GENEVA, Switzerland, November 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Key Messages • Sexual transmission of Ebola virus disease has not been documented • In four studies that investigated persistence of Ebola virus in seminal fluid from convalescent patients (a total of 43 patients), three men who had recovered from... Read more

BERN, Switzerland, November 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The summit being held in Dakar by the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) has as its theme: “Women and youth in French-speaking countries: Vectors of peace, agents of development”. These are priority action areas for Switzerland, particularly in Africa.... Read more

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, November 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The government of United Republic of Tanzania has never had any plan to evict the Maasai people from their ancestral land as falsely reported by the media in recent days. The information circulated through the media outlets globally... Read more

JUBA, South Sudan, November 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) wishes to correct erroneous media reports claiming that the Mission has sought the consent of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) to use the Mission’! s aircraft to transport... Read more

London, United Kingdom, November 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Positive Action for Children Fund (PACF) is proud to announce 103 grants for 2015 totalling £5 million. 54 new grants and 49 extensions will be funded to support community responses to help end mother to child transmission of... Read more

GABORONE, Botswana, November 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the end of a 13-day official visit to Botswana, the UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights Farida Shaheed called on the country to embark on a “second phase of nation building that reflects, builds on and celebrates the rich... Read more

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, November 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Tigo (http://www.tigo.co.tz) announced today the first of its regular quarterly payments worth 3bn/- (US $ 1.8 million) to Tigo Pesa users. Logo Tigo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/tigo-1.jpg Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1065 (Tigo Tanzania General Manager, Diego Gutierrez) This payment comes three months after... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A leading member of Swiss based Quantum Global group’s Advisory Board (http://www.quantumglobal.ch) has today accepted a key UN post based in Vienna. Célestin Monga, a Cameroonian national, an internationally recognized economist and currently Director of the Oxford University Press Handbook... Read more

KHARTOUM, Sudan, November 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — To help address growing humanitarian needs in Sudan, the Government of Switzerland has contributed an additionalUS $523,013 to the Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF), making the total Swiss contribution to the CHF US $1,092,916 in 2014. “Taking into consideration the... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, November 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Canada’s Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, the Honourable Christian Paradis, today announced that Canada is reinstituting direct development assistance to the Government of Burkina Faso. “Now that constitutional order has been restored following October’s political instability, Canada is... Read more