MONROVIA, Liberia, January 8, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A clinical trial of a possible treatment for Ebola began on 1st January at ELWA 3, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF)’s Ebola Management Centre in Monrovia, Liberia. Led by Oxford University, the trial aims to determine if the anti-viral... Read more
Joint visit to Burundi of Deputy Prime Ministers Didier Reynders and Alexander De Croo
Africa January 8, 2015
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, January 8, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In Bujumbura on Wednesday 7 January, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo jointly met with President Nkurunzize and Minister of External Relations... Read more
UN Committee to review Gambia’s record on children’s rights
Africa January 8, 2015
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 8, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Gambia’s record on children’s rights will be reviewed by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Thursday 15 January in sessions that will be webcast live. Gambia is one of the 194 states that have... Read more
UN Committee to review Mauritius on children’s rights
Africa January 8, 2015
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 8, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Mauritius’s record on children’s rights will be reviewed by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Wednesday 14 January and Thursday 15 January in sessions that will be webcast live. Mauritius is one of the... Read more
UN Committee to review Tanzania’s record on children’s rights
Africa January 8, 2015
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 8, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Tanzania’s record on children’s rights will be reviewed by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Thursday 15 January and Friday 16 January in sessions that will be webcast live. Tanzania is one of the... Read more
WASHINGTON, January 8, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC January 7, 2015 The United States welcomes the start of the UN Electoral Observation Mission to Burundi (MENUB) on January 1. We look forward to continuing our relationship with the Office of the... Read more
IMF Executive Board Completes First PSI Review for Tanzania
Africa January 8, 2015
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, January 8, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund completed today the first review of Tanzania’s economic performance under the program supported by the Policy Support Instrument (PSI)1 and granted a waiver for the non-observance of the continuous assessment... Read more
Readout of the Secretary-General’s call with H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa January 7, 2015
NEW YORK, January 7, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General spoke on the phone and reviewed the situation in the DRC with H.E. Mr. Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 7 January 2015. The Secretary-General reiterated that the FDLR has failed to deliver... Read more
The Holy See intensifies its fight against the Ebola virus
Africa January 7, 2015
VATICAN, Holy See, January 7, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Pontifical Council “Justice and Peace” today publishes its document “Expanding the Catholic Church’s commitment to the Ebola emergency response”, in which it describes for the first time its pastoral response to a relatively new disease which has devastated... Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 7, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Since 2008, Taisys (http://www.taisys.com) had been enabling Slim SIM banking services with local banks in China, especially in the rural areas where inadequate financial resources are provided. With Taisys Slim SIM technologies, the banks have successfully built up the highly... Read more
