JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, January 20, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IAB South Africa (http://iabsa.net) is pleased to announce that BBC.com (http://www.bbc.com) has come on board as the official sponsor of what is set to be the South African digital industry’s most prestigious event, the IAB Digital Summit (http://iabsa.net/summit/home). This high... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 20, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Under the Swedish-funded One UN / Ministry for Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs (MIDIMAR) Joint Sustainable Return and Reintegration programme, IOM has stepped up efforts to boost the sustainable reintegration of Rwandan returnees from neighbouring countries, including the Democratic Republic... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 20, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM has started to provide transport for Eritrean refugees registered at Ethiopia’s Endabaguna screening center to camps provided by the country’s Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) and UNHCR in Tigray region. Since the border dispute between Ethiopia and... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 20, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In the wake of mounting violence by the Boko Haram insurgency, Nigeria’s displaced population may be close to a million, according to IOM. Unless the insurgency is stopped, the tragedy could leave many more displaced inside the country and spill... Read more

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, January 20, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) (http://www.gemalto.com), the world leader in digital security, announces the deployment of prepaid EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom’s m-pesa mobile wallet service in South Africa. The card is certified by the major international payment schemes and... Read more

STRASBOURG, France, January 20, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following the two-year imprisonment sentence of Mr Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Biala Ramdhane and Djiby Sow (he was released under judicial control in November 2014) issued on 15 January by a Mauritanian Court, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human... Read more

LAGOS, Nigeria, January 20, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As Nigeria marks six months without a new case of polio, Rotary has announced $8.1 in grants to help the country in its final push to eradicate the disease within its borders. The funds will be used by the World... Read more

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, January 19, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The B-FAST Coordination Council last week decided to prolong the mission of the B-FAST team in Guinea with one month. On 18 January, a second team traveled to Guinea to take over from the first team, that is... Read more

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, January 19, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Council has established the EU Military Advisory Mission in the Central African Republic (EUMAM RCA). It sets out to support the Central African authorities in preparing a reform of the security sector, especially with respect to the... Read more

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, January 19, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Council has launched EUCAP Sahel Mali, the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy mission in Mali. The mission’s task is to support the Malian internal security forces. EUCAP Sahel Mali will help the Malian state ensure constitutional... Read more