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

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An African Union (AU) led Joint Security Sector Assessment Mission (JAM) to Guinea-Bissau was conducted on 2 – 12 March 2015. The mission was carried out upon request by the Government of Guinea-Bissau, and comprised of representatives from the... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM has organized training on human rights-based reporting for journalists and Ministry of Information officials in Puntland, Somalia. The training, which was funded by the European Union (EU), aimed at increasing their knowledge of the sensitivity and confidentiality required in... Read more

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Richard Attias & Associates (http://richardattiasassociates.com) is proud to have been selected to organize the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) (http://www.egyptthefuture.com), opening today for 3 days of exchanges in Sharm El Sheikh, under the patronage of H.E. Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi,... Read more

LAGOS, Nigeria, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 57.6% of companies see the development of policies and procedures that can be practically applied in all countries as the most challenging internal anti-corruption and compliance issue.* This is one of the topics discussed today at a webcast with Uche... Read more

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 12, 2015 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Mauritius as you celebrate the 47th anniversary of independence on March 12.... Read more

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 12, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemns, in the strongest terms, today’s attack in Baidoa town in Somalia’s Interim South West Administration, which resulted in the death and injury of security personnel and civilian... Read more

PARIS, France, March 12, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Quai d’Orsay Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, will today receive his Mozambican counterpart, Oldemiro Baloi. The ministers will focus on preparations for the visit to France by new Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, as well as... Read more

STASBOURG, France, March 12, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — European Parliament passed resolutions on Thursday: strongly condemning the practice of land grabbing in Tanzania and calling on all sides in South Sudan to form a transitional government of national unity. The issue of land grabbing in Tanzania MEPs strongly... Read more