ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by George Tsibouris, visited Madagascar during October 29−November 11, 2014 for the first Article IV consultation1 (since 2007), and to initiate discussions of a medium-term reform program that could be supported by an... Read more

LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, and Minister for Armed Forces Mark Francois, will visit Sierra Leone on the 12 November to demonstrate the UK’s continued support and commitment to defeating Ebola and to see the challenges first hand. Mr Hammond will... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Violence by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast continues to send thousands of refugees across the border into neighbouring Cameroon. According to Cameroonian authorities, some 13,000 Nigerian refugees crossed from Adamawa state after insurgents attacked and captured the town of... Read more

TOKYO, Japan, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. The Government of Japan has decided to newly dispatch four experts to the Republic of Liberia and the Republic of Sierra Leone through the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West African... Read more

DUBLIN, Ireland, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Three members of the Irish Defence Forces are to deploy to Sierra Leone to reinforce Ireland’s capacity in Sierra Leone as the international relief effort ramps up, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Minister for Defence today... Read more

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Bookmarks Digital Awards (http://iabsa.net/summit/bookmarks) celebrates its 7th year and now forms part of the first annual IAB Digital Summit taking place on the 19th of February at the Turbine Hall in Jozi, promising to be a highlight on the... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As Ebola continues to ravage West Africa, leaving more than 4000 people dead, the region is now on the brink of a major food crisis, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, has warned today.... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, UNAIDS and the Uganda AIDS Commission last week organized a national consultative meeting on HIV/AIDS response in the country’s fishing communities. Among the 7.3 per cent of Ugandans between 15 and 49 who are HIV... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 11, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Amid reports today from Obock, Djibouti, that at least 30 more people have died attempting to cross the Gulf of Aden, IOM has dispatched a team to investigate and aid survivors, if any. Following the biggest loss of life since... Read more