ACCRA, Ghana, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Residence of France, Accra Three Ghanaian key actors signed Grant Agreements with the Embassy of France to implement the France-Ghana cooperation’s project called “Strengthening the accountability of Ghana’s central and local government”. The project amounts 800 000 €, for 30... Read more

JUBA, South Sudan, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — There have been persistent report! s in South Sudanese and regional media alleging that the United Nations has a plan to place the Republic of South Sudan under a “protectorate.” Members of the Government of South Sudan have also... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The IOM Regional Office for Southern Africa, in cooperation with UNHCR and UNODC, is conducting a one-day consultation workshop with High Level Officials from Member States of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Pretoria on 2 December 2014 to... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 1st December, IOM Tanzania, in collaboration with the government, launched a voluntary migrant registration operation in Kigoma, Western Tanzania. The registration, which will initially last three weeks, is aimed at irregular Burundian, Rwandan and Ugandan migrants, who wish to... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM has repatriated 253 Ethiopian irregular migrants released from detention in Tanzania. The operation, in close collaboration with the Tanzanian Immigration Department and the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was funded by the Government of Japan. The migrants, who were... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM, in collaboration with the US State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, has launched a 2-year programme to help the Congolese National Police (CNP) to protect the population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)... Read more

MONROVIA, Liberia, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The #ISurvivedEbola campaign has kicked off with the release of the first in a series of videos that feature Ebola survivors from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea sharing their stories and perspectives with the world. The multimedia campaign is the... Read more

WASHINGTON, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 1, 2014 Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield is traveling to Monrovia, Liberia December 2-5 as part of a U.S. delegation reviewing ongoing Ebola response efforts in the country.... Read more

BAMAKO, Mali, December 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the first and second reviews of Mali’s performance under an economic program supported by a three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The Board’s decision enables the immediate disbursement of... Read more