GENEVA, Switzerland, December 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM this week conducted a training course, funded by the European Union (EU), for ten police officers from Puntland State in Somalia at the Africa Capacity Building Centre (ACBC) in Moshi in Tanzania. IOM is supporting the capacity building of... Read more

NEW YORK, December 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mahamat Zene Cherif (Chad): On 8 December, the United Nations Security Council was briefed by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous, Head of the United Nations Office to... Read more

WASHINGTON, December 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 11, 2014 On behalf of the American people and President Obama, I congratulate the people of Burkina Faso on the 54th anniversary of your independence. The United States is dedicated to... Read more

WASHINGTON, December 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 11, 2014 The Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships (S/GP) announced today a new partnership with Girl Up, Intel, Microsoft , and the Rwandan Girls Initiative, and the support of the Secretary’s Office... Read more

ALGIERS, Algeria, December 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On December 1, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with Algeria. Economic activity has picked up in 2014, with real GDP growth projected to reach 4.0 percent following 2.8 percent growth... Read more

KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) December 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A technical team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headed by Norbert Toé visited Kinshasa during December 3–10, 2014. The team reviewed recent economic developments and short-term prospects, updated the macroeconomic framework, and discussed possible themes... Read more

ROME, Italy, December 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Los datos más recientes confirman que la producción mundial de cereales alcanzará un récord histórico en 2014, con más de 2 500 millones de toneladas. Impulsada por las condiciones favorables en Europa y una cosecha récord de maíz en Estados... Read more

ROME, Italy, December 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Latest indications confirm that world cereal production will reach an all-time record of more than 2.5 billion tonnes in 2014. Buoyed by bumper crops in Europe and a record maize output in the United States of America, this year’s cereal... Read more

JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has extended a grant of US$35 million to help fight Ebola in West Africa. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/isdb.png Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1615 (Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ali, President... Read more