15 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today urged African leaders attending a high-level meeting in Angola…
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VIENNA, Austria, January 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Austria is making a solidary contribution for alleviating the dramatic humanitarian…
One of South Africa’s two polar bears has died at the Johannesburg Zoo, leaving its mate now believed to be the only polar bear in Africa, a veterinarian said Wednesday. Geebee, the 29-year-old polar bear, came from Canada and had long survived the…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM today hopes to begin an airlift to evacuate some 550…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 13, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Over the past two days, some 60 wounded people have been…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, January 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As was done by the Secretary-General, the Special Representative…
11 January 2014 – Following the resignation of the Central African Republic’s two interim leaders, the top United Nations official…
10 January 2014 – Facing worsening refugee crises in strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan, the United Nations…
9 January 2014 – There is a real danger of further upheaval along religious lines in the Central African Republic…
8 January 2014 – A United Nations human rights expert today called for urgent protection and increased assistance to the…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Within the framework of the African Peace and Security Architecture…
European Union nations agreed in principle Friday on a plan to launch a joint military operation in Central Africa to help restore security there amid fears of civilian massacres. Ambassadors from the 28 member states gave preliminary approval to plans…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 10, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM will tomorrow (11/1/2014) start an airlift to evacuate stranded foreign…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — For the past 10 days, thousands of Bangui residents have been…
South African President Jacob Zuma Thursday handed over 13,184 hectares (35,580 acres) of a previously white-owned farm to black communities as part of the country’s land reform programme, ahead of elections this year. The state paid almost one billion…
African leaders began talks on Thursday to tackle the sectarian violence wracking the Central African Republic, with the pressure piling on the country’s embattled president. Rebel-turned-president Michel Djotodia was summoned to Chad’s capital NDjamena…
PARIS, France, January 9, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 752 deaths in Bangui and more than one thousand across the…
NEW YORK, January 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Members Also Hear from Country’s Permanent Representative, Delegations of Chad, African…
The Director of Defence Information in Nigeria, Chris Olukolade (Major General) has said that the Nigerian Defence Ministry is involved…