DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, January 8, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund completed today the first review of Tanzania’s economic performance under the program supported by the Policy Support Instrument (PSI)1 and granted a waiver for the non-observance of the continuous assessment... Read more

NEW YORK, January 7, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General spoke on the phone and reviewed the situation in the DRC with H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 7 January 2015. The Secretary-General reiterated that the FDLR has failed to deliver... Read more

VATICAN, Holy See, January 7, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Pontifical Council “Justice and Peace” today publishes its document “Expanding the Catholic Church’s commitment to the Ebola emergency response”, in which it describes for the first time its pastoral response to a relatively new disease which has devastated... Read more

TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 7, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Since 2008, Taisys (http://www.taisys.com) had been enabling Slim SIM banking services with local banks in China, especially in the rural areas where inadequate financial resources are provided. With Taisys Slim SIM technologies, the banks have successfully built up the highly... Read more

MONROVIA, Liberia, January 7, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the new Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), arrives in Liberia today as part of his first tour of the three countries most affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. In... Read more

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Application Deadline: January 27th 2015 Applications must be emailed to JPOCoordinator@state.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the date indicated in order to be considered. Thank you. How to Apply: Please note that PRM-sponsored JPO positions are open to U.S.... Read more

PARIS, France, January 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — France condemns the attack carried out on January 5 against a garrison in Nampala in Mali, which claimed the lives of several Malian soldiers, as well as the attack carried out on January 4 against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated... Read more

TOKYO, Japan, January 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1 The Government of Japan has decided to newly dispatch two experts to the Republic of Sierra Leone through the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in West African countries. 2． The... Read more

CAIRO, Egypt, January 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — WHO Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt, 11 – 13 January 2015 The World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to invite journalists to cover the Third Regional stakeholders Meeting to Review the Implementation of the International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) with focus... Read more

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Somali security forces arrested five journalists in two separate cases over the weekend in the capital, Mogadishu, according to news reports. Three of them are still being held. On Saturday, security forces arrested three journalists from the independent radio station... Read more