ACCRA, Ghana, October 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A Ghanaian delegation led by Mr. Kwesi Botchwey and including Finance Minister Seth Terkper, Minister of Employment and Labor relations, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, and Bank of Ghana Governor Kofi Wampah held discussions with International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff on a... Read more

NEW YORK, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General has taken note of the return to Madagascar of former President Marc Ravalomanana on 13 October. He rejects the remarks Mr. Ravalomanana made during a press conference challenging the legitimacy of the institutions born of the country’s recent... Read more

KHARTOUM, Sudan, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — HUMANITARIAN ENVOY OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL ABDULLAH AL MATOUQ AND UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES ANTONIO GUTERRES TO VISIT SUDAN WHO: Humanitarian Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Abdullah al Matouq, and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres... Read more

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Government has decided to contribute an additional SEK 100 million in humanitarian support to efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The new funds are to be channelled through the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency for planning and... Read more

ROME, Italy, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Nine out of ten of the world’s 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger in... Read more

MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemned last night’s bomb attack outside a popular restaurant in Mogadishu resulting in the death and injury of many people. “I strongly condemn last night’s cowardly terrorist attack.... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU)-led Joint Security Sector Assessment Mission (JAM) to Madagascar that started on 4 October ended on 12 October 2014. The mission, which was conducted in response to a request of the Malagasy Government, comprised representatives of... Read more

WASHINGTON, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Cabinet Room 5:26 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, obviously the news has been dominated by the diagnosis of a second health care worker in Dallas with Ebola. And in light of this second case, I thought it was very important for... Read more

NEW YORK, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 14 October 2014, the members of the Security Council heard briefings by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response (UNMEER) Anthony Banbury, as well as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous and... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is closely monitoring the situation in Madagascar, following the return of Mr. Marc Ravalomanana, former President of the Republic, on 13 October 2014. She notes that... Read more