PARIS, France, January 14, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Open to the media / Within the “DEV TALKS” Series You are invited to A conversation with Jean-Marie Cour on “The peopling of Africa: a blind spot in development policymaking?” Friday, 16 January 2015 10:00 to 12:00 OECD Headquarters –... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Support for innovative scale-up project with SickKids expected to improve the health and survival of approximately 6.7 million newborns and children in Ghana Today, at an event hosted by the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary... Read more

PARIS, France, January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — France utterly condemns the terrorist attacks in the far north of Cameroon. We remain especially concerned about the situation of the civilian populations, who are the main victims of the terrorists. We pay tribute to the determination of the Cameroonian... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that he will make his second visit to Egypt in under a year, on January 14 and 15, 2015. He will hold talks in Luxor and Cairo with senior government officials, including his... Read more

DAKAR, Senegal, January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Did you know that there are more than 2,000 different languages spoken across Africa, some of which are spoken by just a few communities and others are used by millions of people and hundreds of media houses? Sixteen African countries... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Three years after the fall of the former regime, the Libyan people find themselves no closer to realizing their aspirations for a better future. Security conditions continue to deteriorate and life remains hard, particularly for migrants. According to IOM Libya... Read more

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — MDAttorneys (http://www.michaeldenenga.com), a corporate law firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa, announced that international corporate attorney Mansur M. Nuruddin has joined the firm as a partner, leading the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice. Photo Mansur M. Nuruddin: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1657 Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/mdattorneys.png... Read more

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Local Internet hosting is key to the development of the Internet ecosystem in emerging countries, according to a report released today by the Internet Society (http://www.internetsociety.org). Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/internetsociety.png Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1656 (Michael Kende, ISOC’s Chief Economist and co-author of the report) The... Read more

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Local Internet hosting is key to the development of the Internet ecosystem in emerging countries, according to a report released today by the Internet Society (http://www.internetsociety.org). Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/internetsociety.png Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1656 (Michael Kende, ISOC’s Chief Economist and co-author of the report) The... Read more

KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) January 13, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa warmly welcomes the commander of U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), General David Rodriguez, during his visit to the DRC from January 12-14. During his brief visit to Kinshasa, General Rodriguez will meet... Read more