In the nearly two decades Andrew Mlangeni spent in the neighbouring prison cell to Nelson Mandela, he forged a special bond with the anti-apartheid “colossus” that was ripped apart by his death last week. “A part of me is gone with his passing,” Mlangeni…
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TOKYO, Japan, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. Upon receiving the news of the passing of H.E. Mr.…
BERLIN, Germany, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Michael Georg Link, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office,…
WASHINGTON, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Funding Opportunity AnnouncementBureau of Population, Refugees, and MigrationNovember 7, 2013 Funding Opportunity…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev.…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Celebrating the life and works of Nelson Mandela, Dr Agnes Abuom,…
VATICAN, Holy See, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace the Holy Father…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Republic of Turkey participated in the African Development Bank Group’s…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and the three…
Nigeria’s president said he has given his backing to the creation of an African rapid reaction force, adding that it could help tackle the Boko Haram insurgency, in comments published Monday. “We fully support this rapid reaction force,” Goodluck Jonathan…
LAGOS, Nigeria, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Heirs Holdings (http://www.heirsholdings.com), the pan-African proprietary investment company with interests in…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — AfDB President Donald Kaberuka (http://www.afdb.org) is among the world leaders and…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI), managed by the African Development…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — More than 20 members of the Justice and Equality…
GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT A Deputy Chief of State Protocol has been appointed by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State.She…
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With the increased availability of broadband access, more affordable data costs…
WASHINGTON, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This afternoon, from the White House Briefing Room, President Obama delivered a…
STUTTGART, Germany, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “On behalf of the men and women of United States Africa…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A Djiboutian soldier in Beletweyne has lost his life as he…
WASHINGTON, December 9, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This afternoon President Obama spoke by phone with Mrs. Graça Machel to…