WASHINGTON, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCMarch 20, 2014On behalf of President Obama…
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CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, March 20, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Authorities in Swaziland should immediately release Bheki Makhubu, editor of the…
South Africa’s 340,000-strong NUMSA union marched Wednesday to protest a new labour law it says will increase unemployment and poverty, amid a tense stand-off with the ruling ANC weeks before polls. Thousands of people striked and marched across the…
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, March 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Yesterday, the 10th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform…
South Africa’s public ombudsman said Wednesday that some of the $23 million taxpayer-funded refurbishments at President Jacob Zuma’s luxurious residence were unlawful and ordered him to repay part of the cost. “Some of these measures can be legitimately…
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — South Africa must take urgent steps to proactively investigate and prosecute…
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, March 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A.T. Kearney Study provides global retailers with direction on entering specific…
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, March 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Howard G. Buffett Foundation (HGBF) (http://www.thehowardgbuffettfoundation.org), a private foundation in…
PRETORIA, South-Africa, March 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The SEED Initiative cordially invites you to the forthcoming 2014 SEED…
Nigeria on Thursday protested the “merciless beating” of one its nationals by South African police and demanded that the perpetrators be punished. Amateur video footage of two armed uniformed policemen and private guards punching and kicking a man on…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU) has today received a contribution worth…
TOKYO, Japan, March 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 1. The Government of Japan recently decided to dispatch one member…
WINDHOEK, Namibia, March 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 7th March, 2014: The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Infrastructure…
MASERU, Lesotho, March 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “Unless we step up practical messages to ensure that our productive…
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, March 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On 5 March 2014, the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV…
DUBLIN, Ireland, February 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Republic of South AfricaH.E. Mr.…
GABORONE, Botswana, February 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Information Society Division of…
GABORONE, Botswana, February 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Internet Society (http://www.internetsociety.org) today announced that it has been selected…
WINDHOEK, Namibia, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On January 29, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary…
OTTAWA, Canada, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On February 3, 2014, Minister Paradis delivers opening remarks at a…