IOM African Capacity Building Centre Celebrates Five Years of Training in Tanzania
Africa October 14, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM’s African Capacity Building Centre in Tanzania this week celebrated five years in operation. Since 2009 it has trained some 3,500 border officials from 47 countries in border management and migration. But the work of ACBC is not only aimed... Read more
Migrant Workers in Libya at Growing Risk, Could Feed Deadly Mediterranean Exodus
Africa October 14, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In a new Libya Situation Report this week, IOM notes that the devastating violence of recent months in the country has left some 200,000 migrant workers vulnerable with many in need of immediate evacuation assistance. “As the security situation in... Read more
Using Animation to Battle Ebola
Africa October 14, 2014
Nashville, Tennessee, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Methodist Communications collaborated with Chocolate Moose Media and iHeed to create an animation for West Africa that dispels myths about how Ebola is spread and promotes prevention. The video can be downloaded free at http://www.ebolavideo.org. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/umc.jpg Screenshot: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/141013umc.jpg... Read more
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Concludes First Mission to South Sudan with Agreement with Government
Africa October 13, 2014
JUBA, South Sudan, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura has concluded her first visit to South Sudan with a Joint Communique with the government that outlines clear steps they will take to prevent... Read more
CFS set to endorse principles for responsible investments in agriculture and food systems / International forum will also endorse policy recommendations on food losses and waste and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Africa October 13, 2014
ROME, Italy, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Committee on World Food Security, the world’s foremost inclusive intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder platform for food security and nutrition, today opened its 41st session (CFS 41). The Committee is expected to adopt a set of principles for responsible investment in... Read more
Inspiring Agricultural Change: Sharefair on Rural Women’s Technologies “Improving Food Security, Nutrition, and Productive Family Farming in Eastern and Southern Africa”
Africa October 13, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN Women’s Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, in partnership with FAO, IFAD, WFP and others will host the Inspiring Agricultural Change: Sharefair on Rural Women’s Technologies to Improve Food Security, Nutrition and Productive Family Farming, an exciting regional... Read more
COMMUNIQUÉ ADOPTED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF HEADS OF DELEGATIONS OF THE CAMEROON-NIGERIA MIXED COMMISSIONESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE GENEVA JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF 15 NOVEMBER 2002
Africa October 13, 2014
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission established pursuant to the Joint Communiqué adopted at the Summit Meeting which took place in Geneva on 15 November 2002 between His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon and His Excellency Olusegun... Read more
Staying safe : advice for households with Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone
Africa October 13, 2014
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone is continuing to accelerate with a total of 2950 cases reported by October 8, and hundreds of new infections identified each week. With so many critically ill people to care for,... Read more
LONDON, United-Kingdom, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Increasing access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in sub Saharan Africa, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook (http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/africa), a Special Report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook... Read more
MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemned last night’s car bomb attack in Mogadishu that resulted in the death and injury of many people. The President of Somalia has confirmed at least thirteen people... Read more
