NEW YORK, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 13 October 2014, the members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya agreed to issue additional guidance, as indicated below, to Member States, international organizations and private actors on arms embargo related matters.... Read more

NEW YORK, October 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tripoli on Saturday, 11 October, following a visit to Tunis. His brief trip was aimed at urging Libyan parties to press forward with their nascent dialogue in order to restore stability to their... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Human rights defenders, political activists, bloggers and media professionals have been under increasing attack from armed groups in Libya since mid-May, when fighting between rival factions intensified in and around Benghazi and later erupted in Tripoli, UN Human Rights Chief... Read more

Nashville, Tennessee, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A United Methodist Communications colaborou com a Chocolate Moose Media e a iHeed para criar um vídeo de animação para a África Ocidental que desmistifica ideias erradas sobre a transmissão do ébola e promove a sua prevenção. O vídeo pode... Read more

GAROWE, Somalia, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ethiopia in its capacity as the Chair of the IGAD Council of Ministers, and the European Union (EU) welcomed the agreement signed today between the Federal Government of Somalia and Puntland... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Thomas Mvubahe Bigaba, an IOM staffer in Goma in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a passionate singer when he is not working with internally displaced people in North Kivu. Thomas’ band has produced a Zouk song about... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Ethiopia has distributed essential non-food aid (NFIs) to 560 internally displaced households in Halobiyo, Kebele, Babile Woreda, in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia. The assistance consisted of temporary shelter materials, cooking sets and sanitation. IOM worked closely with... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM’s African Capacity Building Centre in Tanzania this week celebrated five years in operation. Since 2009 it has trained some 3,500 border officials from 47 countries in border management and migration. But the work of ACBC is not only aimed... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In a new Libya Situation Report this week, IOM notes that the devastating violence of recent months in the country has left some 200,000 migrant workers vulnerable with many in need of immediate evacuation assistance. “As the security situation in... Read more

Nashville, Tennessee, October 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Methodist Communications collaborated with Chocolate Moose Media and iHeed to create an animation for West Africa that dispels myths about how Ebola is spread and promotes prevention. The video can be downloaded free at http://www.ebolavideo.org. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/umc.jpg Screenshot: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/141013umc.jpg... Read more