WASHINGTON, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 28, 2014 The United States is concerned by the spirt and intent behind a draft National Assembly bill in Burkina Faso to amend the constitution to allow the... Read more

NEW YORK, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General met with Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, his cabinet, as well as with National Assembly Speaker Idriss Arnaoud Ali in Djibouti today and discussed food security and development issues, as well as peace and security issues in the... Read more

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — H.E President Kenyatta and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Inaugurate First Ministerial Forum on Sustainable Transport in Africa And Launch Pioneering Global Media Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation Thursday 30 October 8.45 am EAT – Journalists are requested to... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Secretary-General’s remarks to the press I am pleased to be here with the African Union Commission to discuss an issue of national, regional and global concerns to us all — the world’s response to Ebola. With Dr. Zumba and... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Since the beginning of the Ebola crisis in West Africa, FIFA has been in regular contact with the World Health Organisation (WHO) reviewing the impact of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) on global public health, mass gatherings and in particular its... Read more

CONAKRY, Guinea, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. (http://www.skyvision.net), a global leader in communications has announced today that it has made a generous donation to the National Commission against Ebola in Guinea. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/skyvision.jpg Photo 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/141028.jpg Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1448 (Ori Watermann, SkyVision CEO)... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Zambia, with support from the IOM Development Fund, is building the capacity of the Zambia Prisons Service to protect the rights of migrants in detention. Estimates indicate that Zambian prisons currently host more than 260 men, women and children... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Regional Committee on Mixed Migration for the Horn of Africa and Yemen is today holding its 4th annual meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The two-day meeting, hosted by Ethiopia, aims to improve multi-state collaboration to make and endorse recommendations... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following the outbreak of large-scale violence in early 2013, most schools throughout the Central African Republic (CAR) were closed. They have remained closed now for well over a year, but the Ministry of Education and the UNICEF-led education cluster plan... Read more

LAGOS, Nigeria, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) (http://www.alcatel-lucent.com) is opening up Africa’s most populous nation to the benefits of ultra-broadband connectivity by launching a superfast, 100 gigabit-per-second fiber-optic network with MTN Nigeria, a subsidiary of Dubai-based MTN Group and the leading... Read more