WASHINGTON, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the President’s direction, the U.S. Government is coordinating and operationalizing a comprehensive strategy to respond to the threat of Ebola here at home, enhance our broader domestic preparedness, and contain the epidemic in West Africa. The President’s priority is the... Read more

KHARTOUM, Sudan, October 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy Abdullah al Matouq and UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres returned yesterday from a visit to Sudan’s White Nile State, where more than 50,000 South Sudanese refugees currently reside in 4 sites. They visited... Read more

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — I was very pleased to learn that the European Parliament has awarded Europe’s top human rights prize to Denis Mukwege for his work helping victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Dr Mukwege founded... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chadian government’s refusal to transfer two alleged accomplices of former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to the special court in Senegal trying crimes during his rule will not prevent his trial, Human Rights Watch said today. The Chadian government should... Read more

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Uzinduzi wa safari za ndege za Dar es Salaam na Unguja za shirika la ndege la flydubai (http://www.flydubai.com) lililo na makao yake Dubai ziliwasili nchini Tanzania leo. Njia hizo mpya zinasisitiza ukuaji wa haraka wa flydubai barani Afrika,... Read more

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Dubai-based flydubai’s inaugural flights to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar touched down today in Tanzania (http://www.flydubai.com). The new routes further underline flydubai’s rapid expansion in Africa, which has seen the carrier’s network double to 12 destinations this year.... Read more

ROME, Italy, October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The European Union (EU) and FAO in collaboration with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) have launched a €41 million, 4.5-year programme to bolster sustainable land management and restore drylands and degraded lands in Africa, the Caribbean... Read more

LAGOS, Nigeria, October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In advance of the Oct. 24 observance of World Polio Day 2014, Rotary (http://www.rotary.org) announces US$ 8.4 million in grants to combat polio in Nigeria. The funds – part of Rotary’s broader contribution of $44.7 million to end the paralyzing... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In advance of the Oct. 24 observance of World Polio Day 2014, Rotary (http://www.rotary.org) announces US$2 million in grants to combat polio in Ethiopia. The funds – part of Rotary’s broader contribution of $44.7 million to end the paralyzing... Read more

EVANSTON, Ill., October 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With the world “This Close”—99%—to eliminating polio from the planet, the effort is receiving an additional US$ 44.7 million boost from Rotary (http://www.rotary.org) to support immunization activities, surveillance, and research spearheaded by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (http://www.polioeradication.org), which aims... Read more