VICTORIA, Seychelles, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Air Seychelles (http://www.airseychelles.com), shirika la ndege la kitaifa la Jamhuri ya Ushelisheli, imetangaza leo uzinduzi wa safari za moja kwa moja hadi Antananarivo, Madagaska, kuanzia tarehe 3 Desemba 2014.* Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/as.png Sagari hizi mbili kwa wiki hadi Uwanja wa ndege... Read more

VICTORIA, Seychelles, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Air Seychelles (http://www.airseychelles.com), the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, today announced the launch of direct flights to Antananarivo, Madagascar, commencing 3 December 2014.* Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/as.png The twice-weekly flights to the capital’s Ivato International Airport (TNR) will be operated... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The crisis that erupted in the Central African Republic (CAR) in December 2012 triggering widespread sectarian violence, massive internal displacement and an outflow of CAR nationals and migrants into neighbouring countries, will have profound long term social-economic implications for the... Read more

BERN, Switzerland, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Switzerland is stepping up its aid in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Swiss Humanitarian Aid is pledging an additional CHF 2 million to fund various direct measures in Liberia. In view of the continuing spread of... Read more

ROME, Italy, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Includes new figures on the number of hungry people in the world, key lessons from individual countries on food security and nutrition. On Tuesday 16 September at 10:00h Rome-time, the three Rome-based UN food agencies – The Food and Agriculture... Read more

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Djibouti Chamber of Commerce, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and Camp Lemonnier came together for a Business Exchange Sept. 2, 2014, at the Kempinski Hotel in Djibouti. Several vendors participated in the business exchange and were able to... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — WHO welcomes the commitment from the Government of Cuba to provide 165 health professionals to support Ebola care in West Africa. The newly announced support includes physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, specialists in infection control, intensive care specialists and social mobilization officers,... Read more

NEW YORK, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 11 September 2014, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following update to its Implementation Assistance Notice no. 2. The Notice is accessible on the Committee’s website at the following URL: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1970/notices.shtml.... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FIFA and the United Nations have decided today to join forces in the effort to stop the spread of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The football field at Monrovia’s Antoinette Tubman Stadium, donated by FIFA to the Liberia Football... Read more

LAGOS, Nigeria, September 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Well-known global business leader and chairman of Heirs Holdings Tony Elumelu says the group “has the ambition to generate at least a quarter of Nigeria’s power consumption needs in the next five years.” Heirs Holdings’ interests in the power sector... Read more