Category: APO-OPA

    Cote d’Ivoire / Statement by ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo   THE HAGUE, Netherland, November 30, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Statement by ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo   “Ivorian victims will see justice for massive crimes: Mr. Gbagbo is the first to be brought to account, there is more to come”   “It is […]

West Africa / Ericsson and Sony Ericsson partner to run competition for application developers in West Africa ABUJA, Nigeria, November 30, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Ericsson Gives West African developers a global stage •    Ericsson and Sony Ericsson partner to run competition for application developers in West Africa •    Local developers are invited to submit innovative […]

    Italy / Cooperation: €73 million for SMEs in Tunisia   ROME, Italy, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — New Italian projects to help support Tunisia’s economy, with a credit line of €73 million for SMEs. A protocol agreement was signed today in Tunisia by Italian ambassador Pietro Benassi and Tunisian Secretary of […]

    Incorporating HIV and AIDS into journalism curricula in Africa   PARIS, France, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — When citizens and government talk to each other about HIV and AIDS, what do they say and how the media can catalyse this conversation? Since 2004, Idasa-GAP has been raising awareness of journalists about […]

  Zuma, others launch Africa Pavilion at UN climate change conference   DURBAN, South Africa, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Three African leaders yesterday launched the Africa Pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. The conference, also known more technically as the Seventeenth Conference of Parties to the United […]

    Italy / EGYPT: Second day of voting. High voter turnout   ROME, Italy, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The second day of voting in Egypt. The first day’s turnout was high in the first elections since the February ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The complex voting system will continue in the […]

    Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia   TOKYO, Japan, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — From Thursday, December 1 to Monday, December 5, H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs […]

    German Federal Foreign Minister Westerwelle’s speech in the German Bundestag on the extension of the Atalanta mission off the coast of Somalia   BERLIN, Germany, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — German Federal Foreign Minister Westerwelle’s speech in the German Bundestag on the extension of the Atalanta mission off the coast of […]

    2011 AAFSW Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad   WASHINGTON, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Notice to the Press Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC November 29, 2011     Six winners will receive the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW) Secretary of State Award for Outstanding […]

    Three opposition journalists detained in Ivory Coast   NEW YORK, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The administration of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has detained without charge three journalists from an opposition newspaper since Thursday, in violation of the country’s own press law and constitution, the Committee to Protect Journalists said […]