JUBA, South Sudan, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The AU- UN Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, urged tribal leaders in South Darfur to embrace the principle of resolving conflicts through dialogue, negotiations and other peaceful means and to guard against repeating the same patterns that have caused so much suffering in the region. On 19 November, the JSR addressed about 200 tribal leaders from all localities in South Darfur who participated in a two–day conference in Nyala to discuss the root causes of tribal conflict, map them and recommend possible solutions for sustainable peaceful…
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WASHINGTON, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — TestimonyRobert P. JacksonPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African AffairsHouse Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on African Affairs, Global Health, Human Rights and International OrganizationsWashington, DCNovember 19, 2013Thank you very much Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Bass, and Members of the Subcommittee for the opportunity to testify before you today on this most important subject. We are deeply concerned about the continuing insecurity, humanitarian crisis and human rights violations across the Central African Republic (C.A.R.). We are working closely with our European allies, the United Nations, and the African Union to press for stability,…
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ABUJA, Nigeria, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — After keeping a low profile in the earlier stages of the four-stage ECOWAS Cycling tour, Burkina Faso’s Rasmane Ouedraogo on Sunday 17th November 2013 successfully defended the crown he won two years ago, by emerging the overall champion of the 3rd edition of the regional competition.This year’s race, which commenced on November 13 in Lagos, Nigeria, terminated in front of the Palais de Sport, Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire, with Ouedraogo, who claimed to have deployed a new tactics of staying in background, ensuring a superlative finish among the top five in…
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Harith (http://www.harith.co.za) has concluded the acquisition of the entire shareholding of the Company from the shareholders of FMFML (namely Standard Bank Group Limited (“SBG”), Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (“FMO”) and EMP (Africa), L.L.C. (“EMP Africa”) for an undisclosed sum. The Transaction was subject to the consent of the two debt funds which FMFML exclusively manages, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund Limited (“EAIF”) and GuarantCo Limited (“GuarantCo”) (together, “the Funds”). Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/harith.jpgPhoto: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=735 (Tshepo Mahloele, CEO of Harith General Partners)The Funds provide an array of innovative debt products to select emerging…
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Lawal Wada today November 18, 2013 convicted and sentenced Augustine Olayinka and Oke Anone to eight years imprisonment with option of N100, 000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) fine each. The duo were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday November 14, 2013 on a 6-count charge of forgery. They allegedly presented themselves as sureties to suspects under investigation and submitted fake Certificates of Occupancy for landed properties in the Unguwar Dosa area of Kaduna metropolis as bond to the Commission. One of the charges reads, “that you…
ABUJA, Nigeria, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, the Nigerian Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) and Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) conducted a technical walkthrough of a pioneering electronic warehouse receipt platform deployed by Africa Exchange Holdings (AFEX), which enables Nigerian farmers, cooperatives and traders to safely store their produce at accredited warehouses and access financing. Within two months of signing an MOU with FMARD, AFEX has commenced operations of the Warehouse Receipt System – a record speed in public private partnerships.AFEX is the pan-African commodity exchange company founded by Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs…
ABUJA, Nigeria, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The ECOWAS Commission will present Mali with about half a million US dollars in food aid within the next few weeks to support populations adversely affected by that country’s political and security crises, ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Gender, Dr. Adrienne Diop announced in Bamako on Monday 18th November 2013.In an address at a ceremony for the official deployment of twenty (20) members of the ECOWAS Emergency Response Team (EERT) in the country, the Commissioner said the food items, which include rice, were being procured with the facilitation of the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 19, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A group of 353 Liberian migrants stranded in Ghana is returning home by air through the end of this month, thanks to an IOM voluntary return programme.The movements, in groups of 50, are part of a regional project spanning West Africa, which aims to assist more than 2,000 Liberian nationals who were not registered with UNHCR or national agencies as refugees following the country’s civil conflict (1989-2003), and therefore do not qualify for return assistance or local integration as part of the refugee cessation clause of June 2012.With the support from…
Address delivered by the Governor of Ogun State, his Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun FCA, at the presentation of the 2014 Appropriation Bill to the Ogun State House of Assembly, held on tuesday 19th November, 2013. 2014 Appropriation Bill – DOWNLOAD