GENEVA, Switzerland, November 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM and UNDP are today launching a programme in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, on mainstreaming migration into the country’s national development strategies. Over 4.5 million Moroccans currently live abroad and the remittances that they send home represent 8 per cent... Read more

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, November 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The global energy industry is undergoing a seismic shift, in part driven by development of new, unconventional sources of energy, such as shale gas, tight oils, coal seam gas and oil sands. In turn, this is requiring logistics executives to... Read more

ACCRA, Ghana, November 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Vantage Mezzanine (http://www.vantagecapital.co.za), Africa’s leading mezzanine debt provider, today announced it had concluded a transaction with Surfline Communications to provide $30 million (R330 million) of expansion capital to the company together with a fund co-investor. Logo Vantage Capital: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/vantage-logo.png Logo... Read more

PARIS, France, November 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With restyled logos, more dynamic lay-outs and better defined sections, the Africa Intelligence web portal (http://www.AfricaIntelligence.com) has modernised its five confidential newsletters: West Africa Newsletter, The Indian Ocean Newsletter, Maghreb Confidential, Africa Energy Intelligence and Africa Mining Intelligence. Logo Africa... Read more

DAKAR, Sénégal, November 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As part of the joint mission which comprises of the United Nations, the African Union and the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in West Africa (UNOWA), Dr.... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union Commission has moved a step closer to the planned conduct of the AMANI AFRICA II Exercise and in effect the realization of the African Standby Force following the start of the Strategic Headquarters Training in Harare.... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, today appointed Mr. Edem Kodjo, from Togo, as the AU Special Envoy for Burkina Faso. The appointment of Mr. Kodjo is part of the AU’s efforts... Read more

BERLIN, Germany, November 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 2 November, a Federal Foreign Office spokesperson issued the following statement on the current situation in Burkina Faso: The German Government utterly condemns the takeover of power and the suspension of constitutional order by the army in Burkina Faso.... Read more

ACCRA, Ghana, November 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Vivo Energy Ghana (http://www.vivoenergy.com), the company that distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, has rewarded 31 customers who won various promotional items including a brand new Hyundai i10 in the first mini draw of the Shell Akyede Kese Promotion.... Read more