Africa: Meeting With South Sudanese Minister Awan Riak
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 10, 2014 Secretary of State John Kerry met today with the South Sudanese...
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Secretary-General welcomes the adoption today of Security Council Resolution 2149, establishing the United Nations Multidimensional...
View ArticleUnion Election Observation Mission to the Presidential and Legislative...
BISSAU, Guinea Bissau, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E....
View ArticlePress Statement of the The Peace and Security Council of the African Union...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 426th meeting held on 7 April 2014, was briefed by the...
View ArticlePress Statement of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU),...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 427th meeting held on 9 April 2014, recalled the briefing...
View ArticleChadians Continue to Flee CAR, Often Destitute: IOM
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Since late December 2013 IOM has registered and tracked over 95,000 often destitute Chadian returnees, Central African nationals...
View ArticleUSAID Donates Plastic Sheets as Rains Hit South Sudan
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM has received 4,000 plastic sheet tarpaulins from the USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) for internally...
View ArticleIOM Supports Cross Border Campaign to Eliminate Malaria in Southern Africa
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Malaria is a major global public health problem affecting over 109 countries globally and ranked as the fifth cause of deaths...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Humanitarian situation critical before rainy season
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Four months after the beginning of the conflict, humanitarian needs continue to increase in South Sudan. Hundreds of thousands...
View ArticleMSF welcomes the news of the safe release of the two Kenyan nationals freed...
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- MSF confirms that Daniel Njuguna was not an MSF member of staff. At the time he was taken captive, he was working as a driver's...
View ArticleThe Commission of the African Union signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Commission of the African Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the UNESCO International Institute for...
View ArticleAfrican Union commemorates 20th Anniversary of the Rwanda genocide (1994-2014)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Musical theatre and choir, stories, video documentaries, religious services and prayers from different religious denominations...
View ArticleThe African Union Launches Internet Exchange Point in Swaziland:...
MBABANE, Swaziland, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On 10th April 2014, the African Union Commission (AUC), through the Infrastructure and Energy Department, in collaboration with...
View ArticleUnited Nations, United States and European Union call for immediate action on...
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The heads of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the United States Agency for...
View ArticleThe African Union welcomes the adoption of a resolution authorizing a United...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, welcomes the adoption, by the United...
View ArticleCanada / Baird to Travel to Egypt and Oman
OTTAWA, Canada, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that he will travel to Egypt and Oman from April 17 to 20, 2014. During his trip,...
View ArticleFAO urges countries to step up action against destructive banana disease /...
ROME, Italy, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is warning countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention...
View ArticleAFRICAN GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES GATHER TO FOCUS ON LONG-TERM PLANS FOR...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Climate change adaptation is the focus of high-level regional training and knowledge exchange in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this...
View ArticleNorway to host donor conference for South Sudan
OSLO, Norway, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- “South Sudan is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the armed conflict in the country. We cannot simply stand by and...
View ArticlePhilips reiterates commitment to sustainable healthcare and lighting...
CAIRO, Egypt, April 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- • Philips' fifth Cairo to Cape Town roadshow contributes to ambitions to significantly expand its business footprint on the continent•...
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