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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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