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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIAWhen: 10 May 2014Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pmWhere: New African Union Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Who: The African Ambassadors’ Spouses Group (AASG) in Addis AbabaWhy: Fund raising in support of the needy people and humanitarian activities in Addis Ababa. Objectives: Visit to some Orphanages to provide assistance to the needy children Participation: Adult fee: 30 Birr ( 12 years and above)Children fee: 10 Birr ( 6 – 11 years)Free: (children below 6 years old)JOURNALISTS ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Within the frame work of the AU Joint Conference of Ministers of Agriculture, Rural Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture the African Union Commission will on Thursday 01 May 2014 at 10:30 hold a press conference. The panelists on the press conference include:• H.E Ato Wondirad Mandefro, State Minister of Agriculture, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;• H.E Mrs. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, AU Commission;• H.E Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO of NEPAD Agency The press conference will be held in Briefing Room 1, at the new AU Conference…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “The voice of farmers need to be heard to leapfrog agricultural transformation in Africa,” says Director of Programme at the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, (NEPAD) Agency Mrs Estherine Lisinge-Fotabong. Speaking at a consultation Forum with farmers’ organisations in Addis Ababa, on the side-lines of an Agriculture Ministers meeting, Mrs Fotabong said that NEPAD values the relationship and engagement with farmers and wants to ensure that there is space for them to contribute to policy making.The meeting brought together, representatives from Civil Society Organisations as well as the Pan African…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media representatives are kindly informed that the 23rd African Union Summit is scheduled to take place from 20 – 27 June 2014 in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea.Venue: Sipopo Conference Center, MalaboTheme: The theme of the Summit is: “Agriculture and Food Security in Africa”Specific dates for the meetings of the different AU organs and decision-making bodies during the Summit will be as follows:Friday 20 & Saturday 21 June 2014: 28th Ordinary Session of Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC)Monday 23 &Tuesday 24 June 2014: 25th Ordinary Session of the Executive CouncilThursday 26…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference in South Sudan, Juba, 30 April 2014 “Good morning and thank you for coming. As you may be aware I visited South sudan almost exactly two years ago, in early May 2012. The new state was less than a year old, and while there were many human rights issues to discuss, and problems that needed rectifying, there was still plenty of optimism. It therefore greatly saddens me that this second visit is the result of a…
BERLIN, Germany, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the request of Foreign Minister Steinmeier, the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, his Excellency Mohamed Higazy, was summoned to the Federal Foreign Office today (29 April).The Foreign Minister’s Personal Representative for the Arab World, Ambassador Volkmar Wenzel, delivered to Ambassador Higazy the Federal Government’s urgent appeal for the 683 death sentences handed down by an Egyptian court to members of the Muslim Brotherhood yesterday to be reversed by the relevant judicial authorities and for the persons in question to receive a trial which fulfils the basic requirements of…
VIENNA, Austria, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A criminal court in the Egyptian city of Minya sentenced 683 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, including their leader Mohammed Badie. In a separate trial, the judge confirmed 37 of the 529 death sentences passed in March on members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The defendants in both trials faced charges over an attack on police stations and the murder of police officers. “We clearly oppose the death penalty and the new death sentences passed in Egypt. Collective punishment violates all fundamental principles of the rule of law”, Austrian Foreign…
STUTTGART, Germany, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The East Africa Response Force (EARF) returned to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 20 2014, following a four-month forward-deployment to secure U.S. Embassy-South Sudan.The EARF, assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), flew into Juba, the capital, Dec. 18, 2013, following an outbreak of violence in South sudan. The EARF had just transferred authority 96 hours previously, but upon notification, were able to assemble their gear and were ready to go within hours.The group evacuated 700 U.S. and foreign national noncombatants, and was expected to be there two weeks,…
NEW YORK, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony for handing over United Nations documents to the Central African Republic today:I am honoured to be here. The United Nations is working hard to help the suffering people of the Central African Republic. The Security Council has authorized a new United Nations peacekeeping operation called MINUSCA. United Nations humanitarian staff are providing food, shelter and protection to thousands of people displaced by the fighting and violence. United Nations human rights officials are in the country to help its people.I went to…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 26 April, armed groups attacked the localities of Nanga-Boguila and Bodjomo, Prefecture of Ouham-Pende. This attack killed 22 people, including three staff members of the NGO Doctors without Borders (MSF), injured many others and destroyed many houses. On 28 April, a convoy of displaced persons heading to the North of the Car was also attacked in the area of Dikissou, Prefecture of Nana Grebizi, and two civilians were killed. The areas from which they departed were also looted and pillaged. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in…
PRETORIA, South-Africa, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — To mark this year’s World Refugee Day the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), jointly with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), invites all young writers between the ages of 16 to 30, residing in South Africa, to enter a writing competition telling a refugee/migrant story. The contest titled “Shared Wishes, Shared Dreams” aims to promote the positive contributions of refugees and migrants in South African communities.Participants are invited to write a short story (max. 500 words) either fiction or non-fiction, that will address some of the negative perceptions about…
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJohn KerrySecretary of StateTreaty RoomWashington, DCApril 29, 2014SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I am pleased to welcome the Foreign Minister of Egypt, Nabil Fahmy, who is no stranger in Washington. He spent many years in the United States. Actually, he was born in New York. I think he spoke English before Arabic, (inaudible). (Laughter.) And he and I have been in constant touch in recent months by telephone, so it’s good to have a chance to catch up. We’ve seen each other at a couple of conferences, but today we obviously have…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The eighth meeting of the Implementation and Follow-up Commission (IFC) of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) was held on 28 April in El Fasher, North Darfur. The commission discussed the progress made and the challenges faced since its last meeting which was held on 16 December 2013. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Qatar, H.E. Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud. The Government of sudan was represented by Minister of State Dr. Amin Hassan Omer, while the Chairperson of the…
JUBA, South Sudan, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “I call on all parties to the conflict in South sudan to observe one month of tranquility this May; to stop the violence and to provide a safe environment for civilians caught by the conflict at this most crucial time of the year. I am calling for one month of tranquility for two reasons. First, stopping the fighting and ensuring one month of tranquility will enable people to be safer and move freely, without fear of violence. The citizens of South sudan have a right to move around their country…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IPU has kick-started its priority support to Egypt in its efforts to establish democracy by providing advice and expertise on the drafting on a new electoral law. The law would have to be in place before parliamentary elections can take place, the last step in a series of planned political processes on Egypt’s roadmap to democracy. An IPU delegation currently in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, is working with relevant authorities, including the committee responsible for drafting the new electoral law, on how women and other under-represented Egyptians can participate and be…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In an ecumenical service organized by the Congolese churches and hosted by the Disciples of Christ parish in Lemba, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), shared reflections on the resurrection of Christ which, he said, holds particular significance for the DRC, known by some as a “forgotten country with forgotten problems”. Tveit, currently in the DRC, is leading a WCC delegation visiting the country from 25 April to 2 May. The delegation is meeting with WCC member…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM has condemned in the strongest possible terms a grenade attack on a humanitarian convoy in Dissikou in the Central African Republic (CAR) that yesterday left two people dead and seven people injured. “It was with shock and outrage that I learned about the attack on the convoy. This relocation is a humanitarian initiative to evacuate this community and should be respected by all armed groups in Car. I condemn this heinous and barbaric act and offer my profound condolences to the loved ones of those killed,” said IOM Director General…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In the AU year of Food Security and Agriculture, African farmers and civil society organizations have come together for a Continental Conference on “Moving from Rhetoric to Action”Journalists are invited to attend a press conference by African farmers and civil society organizations:When: Wednesday, 30 April 2014Where: AU New Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Briefing Room 1Time: 4pmIn July 2003, African Heads of State and Government committed in Maputo to reduce hunger and poverty by investing at least 10% of their national budgets in agriculture. African farmers and African civil societies…
PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center South (AFRITAC South) held a workshop on “Improving Cash Management in Developing Countries” in Mauritius, during April 21-25, 2014. Twenty eight officials from finance ministries and central banks representing twelve AFRITAC South member countries (Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) attended the seminar.IMF staff and experts explored with participants how effective cash management systems and practices can contribute to the smooth implementation of general government transactions, and achievement of the operational targets of fiscal policy, public debt management…