IOM Builds Capacity of Somaliland Government with Graduate Internships
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Forty unemployed university graduates hired by an IOM livelihoods programme to work as interns in Somaliland's local and regional...
View ArticleWorkshop to advance the Implementation of Victim Assistance Obligations...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Statement by Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Director, PSD, delivered by Dr. Takwa Zebulon Suifon Head of Delegation of the ICRC to the...
View ArticleSRSG SAID DJINNIT CONDEMNS THE RENEWAL OF KILLINGS IN BORNO STATE, IN NIGERIA
DAKAR, Senegal, March 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa...
View ArticleNigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Set To Slash Transaction Costs By Over USD 6...
LAGOS, Nigeria, March 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Investors in the Nigerian Capital Market are in for good times as The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) (http://www.nse.com.ng) has...
View ArticleGeorg Charpentier, new Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General...
BANGUI, Central African Republic, March 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General a.i. of the United Nations, Georg Charpentier, arrived in...
View ArticleU.S. Policy Toward Sudan and South Sudan
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- TestimonyAmbassador Donald BoothSpecial Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global...
View ArticleAfrica: FY 2014 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting...
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Funding Opportunity AnnouncementBureau of Population, Refugees, and MigrationMarch 4, 2014Funding Opportunity Number:...
View ArticleSpecial Envoy Feingold’s Travel to Europe, Rwanda, and the Democratic...
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC March 4, 2014 Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa and the Democratic...
View ArticleStatement attributable to the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian...
KHARTOUM, Sudan, March 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan a.i., Mr Adnan Khan, has expressed his deep concern at reports of...
View ArticleSymantec NetBackup Tackles Data Growth, Performance and Virtual Sprawl as...
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, March 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) (http://www.symantec.com) today announced the latest version of its NetBackup solution, bringing new...
View ArticleCondolence message to Government of the People’s Republic of China
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Union extends its deepest condolences to the Government and people of the People's Republic of China, victims and...
View ArticleSRSG DJINNIT MET WITH PRESIDENT ISSOUFOU ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED...
DAKAR, Senegal, March 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Said Djinnit, was...
View ArticleUN Chief Lauds Sierra Leone as Inspiring Example for International...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, March 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- "The completion of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office, UNIPSIL, marks the end of more than 15 years of successive peace...
View ArticleThe African Union welcomes the conclusion of Phase II of the South Sudan...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, welcomes the conclusion of Phase II...
View ArticleOn the Occasion of the Republic of Ghana’s National Day
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 5, 2 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States,...
View ArticleSECRETARY-GENERAL CELEBRATES PEACEBUILDING ‘TRIUMPH’ IN SIERRA LEONE AT...
NEW YORK, March 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at the closing ceremony of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in...
View ArticleAfrica Center Co-Hosts Countering Violent Extremist Messaging Workshop in...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The U.S. government and African partners met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a dialogue on strategic approaches to countering...
View ArticleOfficial visit to Switzerland of the foreign minister of Burkina Faso
BERN, Switzerland, March 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On Wednesday evening 5 March 2014, the FDFA state secretary, Yves Rossier, received Mr Djibril Bassolé, minister of foreign affairs...
View ArticleFAO and EU help Zimbabwe’s farmers expand productivity and commercialization...
HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The European Union (EU), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Zimbabwe have...
View ArticleIFJ Condemns Censorship and Intimidation of Independent Press in Somaliland
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Authorities in Somaliland must re-open the offices of an independent newspaper in Hargeisa, the International Federation of...
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