TOKYO, Japan, March 25, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On March 15, commencing at 10:40 a.m. for approximately 35 minutes, Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, held a meeting with Ambassador Amina Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary (CS) of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Kenya, during... Read more

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, March 25, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (http://www.icd-idb.com), the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB), and the Arab Investment Bank (AIB) signed a Shareholders Agreement to establish “Enmaa Leasing Company”... Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 25, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today thanked the government of Japan for its generous and timely donation of US$11.8 million to assist South Sudanese refugees... Read more

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 25, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, the Head of German Development Cooperation for Somalia, Ms Julia Kronberg, met with the Somali Minister of Interior, Abdirahman Mahamad Xusein, in order to discuss a project aiming at facilitating the voluntary return of refugees to Somalia. Germany provides... Read more

CONAKRY, Guinea, March 25, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Guinea Who Country Office Press Release – 25 March, 2015 The Guinean Government with the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated the very first efficacy trial of an Ebola vaccine this week in an affected community of the Basse-Guinée, one of... Read more

DUBLIN, Ireland, March 25, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — CommProve (http://www.commprove.com), a leader in end-to-end network management for actionable customer insights, has today announced its working with an African telecommunications regulator to monitor the Quality of Service (QoS) of multiple mobile network operators (MNOs) in country. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/commprove.png “Typically,... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 25, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A UN human rights report released on Wednesday reveals a catalogue of violent attacks and threats against Libyan rights defenders, across Libya – and in some cases even after they are forced to leave the country. Attacks, including killings, abductions,... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, March 24, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “As Nigeria prepares to hold presidential, legislative and state elections in the coming weeks, Canada urges Nigeria to take all necessary... Read more

MAPUTO, Mozambique, March 24, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With Mozambique’s Ministry of Resources and Energy now merged, the country has taken another major step towards its 2025 vision for gas and power development. As the former Deputy Finance Minister, His Excellency Dr. Pedro Couto will clearly have a... Read more

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, March 24, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Council has repealed the measures limiting the European Union’s cooperation with Guinea-Bissau. This comes in the wake of credible elections in 2014, the restoration of constitutional order and the country’s progress in putting into practice reform commitments... Read more