DUBAI, UAE, February 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Merck (http://www.merckgroup.com), a leading company for top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life-science sectors, in collaboration with Emirates Diabetes Society (EDS) today announces the start of Merck Capacity Advancement Program (CAP) in Diabetes education for medical, nursing and... Read more

NEW YORK, February 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 4 February the United Nations Security Council was briefed by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ambassador Maman Sidikou (via video-conference from Mogadishu), on... Read more

WASHINGTON, February 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement Marie Harf Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC February 5, 2015 The United States is troubled by reports implicating Burundian security forces in the extra-judicial killing of at least two dozen members of a rebel group... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, February 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for International Human Rights, today issued the following statement in response to reports that the town of Fotokol, on the northern border of Cameroon, suffered a deadly... Read more

NEW YORK, February 5, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Bintou Keita of Guinea as Ebola Crisis Manager for Sierra Leone for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER). In her role as Ebola Crisis Manager Ms. Keita... Read more

PARIS, France, February 5, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Orange (http://www.orange.com) and pan-African banking group Ecobank have rolled out a service that will enable Orange Money subscribers who also have bank accounts with Ecobank to transfer money between their respective accounts. The service has already been launched in Mali... Read more

KIGALI, Rwanda, February 5, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, concluded on Wednesday a visit to Kigali with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo; Minister of Defense, James Kabarebe; and other senior defense and security officials,... Read more

LIBREVILLE, Gabon, February 5, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An international consortium, which includes Louis Berger (http://www.louisberger.com), was recently awarded a €2.36 million ($2.71 million) European Union-funded technical assistance contract for road maintenance in Gabon. As part of the contract, Louis Berger will train approximately 20 Gabon-based small- and... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 5, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is following with concern the latest developments in Burkina Faso. The Chairperson of the Commission expresses the AU’s strong condemnation of any act likely to undermine... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 4, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its concluding observations on the States it examined during its 68th session from 12-30 January: Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Turkmenistan, Sweden, Mauritius, Gambia, Tanzania, Jamaica, Uruguay, Colombia, Iraq and Switzerland... Read more