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

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

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

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

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In South Sudan, IOM celebrated the inauguration of the newly rehabilitated Bor marketplace. The opening of the Marol marketplace in Jonglei State’s capital, Bor, is the first early recovery project sponsored by the European Union (EU) since the onset of... Read more

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, October 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In what could transpire into a movie or a book, a team has just embarked on a grand and ambitious journey through 45 African countries, starting in Cape Town and ending up in London in September 2015. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/dhl_logo2.jpg Photo... Read more

JUBA, South Sudan, October 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Thursday 9 October marks the official opening of this year’s national campaign on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) in the Republic of South Sudan. The campaign, undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Child and... Read more

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, Taisys Technologies Co., Ltd. (http://www.taisys.com) announced that Kenya’s leading bank Equity Bank will be issuing a ultra-thin mobile banking smart SIM with patented technology from Taisys. Equity Bank customers can now enjoy funds transfer, micro-payments and other mobile financial... Read more

WASHINGTON, October 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The President met this afternoon with his senior health, homeland security, and national security advisors to receive an update on the Ebola case in Texas, broader domestic preparedness plans, and U.S. and international efforts to contain and end the epidemic in... Read more

WASHINGTON, October 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Roosevelt Room 4:04 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I just had an opportunity to get a full briefing from my entire team across administrations — across agencies on the aggressive steps that we are taking to fight the Ebola... Read more