NEW YORK, October 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, concluding a two-day visit to South Africa today said that learning from the experiences of the region will be vital in the global effort to reform humanitarian action. “Humanitarian needs... Read more

NEW YORK, October 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim met with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, and Parliament Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jowari today and discussed the progress being made in the transitional arrangements and on... Read more

NEW YORK, October 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim met with President Uhuru Kenyatta and members of his cabinet and discussed peace, security, and development issues affecting the country and the wider Horn of Africa. The Secretary-General commended Kenya’s contributions... Read more

ROME, Italy, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Widespread looting and insecurity in the Central African Republic have taken a heavy toll on crops, livestock and fishing and is eroding the capacity of people across the country to secure sufficient food, a new assessment by the UN food... Read more

MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, arrived in Mogadishu to pledge support for Somalia’s transition and for efforts to strengthen security and development across the wider Horn of Africa region. The joint high... Read more

NEW YORK, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti today and discussed peace and security as well as food security issues affecting the country and the wider Horn of Africa. They stressed the importance of resilience and development, particularly... Read more

PARIS, France, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) (http://www.alcatel-lucent.com) announced today that it has closed the sale of its subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Center. Cash proceeds to Alcatel-Lucent are Eur 202 million. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/alcatel-lucent.png As... Read more

LONDON, United-Kingdom, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Secretary offers condolences to the people of Zambia following the death of President Sata. Following the death of President Michael Sata in London, the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: “I was saddened to hear of the death of President... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, expressed alarm about continuing human rights violations in the country resulting in mass departures. She warned the UN General Assembly about the high number of children fleeing from Eritrea without... Read more

BUSAN, South Korea, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Governments must enhance their National Broadband planning process to enable ICTs and broadband to catalyse socio-economic development, according to an Open Letter from the Broadband Commission for Digital Development to delegates attending the ITU’s 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference. Personally delivered... Read more