NEW YORK, September 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Sam Kahamba Kutesa was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly’s sixty-ninth session on 11 June (Press Release GA/11520). At the time of his election, he was serving as Uganda’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, a post he held since... Read more

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia 4:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Please be seated. I want to thank Dr. Frieden and everybody here at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for welcoming me here today.... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — WHO welcomes the contribution from the Government of the United States of America to significantly build upon their previous Ebola response in West Africa. The new commitment provides support to the United Nations and to other international partners to help... Read more

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the request of the Ghanaian authorities, a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Accra on September 16–25 to conduct discussions on a possible IMF-supported program. On August 8, IMF Management received a formal request from the Ghanaian... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Greece staff in Crete today interviewed more survivors of the deliberate shipwreck of migrants heading to Europe from Egypt. The survivors provided corroboration that the traffickers turned violent when the 500 migrants they were escorting to Europe refused to... Read more

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. (http://www.skyvision.net), a leading global communication provider, today announced its sponsorship of the upcoming AfricaCom 2014 Conference, November 11-13, Cape Town. In addition to sponsoring the show, SkyVision will further its presence by both presenting at AfricaCom... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today in Geneva launched a central contribution of the response to the outbreak of ebola in West Africa. “The ebola crisis is unprecedented. It requires an exceptional, international response to address both the... Read more

GAUTENG, South Africa, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Dassault Aviation (http://www.dassault-aviation.com) will present its large cabin, long range Falcon 7X at the Africa Aerospace & Defence Expo, to be held in Gauteng, South Africa on 17-21 September 2014. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/dassault-aviation.png Photo 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/1409161.jpg Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/140916.jpg AAD... Read more

ROME, Italy, September 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — About 805 million people in the world, or one in nine, suffer from hunger, according to a new UN report released today. The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI 2014) confirmed a positive trend which has seen the... Read more