WASHINGTON, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the request of the Ghanaian authorities, a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Accra on September 16–25 to conduct discussions on a possible IMF-supported program. On August 8, IMF Management received a formal request from the Ghanaian... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Greece staff in Crete today interviewed more survivors of the deliberate shipwreck of migrants heading to Europe from Egypt. The survivors provided corroboration that the traffickers turned violent when the 500 migrants they were escorting to Europe refused to... Read more

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. (http://www.skyvision.net), a leading global communication provider, today announced its sponsorship of the upcoming AfricaCom 2014 Conference, November 11-13, Cape Town. In addition to sponsoring the show, SkyVision will further its presence by both presenting at AfricaCom... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today in Geneva launched a central contribution of the response to the outbreak of ebola in West Africa. “The ebola crisis is unprecedented. It requires an exceptional, international response to address both the... Read more

GAUTENG, South Africa, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Dassault Aviation (http://www.dassault-aviation.com) will present its large cabin, long range Falcon 7X at the Africa Aerospace & Defence Expo, to be held in Gauteng, South Africa on 17-21 September 2014. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/dassault-aviation.png Photo 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/1409161.jpg Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/140916.jpg AAD... Read more

ROME, Italy, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — About 805 million people in the world, or one in nine, suffer from hunger, according to a new UN report released today. The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI 2014) confirmed a positive trend which has seen the... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Investigators from the International Organization for Migration have obtained eyewitness testimony of a tragic incident in which as many as 500 migrants were drowned when their vessel was deliberately sunk in the Mediterranean. These reports point to a growing death... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 456th meeting held on 12 September 2014, adopted the following decision on the progress report of the AU High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) for Sudan and South Sudan:... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has opened its first Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone, one of the districts worst affected by the deadly outbreak. “This treatment centre is desperately needed,” says Tiina... Read more

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, September 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Statement by EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva and EU Commissioner for Health, Tonio Borg, following the High Level Event to coordinate the response to the Ebola outbreak... Read more