CONAKRY, Guinea, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. (http://www.skyvision.net), a global leader in communications has announced today that it has made a generous donation to the National Commission against Ebola in Guinea. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/skyvision.jpg Photo 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/141028.jpg Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1448 (Ori Watermann, SkyVision CEO)... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Zambia, with support from the IOM Development Fund, is building the capacity of the Zambia Prisons Service to protect the rights of migrants in detention. Estimates indicate that Zambian prisons currently host more than 260 men, women and children... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Regional Committee on Mixed Migration for the Horn of Africa and Yemen is today holding its 4th annual meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The two-day meeting, hosted by Ethiopia, aims to improve multi-state collaboration to make and endorse recommendations... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following the outbreak of large-scale violence in early 2013, most schools throughout the Central African Republic (CAR) were closed. They have remained closed now for well over a year, but the Ministry of Education and the UNICEF-led education cluster plan... Read more

LAGOS, Nigeria, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) (http://www.alcatel-lucent.com) is opening up Africa’s most populous nation to the benefits of ultra-broadband connectivity by launching a superfast, 100 gigabit-per-second fiber-optic network with MTN Nigeria, a subsidiary of Dubai-based MTN Group and the leading... Read more

NEW YORK, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General congratulates the Tunisian people on the occasion of the country’s legislative elections on 26 October. As the Secretary-General noted during his recent visit to... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Tuesday 28 October 2014, Small Conference Room 3 AU Conference Centre   Excellency, the UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki Moon Excellency, President of the World Bank Dr. Jim Yong Kim Representatives from the EU Commission, the African Development... Read more

JUBA, South Sudan, October 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Government of South Sudan, UNMISS Child Protection Unit and UNICEF are launching #CHILDRENNOTSOLDIER Campaign in South Sudan at Dr. Garang Mausoleum. Background: The campaign is part of the Global Campaign #CHILDRENnotsoldiers which aims to end the recruitment and... Read more

BERLIN, Germany, October 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued the following statement today (26 October) on the parliamentary elections held in Tunisia: The parliamentary elections are a milestone on the path to a democratic Tunisia. The people in this country have proven that they... Read more

VATICAN, Holy See, October 27, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today the Holy Father Francis received in audience in the Vatican Apostolic Palace the president of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who subsequently met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary... Read more