JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, January 23, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — ARC Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) will pay US $25 million in drought insurance claims to three countries in the Sahel this month. Mauritania, Niger and Senegal, which paid a combined premium of US $8 million, will use the payout... Read more
Secretary-General’s statement about the current situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa January 22, 2015
NEW YORK, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General is concerned about the deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in Kinshasa and other cities following the adoption of a draft electoral law by the National Assembly, currently under further review in the Senate.... Read more
WCC condemns attacks on churches in Niger
Africa January 22, 2015
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Attacks in Niger, resulting in the destruction of more than 70 churches and the killing of an undetermined number of people, were strongly condemned by the World Council of Churches (WCC). These events have come as repercussions following the Charlie... Read more
New UN Deputy Special Representative for Somalia arrives in Mogadishu to support peace and state-building
Africa January 22, 2015
MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The new Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (DSRSG), Mr. Raisedon Zenenga, arrived in Mogadishu today to assume his duties with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). “I am very pleased to have this opportunity to... Read more
UN expert to assess Algeria’s efforts to promote and protect the right to education for all
Africa January 22, 2015
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, will be visiting Algeria from 27 January to 3 February 2015 to evaluate the Government’s ongoing plans for future education reform as it seeks to provide opportunities for... Read more
South Sudan: African Union should publish Commission of Inquiry report, ensure accountability
Africa January 22, 2015
PARIS, France, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU) should immediately publish the report of the AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan, said Amnesty International, Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, FIDH, and the South Sudan Law Society. Their joint call comes ahead of the... Read more
Federal Foreign Office on the unrest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa January 22, 2015
BERLIN, Germany, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A Federal Foreign Office spokesperson issued the following statement on 21 January on the unrest following parliamentary deliberations on a new electoral law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Federal Foreign Office is monitoring the situation in the... Read more
Burundian journalist arrested, charged after not revealing source
Africa January 22, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Burundian authorities imprisoned the director of the privately owned Radio Publique Africaine on Tuesday and charged him with complicity in murder, according to news reports. The arrest followed the station’s broadcast of an interview in which an unidentified guest said... Read more
UN envoy Kay condemns violence and appeals for calm in Defow, Central Somalia
Africa January 22, 2015
MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemned recent violence in Defow, central Somalia. There have been reports of dozens of casualties, including women and children. The SRSG appealed for calm, underlining the need to... Read more
Africa’s Largest and Most Influential Mining CEOs will gather in Cape Town for the 2015 Investing in African Mining Indaba
Africa January 22, 2015
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, January 22, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — CEOs representing some of Africa’s most attractive mining companies will gather in Cape Town, South Africa, 9 – 12 February 2015 for the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba™ (https://www.miningindaba.com/?utm_source=APO&utm_medium=pressrelease4&utm_campaign=MI15), the world’s preferred destination for deal-making in African mining. More... Read more
