Category: APO-OPA

    World AIDS Day This Year is About “Getting to Zero”   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Related Deaths. The “Getting to Zero” campaign runs until 2015 and builds on last year’s successful World AIDS Day “Light for Rights” initiative […]

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  AU Chairperson receives Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Jean Ping, on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, received H.E. Mr. Jiang Yaoping, Vice Minister of Commerce of the […]

    AU Chairperson calls on Africa to speak with one voice in articulating its demands on Climate Change   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, hosted the Meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and […]

    Côte d’Ivoire / UNOCI chief and IEC Chairman discuss challenges in electoral process   ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A day after handing over an important consignment of electoral material to the Independent Electoral Commission, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, Bert Koenders […]

    Liberia / Letter to President Sirleaf about closure of media, violence against journalists   PARIS, France, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Reporters Without Borders wrote to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today voicing concern about the fact that the second round of the presidential election a week ago was marred by the […]

    Puntland Police Detain Television Journalist and a female reporter Forced to go into Hiding, After Overnight House Raids   MOGADISHU, Somalia, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and the Media Association of Puntland (MAP) protest against the deliberate attack and man hunt against journalists which […]

    Cassava virus on verge of epidemic in East Africa / Experts urge funding, swift action to protect staple food crop   ROME, Italy, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A new variant of a cassava disease is affecting large parts of East Africa, especially in the area’s Great Lakes Region, putting a […]

  Rwanda / Three journalists arrested in the space of a week   PARIS, France, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of three journalists in the space of a week in Kigali. Two were released yesterday morning but the third one is still detained.   “This series of […]

    Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Challenges and Opportunities in Egypt’s Industrial Sector   CAIRO, Egypt, November 16, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In the context of the 2011 Celebration of the Africa Industrialization Day under the theme “Tackling Energy Poverty in Africa” Thursday 17th November 2011 Grand Nile Tower Hotel – Cairo   […]