USAID Administrator Announces $142 Million in Humanitarian Assistance Grants and Projects for Ebola Response in West Africa
Africa October 16, 2014
MONROVIA, Liberia, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah announced nearly $142 million in humanitarian projects and grants to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Shah made the announcement after meeting with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia in... Read more
New Study Finds that Orange Maize Improves Vitamin A in Children
Africa October 16, 2014
LUSAKA, Zambia, October 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Just ahead of World Food Day, a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (http://goo.gl/AwrAkl) has established that ‘orange’ vitamin A maize increases vitamin A storage in the body. This maize has been conventionally bred (non-GMO) to have... Read more
New technologies and innovation critical to support women in Agriculture / Close to 100 exhibitors share technologies and innovation on Agriculture
Africa October 15, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN Women with the African Union (AU), IFAD, FAO and WFP are co-hosting an exciting regional Sharefair for Rural Women’s Technologies on October 15-17 at the UN Compound in Gigiri. The first of its kind, this showcase stemmed from a... Read more
Media accreditation process launched for the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014
Africa October 15, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The media accreditation process for the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 presented by TOYOTA is now open. The competition will be held in Marrakech and Rabat from 10 to 20 December 2014. The deadline for applications is Monday, 17... Read more
DRC: UN calls for prosecution of perpetrators of summary executions and enforced disappearances in Kinshasa
Africa October 15, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A United Nations report released today details serious violations of human rights, including summary and extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances, committed against civilians by Congolese security forces in the context of Operation “Likofi” in Kinshasa between 15 November 2013 and... Read more
IPU calls for urgent resource mobilization to tackle Ebola crisis
Africa October 15, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has today called on governments and international donors to urgently mobilize increased financial, medical, and logistical assistance to Ebola-affected areas in a resolution adopted today at the Organization’s 131st Assembly in Geneva. Deploring the loss of... Read more
Namibia / Ireland / New Ambassadors present Credentials
Africa October 15, 2014
DUBLIN, Ireland, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Their Excellencies, the Ambassadors of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of Namibia and the Kingdom of Sweden presented their Letters of Credence to the President at Áras an Uachtaráin today. H.E. Mr. Kyaw Zwar Minn, Ambassador... Read more
In race against time, Member States must increase efforts to stop Ebola outbreak – UN official
Africa October 15, 2014
NEW YORK, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Ebola outbreak is “winning the race” against attempts to contain it, the head of the United Nations mission working to stop the deadly virus warned the Security Council today as he urged the international community to help expand on-the-ground... Read more
Chad recognised as compliant with EITI transparency standard
Africa October 15, 2014
LONDON, United-Kingdom, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Chad was today accepted as a full member of the EITI. As ‘compliant’ with the global EITI transparency standard, citizens of Chad have access to extensive information about how their natural resources are governed. Industry, government and civil society in... Read more
Handwashing one important tool in the Ebola fight – UNICEF / Global Handwashing Day a reminder that the simple practice saves lives
Africa October 15, 2014
NEW YORK, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As the world celebrates the seventh Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF said the fight against Ebola further underscores the practice of handwashing in disease prevention. “Handwashing with soap is one of the cheapest, most effective ‘vaccines’ against viral diseases, from the... Read more
