GENEVA, Switzerland, September 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), is meeting in Geneva from 7 to 31 October. The Committee will review these countries on the following dates: Sri Lanka (7-8 Oct), Burundi (8-9 Oct), Haiti (9-10 Oct), Malta (13-14 Oct), Montenegro (14-15 Oct), Israel (20 Oct) The above are among the 168 States Parties to the ICCPR, which is one of the main international human rights treaties. They are required to submit regular reports to the Committee of 18 international independent…
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, September 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Insurance Regulators from Eastern Africa today concluded a two week seminar in Dar Es Salaam on the regulatory and supervisory frameworks in the region. Their discussions were also focused on developing an action plan to enhance, and to stimulate further regional cooperation.The seminar titled Building More Effective Insurance Supervision which attracted participants from across the region, was organized jointly by the Toronto Centre and the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center for Eastern Africa—East AFRITAC (AFE) in cooperation with the Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority.The seminar was…
OTTAWA, Canada, September 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement after meeting with Ramtane Lamamra, Algeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs:”Canada and Algeria are determined partners in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. As co-chairs of the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s Sahel Working Group, our two countries are mobilizing states and other stakeholders in North Africa and the Sahel to confront the scourge of extremism.”Security partnerships like these are essential to confronting emerging threats, such as the increase in foreign terrorist fighters, including those joining the Islamic State in Iraq and the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An IPU mission to Zambia to investigate cases involving human rights abuses of MPs has called for authorities there to do more to protect MPs right to assemble freely. The mission this week, led by the President of the IPU’s Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Juan Pablo Letelier, was focused on cases involving about 20 opposition members of the Zambian National Assembly. IPU has been concerned by allegations of alleged police harassment and the inability of MPs to exercise their right to assemble as well as the arbitrary detention…
NEW YORK, September 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Mr. Haysom will succeed Jan Kubiš of Slovakia to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedication and leadership of UNAMA. Mr. Haysom is a lawyer with a long international career focused on democratic governance, constitutional and electoral reforms, reconciliation and peace processes, including most recently as the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of UNAMA since 2012. He previously held…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday urged the Government of Guinea to take immediate and concrete steps to advance the investigation and prosecution of human rights violations, including killings, rapes and enforced disappearances, allegedly committed by security forces in 2009 against peaceful protestors at a football stadium in downtown Conakry. On 28 September 2009, tens of thousands of opposition protestors were attacked with tear gas and live ammunition by Guinean security forces. At least 156 people died, 109 women were raped and more than 1,000…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ten months after the fighting erupted in the Central African Republic (CAR), thousands of Chadian returnees are still living in appalling conditions in transit and temporary sites in Chad. With the rainy season now in full swing, their situation is deteriorating.As of 17 of September, IOM and partners registered more than 113,000 Chadians who fled the insecurity in Car and who have entered Chad with air and road evacuations organized by the government of Chad, with IOM assistance or by their own means since the fighting broke up in Car in…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is supporting 210 patients admitted and treated at the Mental Health Department at Hargeisa Group Hospital in Somaliland at the request of the director of the hospital for urgent needs.IOM distributed this week blankets, sleeping mats, bed sheets and jerry cans in collaboration with UNHCR and Gruppo per le Relazioni Transculturali (GRT), an Italian NGO that has extensive experience and solid expertise in providing psychosocial services. Upon discharge, patients will be allowed to carry home some of the non-food items, in order to support their families who are without or…
NEW YORK, September 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Remarks by the African Union Commission Chairperson, HE Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini ZumaYour Excellency, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia,Your Excellency, Mr. Ban ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations,Excellencies, Heads of State and GovernmentCommissioner for Peace and Security, Sergui SmailDistinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President for your leadership of the Federal Government, and for the progress recorded in our march towards a more secure and peaceful Somalia. We are pleased with the progress being made in the implementation of Vision…
NEW YORK, September 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Carole Wainaina of Kenya as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, Department of Management. Ms. Wainaina will replace Catherine Pollard, who has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management. Ms. Wainaina brings with her a wealth of global experience at various senior leadership levels including human resources strategy, leadership development, change management and driving organizational transformation. She has more than two decades of national and international corporate and non-profit leadership experience, having served as the Chief Human Resources…
WASHINGTON, September 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations BuildingNew York City, New York12:30 P.M. EDTPresident OBAMA: Well, I want to welcome President el-SiSi to New York and to the United States. And I’m very much looking forward to this opportunity to share ideas. Obviously, the U.S.-Egyptian relationship has been an important cornerstone of our security policy and our policy in the Middle East for a very long time. This is our first opportunity face-to-face to discuss a wide range of issues — everything from the Palestinian-Israeli situation in Gaza, to Libya, to the issues of ISIL, Iraq and…
DUBLIN, Ireland, September 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for Development, Trade Promotion, and North South Co-operation, Seán Sherlock, TD, today opened ‘A Celebration of Vision’ at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) to mark the achievements of the Mozambique Eye-care Project. Established with €1.5 million in Irish Aid funding, the project includes a training programme for optometrists and an eye-care service in Mozambique, both of which are designed to reduce preventable blindness and tackle poverty. It is run by the Dublin Institute of Technology and the University of Ulster, in close collaboration with universities in Mozambique and South…
OSLO, Norway, September 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — ‘Three years after the last famine in Somalia, another hunger crisis is looming. According to the UN, one million people are in urgent need of emergency response. The Norwegian Government is therefore increasing its humanitarian support for Somalia by NOK 35 million,’ said Foreign Minister Børge Brende. On 24 September, Mr Brende attended a high-level meeting on Somalia in New York, which was organised by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. According to the UN, the food security situation in Somalia is critical. The UN is now calling for additional assistance to meet…
NEW YORK, September 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General remarks at high-level meeting on Somalia Thank you for your commitment to Somalia, and thank you for your participation discussing the situation in Somalia. I am glad to see so many partners, including the leaders from Ethiopia, Italy and the United Kingdom who jointly suggested this meeting. I am delighted to welcome my co-chairs, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission. I would like to salute the leadership of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, the Federal…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, September 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Shirika la ndege lenye makao yake Dubai leo limetangaza uzinduzi wa safari za ndege za Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar na Kilimanjaro nchini Tanzania. Safari za ndege za nchi hii ya Afrika Mashariki zitaanza Oktoba, zikikuza mtandao wa shirika hili la ndege barani Afrika hadi vituo 12.Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/flydubai.jpgPhoto 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1388 (Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of flydubai) Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1297 (flydubai fleet)Photo 3: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1389 (Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President Commercial (GCC, Subcontinent and Africa)Photo 4: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1298 (flydubai Business Class)Photo 5: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1387 (Economy seats)Photo 6: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1295 (flydubai Business Class Lounge)Photo…
NEW YORK, September 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The recent outbreak of Ebola in West African has exposed the lack of infrastructure and limited resources in Africa, said South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma today as he pledged to continue, in every possible way, to assist the people and Governments of hardest-hit Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.“We believe that Ebola would have been contained within a few days had it been an outbreak in the developed World,” said President Zuma as he addressed global leaders at the United Nations.President Zuma welcomed that the United Nations under the leadership of the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), assisted by the Somali Red Crescent Society, just completed a distribution of food to over 36,000 displaced people in the town of Beletweyne, in the central part of the country. In addition, 4,000 children under five years of age and 860 pregnant women were provided with one-month supplies of therapeutic nutritional products. “In the Hiiran region, a combination of poor harvest, drought and protracted conflict forced many people in remote areas to relocate from their homes to Beletweyne, increasing the density of displaced…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, September 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Dubai-based flydubai (http://www.flydubai.com) today announced the launch of flights to Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Flights to the East African country will commence in October, expanding the airline’s network in Africa to 12 destinations.Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/flydubai.jpgPhoto 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1388 (Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of flydubai) Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1297 (flydubai fleet)Photo 3: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1389 (Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President Commercial (GCC, Subcontinent and Africa)Photo 4: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1298 (flydubai Business Class)Photo 5: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1387 (Economy seats)Photo 6: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1295 (flydubai Business Class Lounge)Photo 7: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1386 (Downtown Burj Khalifa)Commenting on the launch of…
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, September 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Shirika la ndege la Etihad Airways (http://www.etihad.com), ambali shirika la ndege la kitaifa la Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu, litaongeza safari zake barani Afrika kwa kuzinfua safari mpya ya kila siku Mjini Dar es Salaam, mji mkubwa zaidi Tanzania.Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/etihad.pngDownload Etihad New Routes 2015 Map: http://www.apo-mail.org/Etihad-New-Routes-2015-map.PDFSafari hizi za ndege kati ya Abu Dhabi na Dar es Salaam, zitaanza tarehe 1 mwezi Desemba 2015, zikiendeshwa kwa kutumia ndege ya Airbus A320 yenye viti 16 vya kitengo cha Biashara na 120 vya kitengo cha Uchumi.Dar es Salaam itakuwa kituo cha…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, September 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The European Commission is continuing its active participation in the efforts to contain the outbreak of Ebola which has already claimed 2811 lives in Guinea, Liberia, Siera Leone and Nigeria. Two high-level officials from the Commission have visited Sierra Leone (Freetown) and Liberia (Monrovia) last week to discuss the coordinated response to the epidemic and to confirm continued European Union support to the affected countries.Marcus Cornaro, Deputy Director General of the Commission’s Directorate General for Development and Cooperation (EuropeAid) and Philippe Maughan, Head of Sector for Southern Africa and…