held, from 4 to 6 February 2014, at its Headquarters in...
View ArticleWorld’s 1st Clitoral Repair Hospital for FGM Victims to Open in West Africa...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina-Faso, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The world's first clitoral repair hospital for victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), located in Bobo-Dioulasso,...
View ArticleEU confirms new support to Mauritania during high level visit
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- EU Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, will announce €195 million for Mauritania in the areas of food...
View ArticleEnergy: A total of 725 African students have already signed up for the Go...
PARIS, France, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, is inviting African students...
View ArticleA first in Africa: AfrAsia Bank launches a pioneering rewards program,...
PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- AfrAsia Bank (http://www.afrasiabank.com) introduces Africa's first rewards program offering real time booking on over 450...
View ArticleEU military operation in the Central African Republic established
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Council today established an EU military operation to contribute to a secure environment in the Central African...
View ArticleProviding Access to Energy for 100 million Africans / Ministers from Africa...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Energy poverty is one of the biggest challenges for sustainable development in Africa. While the continent's energy needs...
View ArticleCAADP working group leaders special meeting
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- MEDIA ADVISORY Special meeting of the Agriculture Development Working Group Leaders and Managers of the Comprehensive...
View ArticleUN Special Representative concerned about persistent insecurity in Bangui,...
BANGUI, Central African Republic, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The violence that has engulfed the city of Bangui for several weeks was this weekend punctuated by the killing...
View ArticleContribution in Kind to the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South...
TOKYO, Japan, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- In the Republic of South Sudan, the local security situation has rapidly deteriorated since the middle of last December as a result...
View ArticleExperts discuss implementation and resource mobilization plan for an African...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Experts and stakeholders today met in Addis Ababa, at the AU Commission to discuss and draft the implementation plan and...
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