TOKYO, Japan, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. On October 14, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human…
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Kenya launched construction of a Chinese-funded 13.8 billion dollar (10-billion euro) flagship railway project on Thursday, hoping to dramatically increase trade and boost Kenya’s position as a regional economic powerhouse. The key transport link, to…
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat wishes to invite journalists…
Tuareg demonstrators on Thursday occupied an airport runway to prevent Mali’s Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly visiting the rebel-controlled northeastern town of Kidal, officials said. Protesters said Malian soldiers shot and wounded three of the demonstrators…
Fifty Tunisian policeman were injured in clashes with protesters in the marginalised town of Siliana where a general strike degenerated into violence, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The violence broke out on Wednesday as the town observed a…
TUNIS, Tunisia, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) support, six African nations –…
DUBLIN, Ireland, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda presented its…
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Four in five refugees in the camps at Dadaab do not…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador…
In order to address the dwindling manpower and professionals in the water and related sectors in Africa, experts and professionals…
The Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG), Centre for Transparency Advocacy, a civil society coalition, on Saturday, 23rd November, 2013…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has advocated for technology transfer in tackling water sector challenges in Nigeria as this will…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday November 27, 2013 arraigned one Richard Onomeh Akaighe, before Justice Abubakar of…
Nigeria’s 2015 presidential elections could descend into chaos if alleged irregularities and bungling in a key local vote are repeated nationally, politicians and activists are warning. Nearly two weeks after voters went to the polls to elect a new…
In its bid to open up the hinterlands for investment, tourism and other socio-economic activities, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake…
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In Mali, despite a certain political normalization, the armed conflict that…
TUNIS, Tunisia, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) work in clean energy financing…
ABUJA, Nigeria, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A capacity building workshop for experts from the ECOWAS Commission, its…
WASHINGTON, November 28, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCNovember 27, 2013On behalf of the American…