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World Bank Vice President for Africa to visit Republic of Congo for de...

May 17, 2013 no comments

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, – African Press Organization (APO) – The World Bank Vice President for the Africa Region, Mr. MakhtarDiop, will arrive in Brazzaville on Monday, May 20, for ...

Food crisis looms in the Central African Republic

May 13, 2013 no comments

NEW YORK, May 13, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Food assistance is emerging as an urgent humanitarian priority in the Central African Republic (CAR). Assessments carried out earlier...

Ban Ki moon calls for rapid restoration of constitutional order in Cen...

April 7, 2013 no comments

NEW YORK, – African Press Organization (APO) – Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon’s message to the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) extraordinary summit on the Ce...

Central African Republic: “Our priority is to treat the wounded”

March 29, 2013 1 comment

PARIS, France, March 29, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Six days after Seleka rebels took control of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, only one hospital in the city is...

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General o...

March 25, 2013 no comments

NEW YORK, March 25, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – The Secretary-General condemns the unconstitutional seizure of power that took place in the Central African Republic (CAR) on 24 Ma...

Chad: 2013 humanitarian response threatened by funding crisis

March 21, 2013 no comments

NDJAMENA, Chad, March 21, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Chad Mr Thomas Gurtner is today meeting with key regional partners in D...

Deaths in DRC detention centers doubled in 2012, says UN report

March 13, 2013 no comments

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 13, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – A UN research into the human rights situation in detention centers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shows that the...

Aerial reconnaissance reveals worsening displacement in eastern Democr...

March 8, 2013 no comments

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 8, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – IOM estimates that approximately 75,000 people have been recently displaced in the DRC’s North Kivu Province, following r...

Equatorial Guinea to import agricultural products from Malawi

February 25, 2013 no comments

In her efforts to spin around the economy of her country, Malawi has appealed to Equatorial Guinea to consider importing some agricultural products from Malawi. The request was forwarded by Malawi’s ...

Rwanda launches youth empowerment campaign

October 7, 2012 no comments

Rwanda’s Minister of Youth and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Jean Philbert Nsengimana officially launched a programme dubbed ‘Agaciro Kange’ aimed at boosting youth empowerment progr...

As U.N. report is published Rwanda is linked to the violence in Congo

July 6, 2012 no comments

WASHINGTON – Ethan Freedman  - (IPS) - After weeks of delay, the United Nations released Monday its full annex by the U.N. Security Council condemning the Rwandan government for its support of ...

Cameroonians in Sweden celebrate their country’s National Day

June 11, 2012 no comments

The President of the Cameroon community in Skåne in Sweden has described the political situation in his country as a unique one. Speaking to Nordic Africa News in Malmö City on the 19th of May Mr Fra...

Angola’s future is dark after ten years of peace

April 8, 2012 1 comment

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, (IPS) – Angola is celebrating 10 years of peace on Apr. 4. Since the end of its 27-year- long civil war in 2002, the country’s economy has prospered thanks to oil. But expert...

The disabled are left to fend for themselves in the Democratic Republi...

March 11, 2012 1 comment

KIKWIT, DR Congo, (IPS) – The outlook for people living with disabilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains bleak, despite a variety of efforts to improve their lot and bring them in from t...

Rwandan refugees fear a cessation of refugee status by the UNHCR

November 10, 2011 2 comments

JOHANNESBURG  (IPS) – They should be wary of each other. The historical conflict between their ethnicities has resulted in Africa’s largest genocide. But Claude Kayitare sits on the verandah of a pop...

Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (I): Central Africa

November 7, 2011 no comments

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 7, 2011 – African Press Organization (APO) — More than a decade after the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) was requested by the Africa...