LONDON, United-Kingdom, January 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Mark Simmonds visits Khartoum to discuss South Sudan, and ending conflict,…
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GENEVA, Switzerland, January 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, will visit…
ROME, Italy, January 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The recent violence in South Sudan is threatening to increase hunger…
NEW YORK, January 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council…
Fighting between rival tribes in southern Libya killed 19 people Saturday and wounded another 20, a local official said. “Violent confrontations broke out between Toubous and Awled Sleiman early this morning,” Ayoub al-Zarrouk, chief of the local council…
JUBA, South Sudan, January 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The international organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — For the first time in 30 years, the Federal Government of…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM has begun an airlift of some 600 South Sudanese returnees…
WASHINGTON, January 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United States strongly supports the efforts of the Intergovernmental Authority on…
WASHINGTON, January 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — TestimonyLinda Thomas-GreenfieldAssistant Secretary, Bureau of African AffairsU.S. Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsWashington,…
The United Nations said Thursday the South Sudan conflict death toll is “very substantially” higher than the 1,000 given so far, as it stepped up efforts to shelter civilians. The UN mission in South Sudan has cut all military links with the government…
South Sudanese government forces were Thursday battling to retake the key rebel-held town of Bentiu, as Washington warned the world’s youngest nation was “in danger of shattering”. Peace talks in neighbouring Ethiopia appeared deadlocked as fighting…
NEW YORK, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has announced the allocation of US$15…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Every day, boat after boat arrives at Awerial, on the west…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),…
WASHINGTON, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Statement by the President on the Celebration of Coptic ChristmasMichelle and I…
JUBA, South Sudan, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As announced by the Department of State, due to the…
Libya’s General National Congress on Tuesday failed to agree on what action to take about the embattled government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, a member said. His administration has been under fire for failing to tackle security problems and end an…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM is expanding its assistance to people displaced by the ongoing…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Three weeks of fighting raging throughout much of South Sudan are…