GENEVA, Switzerland, March 17, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health, the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces and Makerere University in... Read more

VATICAN, Holy See, March 17, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Pope Francis has written a letter to the Bishops of Nigeria ensuring them of his nearness to all those in that country. Although Nigeria has one of the strongest economies in all of Africa, it is facing new and... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 17, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today at the African CEO Forum of 2015 in Geneva, PwC (http://www.pwc.com) launches the first edition of its ‘Into Africa – the continent’s cities of opportunity’ report, which details the potential of 20 African cities that we believe to be... Read more

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, March 16, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Within the scope of expanding its network, Sunday, 22 March 2015 will see ECAir, Equatorial Congo Airlines (http://www.flyecair.com), the national airline of the Republic of the Congo, inaugurate its new Brazzaville-Dakar via Bamako route. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/ecair.png Bamako... Read more

PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, March 16, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) (http://www.mcb.mu) is affirming its growing African ambitions through its participation as one of the four Diamond Sponsors of the forthcoming Africa CEO Forum. This event, one of major rendezvous of the financial and corporate African... Read more

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, March 16, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) (http://www.isdb.org) will host an online press conference on Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 09:30 GMT. Journalists interested in attending this online press conference will be able to ASK QUESTIONS LIVE VIA... Read more

DUBLIN, Ireland, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Minister of State for Development, Trade Promotion and North-South Co-operation, Seán Sherlock, TD, today departs on a three day visit to Ethiopia, as part of the Government’s “Promote Ireland” initiative to mark St. Patrick’s Day. Minister Sherlock’s visit will... Read more

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt March 13, 2015 Curt, thank you very, very much. Good morning to everybody, and thank you all for being here. It’s wonderful to be here. I’m really happy to be back, particularly... Read more

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As of today, customers of Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire can use their mobile phones to send money to customers of Airtel Money in Burkina Faso, and vice versa. This partnership between Orange (http://www.orange.com) and Airtel enables Orange customers,... Read more

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Funding Opportunity Announcement Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration March 11, 2015 Funding Opportunity Number: PRM-PRMOAPAF-15-011-051180 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 19.517 – Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa Announcement issuance date: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Proposal submission deadline:... Read more