Category: APO-OPA

    Côte d’Ivoire / UNOCI head, Special Representative on sexual violence travel to Duekoue and Bouake   ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, November 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A delegation led by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. Bert Koenders, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence […]

  NUSOJ Organizes one Day conference in Nairobi on the International Day to End Impunity in Honor to the Slain Somali Journalists   MOGADISHU, Somalia, November 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -6 The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) organized one day conference for the Somali journalists in Nairobi on the International Day to end […]

    African Ministers call for increased transport infrastructure for economic development   LUANDA, Angola, November 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Second Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Transport (CAMTII) was held today, 24 November 2011, in Luanda, Angola. Under the theme: consolidating the transport sector for the stimulation of […]

  Consultative Workshop on Operationalizing the Ouagadougou Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings Launching of the African Union (AU) Commission Campaign against trafficking in persons   JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, November 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Invitation to representatives of the media to cover the workshop and to attend the opening ceremony and press […]

    FAO / Climate-smart Knowledge Day   ROME, Italy, November 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Climate-smart Knowledge Day 29 November 10:00-19:00, SunCoast Hotel Towers ‎   A series of sessions will look at how making agriculture more “climate-smart” can simultaneously reduce farmers’ vulnerability to climate change and reduce the sector’s contribution to global […]

    Africa / New Ambassadors to Stockholm   STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following four ambassadors will present their letters of credence to HM The King on Thursday 24 November 2011.   Angola Angola’s newly appointed Ambassador Brito António Sózinho was born in 1941 and has served at the […]

    Commemoratives Events of International Day to End Impunity held in Puntland, Mogadishu   MOGADISHU, Somalia, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The first-ever International Day to End Impunity was yesterday, 23 November, commemorated in Mogadishu and Bossasso, Puntland.   The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) organized roundtable discussions in Mogadishu on […]

    Egypt, Syria and Yemen: three areas of crisis – Terzi calls for democratic transition, without violence   ROME, Italy, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Egypt, Syria and Yemen continue to hold the attention of the international community. Three areas of crisis where the transition to democracy, punctuated by violence and repression, […]

DRC / Concern about political tension and hostility to media on eve of election PARIS, France, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With attacks on journalists and media continuing in the final run-up to the 28 November presidential and parliamentary elections and an opposition parliamentarian’s murder in Kinshasa adding to the tension, Reporters Without […]

    Djibouti / Opposition radio reporters arrested again, concern about mistreatment   PARIS, France, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Reporters Without Borders condemns the 21 November arrests of Farah Abadib Hildid and Houssein Robleh Dabar, two journalists who were held for four months earlier this year, and is concerned about the treatment […]