MALI: MSF EXPANDS ACTIVITIES TO FIGHT EBOLA OUTBREAK
Africa November 20, 2014
PARIS, France, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Swift and coordinated action is of huge importance in the days immediately after new cases are reported, the medical organisation says After a new case of Ebola was detected in the Malian capital, Bamako, on 11 November, the international medical... Read more
Libya – Inclusion of Ansar al-Shariah on the UN Security Council’s terrorist list (November 20, 2014)
Africa November 20, 2014
PARIS, France, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — France welcomes the decision by the UN Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee to impose sanctions on the Libyan terrorist entities Ansar al-Shariah Benghazi and Ansar al-Shariah Derna. Laurent Fabius called for these sanctions at the ministerial meeting on Libya on September... Read more
SkyVision provides Cable & Wireless Seychelles with State-of-the-Art IP Trunking and Managed Private Network solution
Africa November 20, 2014
VICTORIA, Seychelles, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. (http://www.skyvision.net), a leading global communications provider, today announced the commencement of its managed IP Trunking and Private Network solutions to Cable & Wireless Seychelles (CWS), part of the Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) group of companies... Read more
Malawian Defense Forces Senior NCO Academy Graduation
Africa November 20, 2014
LILONGWE, Malawi, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This is the first Senior NCO Academy in sub-Saharan Africa and the Malawian Defense Forces (MDF) plans to make this a regional course of excellence. The Senior NCO Academy was paid for through the African Military Education Program (AMEP). The... Read more
Gambling revenues moderate in Africa amidst faltering economic climate: PwC report
Africa November 20, 2014
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Gross gambling and casino revenues showed subdued growth in 2013 in the wake of a faltering economy. Gross gambling increased only 4.3%. The slowdown in gross gambling revenue was centred on casinos, the largest category at 76% of the market... Read more
The Gambia: Zeid criticizes harsh legal amendment, violence and arrests targeting gay men and lesbians
Africa November 20, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday criticized a recent amendment to the Criminal Code of The Gambia that creates a broad and vague offence of “aggravated homosexuality” punishable by life imprisonment. He also expressed... Read more
Philips and SNV collaborate to increase access to clean, efficient cooking solutions for communities in Africa
Africa November 20, 2014
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) (http://www.philips.com) and the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (http://www.snvworld.org), will be working together to improve access to clean cooking solutions in Africa by introducing clean and efficient household cook stoves to rural communities across the... Read more
“Participation, Rules and Responsibility – Three pillars to strengthen peace, security and welfare” – Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the University of the Witwatersrand in Pretoria, South Africa on 20 November 2014
Africa November 20, 2014
PRETORIA, South-Africa, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This year we Europeans spent a lot of time remembering the centennial of the First World War. We live in an age – a very fortunate age! – where most young people in the European Union have never experienced war.... Read more
Mali: Details of the additional cases of Ebola virus disease
Africa November 20, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ebola situation assessment – 20 November 2014 As of today, Mali has officially reported a cumulative total of 6 cases of Ebola virus disease, with 5 deaths. Of the 6 cases, 5 are laboratory confirmed and one remains probable as... Read more
Security Council Press Statement on Darfur
Africa November 20, 2014
NEW YORK, November 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The members of the Security Council expressed their concern at the allegations reported in the media of mass rape in Thabit, North Darfur, on 30 and 31 October 2014. They called on the Government of Sudan to conduct a thorough... Read more
