Category: APO-OPA

    EGYPT: first post-Mubarak legislative elections – democratic transition launched   ROME, Italy, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Egypt launches its first post-Mubarak legislative election process, and with it the start of a complex democratic transition. Forty million Egyptians will have the right to cast their vote for the 498 seats of […]

    AUC Chairperson Ping meets president Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea   MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — President Theodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), received in audience on Thursday 24 November 2011, Dr. Jean Ping, Chairperson of the […]

    President Zuma to address the World Aids Day National event   PRETORIA, South-Africa, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday, 01 December 2011, address the national event to mark the 23rd commemoration of World Aids Day at the Wolfson stadium, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province. Deputy President […]

    UN Climate Change Conference in Durban kicks off with South African President calling on governments to “save tomorrow today”   DURBAN, South-Africa, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Against a background of record greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, more frequent and intense extreme weather events, but also growing momentum for action […]

    ECA to lead roundtable discussions at COP17   DURBAN, South Africa, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will lead six of the 8 thematic roundtable discussions within the Africa Pavilion at COP17, according to members of the Commission’s team present in Durban. The series […]

    China / State Councillor Liu Yandong to Visit Three Countries in Africa   BEIJING, China, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin announces at the regular press conference:   At the invitation of the governments of Namibia, Botswana and Cameroon, State Councillor Liu Yandong will pay official visits […]

  Come invest in Lake Tanganyika Basin – President Nkurunziza / EAC Summit Chairperson urges investors to take advantage of basin’s vast potential as 1st Lake Tanganyika Basin Development Conference opens   ARUSHA, Tanzania, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The EAC Summit Chairperson and President of the Republic of Burundi HE Pierre Nkurunziza […]

    Civil Society backs Roadmap for Somalia   MOGADISHU, Somalia, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A three day consultative meeting of civil society representatives has concluded in Mogadishu with the plenary expressing full support for the Roadmap on ending the transition which charts the major tasks which need to take place over […]

    Monitoring gender equality in Maghreb media   PARIS, France, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A workshop on media monitoring methods and advocacy of gender equality in media content will start tomorrow in Tunis, Tunisia. The three-day training is organized by UNESCO’s Office in Rabat, in partnership with ISESCO and GIZ-Morocco (German […]

    A strong Africa and South America partnership to face global challenges   MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, November 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ahead of the Third Africa-South America Summit, (ASA) billed for 2012, Senior Officials from Africa and South America began discussing mechanisms and regulations to operationalise their partnership and examining ways to […]