Category: APO-OPA

    Italy / Cooperation: Kenya, training for 70 nurses   ROME, Italy, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Seventy nurses from 12 of Kenya’s rural hospitals are attending an advanced nursing course that includes anaesthesia, intensive care and operating theatre techniques. The course is part of the “Support for district health services and […]

    European Union Council conclusions on Libya   BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 3124th FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting Brussels, 14 November 2011 The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. The EU welcomes the Declaration of Liberation of Libya made on October 23, which marks the beginning of a […]

    UN Independent Expert to begin first official visit to Côte d’Ivoire on 14 November   GENEVA, Switzerland, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire Doudou Diène will embark upon his first official mission to the country from 14 to 25 […]

  German Human Rights Commissioner visits Tunisia and Egypt   BERLIN, Germany, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Markus Löning, the Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office, is visiting Tunisia and Egypt from 13 to 18 November to find out more about the political and […]

  Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) meeting   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Commission of the African Union will be hosting the Meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) on Wednesday 16 November 2011, […]

  EAC Partner States Ministers want digital broadcast migration expedited   ARUSHA, Tanzania, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ministers responsible for Transport, Communications and Meteorology in the EAC Partner States have called for the speedy creation of frameworks to enable the region achieve the planned analog-to-digital migration.   At their 9th Meeting of […]

    ICC / ‘In the Courtroom’ programme – Weekly summary of the proceedings (7-11 November 2011) in the case of The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo   THE HAGUE, Netherland, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — ICC / ‘In the Courtroom’ programme – Weekly summary of the proceedings (7-11 November 2011) in the […]

    Opening Session of SADC-UNODC Expert Group Meeting to make the SADC region safer from drugs and crime -15 November   PRETORIA, South-Africa, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media invite Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Andries Nel, to open high-level […]

    World AIDS Day: African Union Commission launches Workplace Policy on HIV / AIDS   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As part of the activities marking the 2011 World Aids Day to be observed on 1st December, the Medical Services Directorate of the African Union Commission (AUC) will on […]

    Somalia / Police raid union office, briefly arrest journalist union leader   MOGADISHU, Somalia, November 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Secret police this morning, Sunday, 13 November 11, raided the offices of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in Mogadishu without any warrant and arrested a union leader briefly.   Two […]