Switzerland supports free elections in Tunisia
Africa October 23, 2014
BERN, Switzerland, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Switzerland is committed to ensuring the success of the upcoming elections in Tunisia. Switzerland is a major stakeholder with a wide variety of programmes in Tunisia and is providing significant assistance to the UN Development Programme (UNDP), which is supporting... Read more
Blood Ebola survivors tested as short-term treatment option
Africa October 23, 2014
ANTWERP, Belgium, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An international research consortium led by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (ITM) (http://www.itg.be) will assess whether treatment with antibodies in the blood of Ebola survivors could help infected patients to fight off the disease. If proven effective, this... Read more
CAR: Looking back at 10 days of violence in Bangui
Africa October 23, 2014
PARIS, France, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Between October 7 and 17, civilians in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), again experienced violent clashes and abuse. It was very difficult for MSF teams to reach the wounded and provide aid during that period. It... Read more
Winner of APO Invitation to AfricaCom 2014 Revealed
Africa October 23, 2014
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — APO (African Press Organization) (http://www.apo-opa.com), the sole press release newswire in Africa and the global leader in media relations relating to Africa, today announced that science journalist Aimable Twahirwa (@atwahirwa) from Rwanda won APO invitation to participate in the AfricaCom... Read more
Leading African Infrastructure firm Black Rhino to meet with international stakeholders at Powering Africa: Ethiopia 2014
Africa October 23, 2014
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Founder and CEO of Black Rhino Brian Herlihy will attend and speak at the 3rd annual investment meeting Powering Africa: Ethiopia, taking place from 20-21st November in Addis Ababa (http://www.poweringafrica-ethiopia.com). Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/energynet1-1.png Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1477 Black Rhino is comprised of... Read more
An additional SEK 400 million for the fight against Ebola and humanitarian disasters
Africa October 23, 2014
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Government today decided to earmark an additional SEK 400 million from funds for development assistance in Africa for extraordinary measures to combat the Ebola outbreak (SEK 250 million), but also for the humanitarian crises in Syria, Iraq and other... Read more
Ten million childhood disabilities prevented in campaign to end polio – UNICEF
Africa October 23, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Every day, a thousand or so children have been protected from disability during a 26-year global effort to eradicate polio. The worldwide campaign has immunised millions of previously-unreached children across the globe, UNICEF said on the eve of World Polio... Read more
WASHINGTON, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the President’s direction, the U.S. Government is coordinating and operationalizing a comprehensive strategy to respond to the threat of Ebola here at home, enhance our broader domestic preparedness, and contain the epidemic in West Africa. The President’s priority is the... Read more
UN Secretary General’s Humanitarian Envoy and UN High Commissioner for Refugees praise Sudan for generously welcoming South Sudanese refugees
Africa October 23, 2014
KHARTOUM, Sudan, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy Abdullah al Matouq and UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres returned yesterday from a visit to Sudan’s White Nile State, where more than 50,000 South Sudanese refugees currently reside in 4 sites. They visited... Read more
Celebrating Dr Mukwege as 2014 Sakharov Prize Winner
Africa October 22, 2014
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — I was very pleased to learn that the European Parliament has awarded Europe’s top human rights prize to Denis Mukwege for his work helping victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Dr Mukwege founded... Read more
