NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
Africa September 19, 2014
NEW YORK, September 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 4 September 2014. Since September 2013, Mr. Abdellatif has been Assistant Foreign Minister and Head of the Diplomatic... Read more
UN experts urge Ethiopia to stop using anti-terrorism legislation to curb human rights
Africa September 18, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Ethiopia to stop misusing anti-terrorism legislation to curb freedoms of expression and association in the country, amid reports that people continue to be detained arbitrarily. The experts’... Read more
The Pope receives the bishops of Cote d’Ivoire: the role of the Church can be crucial in rebuilding your country
Africa September 18, 2014
VATICAN, Holy See, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The bishops of Cote d’Ivoire were received by the Holy Father this morning, at the end of their five-yearly “ad Limina” visit, and the written discourse he handed to them emphasised the need for dialogue and brotherhood among prelates... Read more
AU and Partners Conclude a Joint SSR Training Workshop
Africa September 18, 2014
TUNIS, Tunisia, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU) and partners have concluded, in Tunis, a three-day regional security sector reform (SSR) training workshop for representatives of the countries of North Africa. The workshop, which commenced on 16 September 2014, is part of a series... Read more
UN and AU commit to advance business and human rights agenda in Africa
Africa September 18, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The first African Forum on Business and Human Rights concluded today with a strong call for action to make business a force for improving human rights in Africa. At the meeting, senior officials and experts underlined that the African Union... Read more
Eritrea human rights: UN expert to interview Eritrean diaspora in Italy
Africa September 18, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, will make an official visit to Italy from 22 to 26 September to collect first-hand information from Eritrean refugees and migrants on the human rights... Read more
Increased Internet access expected to generate more consumer spend across the African continent over the next five years: PwC report
Africa September 18, 2014
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Increased Internet access will generate more consumer spend than any other media product or service in the next five years in the South African entertainment and media industry, according to a report issued by PwC today (http://www.pwc.com). South Africa’s entertainment... Read more
Communiqué of the 14th Meeting of the Panel of the Wise
Africa September 18, 2014
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Panel of the Wise of the African Union (AU), which is one of the pillars of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) as provided for in the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security... Read more
UK to increase support to Sierra Leone to combat Ebola
Africa September 18, 2014
LONDON, United-Kingdom, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Secretary announces further support to tackle Ebola in West Africa, including the UK leading on provision of 700 treatment beds in Sierra Leone Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond chaired a meeting this afternoon of the Government’s COBR emergency committee, on... Read more
French MSF worker tests positive for Ebola in Liberia
Africa September 18, 2014
PARIS, France, September 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirms that one of its international staff members in Liberia has been diagnosed with Ebola haemorrhagic fever. The French MSF staff member currently on assignment in Monrovia... Read more
