JUBA, South Sudan, October 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) will hold a press briefing on Tuesday, 21st October 2014 to update the news media on the Mission’s Protection of Civilians sites and relocation taking place in Bor, Malakal and Juba.... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ghana’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Friday 24 October 2014 in meetings that will be webcast live. Ghana is one of the... Read more

NEW YORK, October 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Sunday said he regretted and condemned the decision of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to order his top official in the country to... Read more

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, October 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Said Djinnit completed a two day visit to Tanzania in continuation of familiarization visits to signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region.... Read more

WASHINGTON, October 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Remarks on the U.S. Response to Ebola for Members of the Diplomatic Corps Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC October 17, 2014 Thank you, Nancy. Good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for being here, and... Read more

TOKYO, Japan, October 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. The Government of Japan has decided to dispatch two experts in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African countries. They are scheduled to depart for the Republic of Sierra Leone on October 20. With a view... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, October 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, will make an announcement regarding Canada’s response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Minister Ambrose will make the announcement on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La... Read more

JUBA, South Sudan, October 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 10 October, three Individual Contractors employed by UNMISS, who were working at the airfield in Malakal, were seized by an unidentified armed group of 15 to 20 men in uniformed and civilian clothes and driven away in a... Read more

KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) October 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Eradicating poverty for good in the whole world is neither an utopia nor an illusion ; it is a clear objective towards which we must all strive for,” stated Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus. The introduced case was confirmed on 29 August in a young man who had travelled to Dakar,... Read more