Category: APO-OPA

  UN Secretary-General urges concerted effort to achieve ‘sustainable energy for all’ in message for Africa Industrialization Day   NEW YORK, November 15, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November:   This year’s commemoration of Africa Industrialization Day shines a […]

    IOM Employs Trains, River Barges and Air Transport To Speed Up Transport Assistance to Southern Sudanese in the North   GENEVA, Switzerland, November 15, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is scaling up its programme to assist South Sudanese move from the north, using river barges, trains and planes to reduce the suffering […]

    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 […]