Category: APO-OPA

Italian Development Cooperation sends a cargo to Kinshasa ROME, Italy, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A commercial cargo plane containing supplies provided by Italian Development Cooperation left the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) at Brindisi today, headed for Kinshasa. The aim is to provide concrete support and respond to the most urgent […]

Orange Money reaches 3 million customers and plans to extend its offer in cooperation with Western Union PARIS, France, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Orange Money has reached the threshold of 3 million customers in the eight countries where it is now offered, thus becoming one of the most powerful electronic money services […]

    UNAMID Joint Special Representative/ Joint Chief Mediator ad interim holds talks with senior Russian officials   EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the invitation of the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) /Joint Chief Mediator (JCM) a.i., Professor Ibrahim […]

    EAC to unearth Lake Tanganyika potential, says Secretary General   ARUSHA, Tanzania, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The East African Community is working on harnessing the potential of Lake Tanganyika by attracting investments to the lake basin, the EAC Secretary General Ambassador Richard Sezibera said today.   While briefing journalists attending […]

    Course of action before the ICC following the arrest of the suspect Saif Al Islam Gaddafi in Libya   THE HAGUE, Netherland, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant of arrest for Saif Al Islam Gaddafi on 27 June 2011, for […]

    The President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union deeply concerned by the violence in Egypt   GENEVA, Switzerland, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The President of the IPU, Mr. Abdelwahad Radi, today expressed his deep concern at the continuing violence in Egypt, particularly in Cairo. He deplored the loss of life and the […]

    NUSOJ Welcomes the Resumption of Radio Galgadud in the Central Somalia Town of Guri’el   MOGADISHU, Somalia, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes the recommencement of the radio station’s activities recently shut down by the Ahlu Sunna Waljama, Moderate Sufi administration in Central Somalia […]

    Workshop on the African Cultural Renaissance and launching of African Cultural Renaissance Campaign for Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) member states   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Invitation to representatives of the media to attend the opening ceremony and press briefing   WHAT: Two-day workshop on the African […]

    Italy / Ambassador Designate Mazzella will be in Nairobi tomorrow, 24 November 2011   ROME, Italy, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Ambassador Designate to Somalia, Andrea Mazzella, will be leaving tomorrow for Nairobi, where he will perform his new functions until he can move to Mogadishu at the earliest possible […]

    Conversation between Italy’s Minister Terzi and Libya’s new Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Anshur Ben Khaial   ROME, Italy, November 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi had a telephone conversation today with Libya’s new Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Anshur Ben Khaial. Minister Terzi warmly […]