Australian journalist Peter Greste on Friday said his detention and that of his Al-Jazeera colleagues in an Egyptian jail had become a powerful symbol of press freedom worldwide. In a statement from his prison cell on the eve of World Press Freedom…
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EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A UNAMID peacekeeper, Sergeant Awesu Soleiman who had been…
KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Mr. Ali…
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met with Egyptian Foreign Minister…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A high-level ecumenical delegation representing church organizations will arrive in Juba,…
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday of a risk of genocide in South Sudan if the country’s four-month-old civil war is not stopped. “There are very disturbing leading indicators of the kind of ethnic, tribal, targeted nationalistic killings…
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Ten migrants have died among some 300 abandoned by smugglers in the scorching Sudanese-Libyan desert, with the others in poor condition, Sudanese officials said Wednesday. “They are hungry and thirsty,” Abdelaziz Hassan Salih, a senior official of Sudan…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay…
BERLIN, Germany, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the request of Foreign Minister Steinmeier, the Ambassador of the…
VIENNA, Austria, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A criminal court in the Egyptian city of Minya sentenced 683…
STUTTGART, Germany, April 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The East Africa Response Force (EARF) returned to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti,…
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJohn KerrySecretary of StateTreaty RoomWashington, DCApril 29, 2014SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody.…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The eighth meeting of the Implementation and Follow-up Commission…
JUBA, South Sudan, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “I call on all parties to the conflict in South…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IPU has kick-started its priority support to Egypt in its efforts…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Since violence erupted in South sudan in mid December, more than…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday strongly…
BERLIN, Germany, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Steinmeier issued a statement today (28 April) on the…
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United States is deeply troubled by the continued use of mass…