Manchester City & Ivory Coast  Star Yaya Touré Joins Nissan As New Global Ambassador
YOKOHAMA, Japan, October 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Nissan (http://www.nissan-global.com) is proud to announce Yaya Touré, three-time African Footballer of the Year and UEFA Champions League winner, as its newest global ambassador. The Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder has agreed to a deal which will see him... Read more
How to save on a press conference budget in Africa
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, October 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — APO (African Press Organization) (http://www.apo-opa.com) today, releases 2 videos on press conference services helping you deliver more for your budget: 1) Online press conference and 2) Interactive Webcast ; both of which are considered as the future for media relations... Read more
Uhuru Kenyatta before the ICC judges: Victims need truth and justice
PARIS, France, October 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Uhuru Kenyatta’s presence at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 8 October 2014, as ordered by the Trial Chamber Judges, must be seen as the opportunity to place victims’ right to truth and justice at the center of the ongoing... Read more
Ebola: FAO launches new initiative to tackle growing food security threat / $30 million urgently needed to safeguard lives, food security and livelihoods
ROME, Italy, October 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FAO today launched a new programme to urgently assist 90 000 vulnerable households in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone whose food supplies and livelihoods are threatened by the disruptive effect the Ebola epidemic is having on rural economies, agricultural activities... Read more
Mali / Death of Nigerien MINUSMA soldiers – Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development Spokesman (Paris, October 3, 2014)
PARIS, France, October 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — France condemns the attack on 3 October which killed nine Nigerien soldiers from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali and wounded several others. We extend our condolences to the bereaved and to the Nigerien authorities. The perpetrators of this... Read more
Oracle Launches Capacity-Building Programme to Close IT Skills Gap in Africa
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, October 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Oracle Corporation (http://www.oracle.com) today announced an initiative designed to enrich and increase the skills capacity of IT practitioners in Africa. The four-pronged program was devised as a response to the rapid adoption of new technologies by governments and businesses in... Read more
Nedbank deploys Gemalto’s plug-and-play solution to secure online banking for corporate clients
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, October 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) (http://www.gemalto.com), the world leader in digital security, announces that Nedbank Ltd, a leading commercial bank in South Africa, is deploying its Ezio eBanking solution to provide their wholesale customers with unmatched online transaction security and... Read more
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali
NEW YORK, October 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General is outraged by today’s attack that took place in Mali and that killed one Senegalese peacekeeper and wounded another. In this second attack in five days against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), unidentified... Read more
WHO Regional Office for Europe statement / Spanish nurse diagnosed with Ebola virus disease
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Spanish authorities notified WHO under the International Health Regulations (IHR) last night that a Spanish nurse working in Spain has been diagnosed with Ebola virus disease (EVD). The health care worker was treating an individual who had been infected with... Read more
IOM Mozambique concludes a two-week registration campaign for disaster response and recovery
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In response to the flooding of 2013 and the subsequently displaced population of over 150,000 persons, the government of Mozambique established voluntary relocation sites for the most vulnerable districts in Gaza Province. These locations will offer refuge should the area... Read more