WASHINGTON, February 4, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — GeoPoll (http://www.geopoll.com), the world’s largest real-time mobile survey platform, is announcing a strategic partnership with Control Union, global leader in agricultural certifications, food safety, and sustainability. Partnering allows Control Union to tap into GeoPoll’s multimodal mobile platform and database of 200... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 4, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — While meeting with Gabon head of state Ali Bongo Ondimba, the president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Mr. Tadateru Konoé, today called on African governments to provide greater support to National Societies so... Read more

NEW YORK, February 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General takes note of the outcome of the last round of negotiations between President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Dr. Riek Machar, as reflected in the agreement they signed in Addis-Ababa on 2 February 2015. He regrets that neither... Read more

BERLIN, Germany, February 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A Federal Foreign Office spokesperson issued the following statement in Berlin today (3 February) on the confirmation of the death sentences against 183 defendants in Egypt: The German Government is deeply concerned about the verdict by an Egyptian court of... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The urgent need to boost Africa’s resilience to natural hazards like the devastating floods which recently hit southern Africa is high on the agenda of meetings of ministers responsible for meteorological services and their directors. The African Ministerial Conference on... Read more

HARARE, Zimbabwe, February 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Zimbabwe government has used violence, harassment, and the deliberate restriction of humanitarian aid to coerce an estimated 20,000 flood victims to resettle on tiny land plots where the government plans to establish a sugar cane plantation, Human Rights Watch... Read more

DUBLIN, Ireland, February 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ireland will today dispatch thousands of blankets, tents, mosquito nets, soap, jerry cans and other urgent supplies to assist families affected by the recent severe flooding in Malawi, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, TD, and Minister for... Read more

NEW YORK, February 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the continued escalation of attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists, including on February 1 in Maiduguri, Borno State, as well as the increasing attacks in the Lake Chad Basin... Read more

NEW YORK, February 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the Egyptian authorities to release the detained journalist Peter Greste. The Secretary-General notes that there are other journalists still detained in Egypt and hopes that their cases will also be resolved shortly. The Secretary-General... Read more

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 3, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On February 2, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a SDR 352.82 million (about US$497.1 million) Stand-By Arrangement and a SDR 135.7 million (about US$191.2 million) arrangement under the Stand-By Credit Facility1 (SBA/SCF) for Kenya... Read more