GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Mauritania and the Government of Japan have signed an agreement to implement a project that will enhance border management and better protection of communities along the Mauritania and Mali border. The 24-month USD 3 million project: “Enhancing the Collective... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Central African Republic – IOM, in collaboration with the Association des Femmes pour la Promotion de l’Entrepreneuriat (AFPE), has organized trainings in site facilitation and site management for internally displaced people in Ouham prefecture in northern Central African Republic (CAR).... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Over 1.2 million people have been displaced in northern and central Nigeria as the Boko Haram insurgency continues to fuel large scale population movement. Between January 1st and February 23rd 2015, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) identified 1,188,018 internally displaced... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As the human smuggling season picks up this month, IOM staffers are being summoned to various Mediterranean landing spots after over a thousand migrants were put to sea by Libyan smuggling gangs earlier this week. IOM Italy reports that 941... Read more

DUBLIN, Ireland, March 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, TD, is today meeting EU Foreign Ministers in Latvia to discuss the situation in Libya and Ukraine. Speaking ahead of the two- day meeting in Riga, Minister Flanagan said: “I remain... Read more

PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, March 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chief Executive of MCB (http://www.mcb.mu), the largest bank in East Africa, will host an online press conference Wednesday 11th March 2015 at 11 a.m. GMT to provide updates on the strategy of the Mauritius Commercial Bank into Africa and... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 6 march 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 489th meeting held on 3 March 2015, adopted the following decision on the regional and international efforts to combat the Boko Haram terrorist group and on the... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, March 6, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following reports of the killing of dozens of civilians in northeastern Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “Canada condemns the... Read more

CAIRO, Egypt, March 5, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A shift to a green economy pathway could lead Egypt to achieve annual savings of over US$1.3 billion in the agriculture sector, and US$1.1 billion in the water sector, as well as a 13 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions,... Read more