GENEVA, Switzerland, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — After deadly attacks and threats inside hospitals in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today called on all parties to the conflict to allow the wounded and sick to safely obtain medical care, and for an end to violence and threats against patients, civilians, and medical staff throughout the country. Summary executions were carried out by armed men inside Bangui’s Amitié Hospital on December 5, according to medical staff and patients who said they witnessed the attacks. MSF personnel…
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TUNIS, Tunisia, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A new publication, Financial Inclusion in Africa, released today by the Complex of the Chief Economist of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) finds that for sustained and inclusive development to thrive, a great deal of innovation is needed to ensure that appropriate financial services and instruments are put in place for the benefit of the poor and other vulnerable groups in Africa.Download the full publication at: http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/Financial%20Inclusion%20in%20Africa.pdfLogo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/african-development-bank-2.pngThe publication is edited by Thouraya Triki and Issa Faye from the African Development Bank’s Research Department. It brings together a wealth of…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Two years after South Sudan’s independence, MEPs call on the EU and the international partners to maintain their commitment to development and state-building and to human security for all South-Sudanese people, in a resolution passed on Tuesday. MEPs call also on the South Sudanese authorities to continue the efforts towards full establishment of the constitutional order and the rule of law and organisation of free and democratic elections in 2015.”The EU is a vital partner for South Sudan’s economic development and for the capacity-building of state institutions, as the…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Tigo Tanzania (http://www.tigo.co.tz) has won the Highly Commended Award under the Best Network Improvement category, awarded by global mobile association – GSMA during the continent’s prestigious and largest annual communications Congress & Exhibition, Africa Com, held recently in Cape Town, SA.Logo Tigo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/tigo-1.jpgTigo was short listed under the Best Network Improvement Category as the sole mobile operator in Africa in the category.Commenting on the award, Tigo Tanzania’s Head of Operations, Mr. Deon Geyser, said that having won in this category is not only an honor for Tigo Tanzania but…
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) (http://www.agra.org) announced a five-year project that seeks to increase incomes of smallholder farmers through the creation of an enabling policy environment in Africa. The initiative –Micro Reforms for African Agribusiness (MIRA) – will identify, prioritize and reform specific agricultural policies and regulations that currently deter or limit private investment in small- and medium-sized agribusinesses operating in smallholder agricultural value chains.Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/agra.jpgOver a period of five years, AGRA aims to motivate at least 25 significant policy or regulatory reforms in selected countries,…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 4 December 2013, the IOM African Capacity Building Centre (ACBC) from Moshi, Tanzania, completed a seven day Training-of-Trainers on humanitarian border management (HBM) in Kisangani, the capital of Province Orientale of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). DRC is the first country in Africa to pilot the HBM capacity building model developed by IOM.HBM addresses border management operations before, during and after humanitarian crises which trigger cross-border migration of affected populations. Therefore, the HBM concept encompasses both preparedness, as well as response of border agencies, such as immigration and…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is providing emergency operational assistance for those affected by fighting in the Central African Republic, where communal fighting has convulsed the country, claimed at least 400 lives and cause widespread displacement in the past week.Families are sleeping out in the open scattered around places of precarious refuge in the capital Bangui. The estimated 60,000 displaced are crammed into spontaneous settlements in churches, mosques and at the international airport. The settlements grow much bigger at night, according to first hand reports from IOM staff who have been able to provide very…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM today joins the global community in paying tribute to global icon, Nelson Mandela, with its Director General William Lacy Swing joining thousands of global dignitaries who have come to South Africa to pay last respects to the legendary South African leader.Ambassador Swing, who worked closely with Mandela when he was US ambassador to South Africa from 1989 to 1992, will attend today the official memorial service to be held at the FNB Stadium near Soweto in Gauteng, the site of Nelson Mandela’s first speech in Johannesburg after his release from…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union-United Nations Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has strongly urged the Darfur non-signatory movements to explore ways to move the peace process forward, stating that the only way to end the conflict in Darfur is through a peaceful and negotiated settlement. Addressing delegations of the Sudan Liberation Army / Mini Minawi (SLA/MM) and the Justice and Equality Movement / Gibril Ibrahim (JEM/Gibril) during the opening session of the All Inclusive Peace and Security in Darfur Technical Workshop, which commenced on 9 December in Addis…
TOKYO, Japan, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Upon receiving the news of the passing of H.E. Mr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa, the Government of Japan expresses its deepest condolences to the bereaved family and the Government and the people of the Republic of South Africa.2. Former President Mandela was a fighter and promoter of anti-apartheid movement who spent 27 years in prison. His name is engraved in the world’s history for abolishing apartheid and promoting reconciliation between different races. In 1994, he became the first president of the Republic of…