Africom Commander: Terror Threat Remains Across Africa
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Helped by the Arab Spring, terrorist groups in North and West Africa have expanded their operations, increasing threats to the United...
View ArticleUN human rights chief to visit Nigeria, 11-14 March 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will conduct an official visit to Nigeria from 11 to 14 March 2014, at...
View ArticleSouth Darfur: Pillay urges halt to attacks targeting civilians
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep concern on Tuesday that civilians in South Darfur, Sudan, have...
View ArticleChadians Flee CAR, Return Home from Cameroon with IOM Road Convoy
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM today began to repatriate by road the first of thousands of Chadians who fled to Cameroon in January to escape fighting in...
View ArticleIOM Aids South Sudanese Displaced by Conflict, Prepares for Rainy Season
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM is continuing to assist thousands of people displaced by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, while preparing for the...
View ArticleIOM Supports Integration of Displaced Families in Somaliland
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM, in close collaboration with the Government of Somaliland and in partnership with UN agencies, has opened a new Digaale...
View ArticleConference on Integration of Regularized Migrants in Morocco
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Following the Moroccan National Human Rights Council's September 2013 thematic report on the situation of migrants and refugees...
View ArticleMartin Kobler announces MONUSCO’s strong support to FARDC operations against...
KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- “I urge all FDLR rebels to immediately break away from their leaders who are being prosecuted by justice,...
View ArticleSECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED ABOUT ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN DARFUR, URGES ALL...
NEW YORK, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:The Secretary-General is deeply concerned...
View ArticleACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SIERRA LEONE, INCLUDING STOPOVERS IN...
NEW YORK, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, late in the evening of...
View ArticleSaharan Express Building Collective Skills to Increase Maritime Security in...
DAKAR, Senegal, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Today, March 10, a team of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Sailors had the great pleasure of joining with personnel from 13 partner...
View ArticleIMF Mission Reaches Staff Level Agreement with Seychelles on a 3-year...
VICTORIA, Mahé, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- An IMF staff mission led by Mr. Marshall Mills visited Victoria during February 26-March 11, reaching agreement with the Seychellois...
View ArticleIFJ Appeals for Release of Somali Journalist Jailed in Ethiopia
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has stated that the guilty verdict and prison sentence given to veteran...
View ArticleStatement by the IMF Mission at the end of a visit to the Union of the Comoros
MORONI, Comoros, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Moroni from February 25 to March 11 to review developments during the last...
View ArticleStatement on the Occasion of the Republic of Mauritius’ National Day
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 11, 2014 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United...
View ArticleAs New Land Law in Liberia Moves towards Finalization, Women from Across...
MONROVIA, Liberia, March 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf, along with Liberian Minister of Gender and Development Julia Duncan-Cassel, welcome land reform...
View ArticleMISCA escorts another convoy of 120 commercial and humanitarian vehicles to...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic-CAR (MISCA), yesterday, completed the escort of...
View ArticleBriefing to the Security Council by Ambassador Nicholas Kay, Special...
NEW YORK, March 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- [AS DELIVERED] Madam President, Members of the Council Thank you for giving me the opportunity to brief the Council from Mogadishu today,...
View ArticleThe PSC of the AU, at its 423rd meeting held on 10 March 2014, adopted a...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 423rd meeting held on 10 March 2014, adopted the following...
View ArticleAccusations against UN mission in South Sudan are unacceptable
OSLO, Norway, March 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- “The unreasonable and groundless accusations that have been made against the UN mission in South Sudan the last few days are...
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