Troops deployed Saturday to Nigeria’s main airports in a security clampdown ahead of a major international economic conference next week in Abuja after two bomb blasts left scores dead in the capital. Armed troops have been deployed to the departure…
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is to visit four countries in Africa on his first tour of the continent since assuming his position a little over a year ago, seeking to nurture a booming economic relationship. Li is scheduled to visit Ethiopia, Nigeria,…
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJohn KerrySecretary of StateEmbassy JubaJuba, South SudanMay 2, 2014SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIAWHAT: H.E. Mr. Li Keqiang,…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union Commission and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — FCO Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, condemns bomb attack in Abuja…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Though the situation is complex and varies from area to area…
By Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Kulwant Singh, Dr. David Leffler and David Shapiro In the past 20 years, 18 African nations…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed…
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press StatementJen PsakiDepartment SpokespersonWashington, DCApril 25, 2014Secretary of State John Kerry will…
DAKAR, Sénégal, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — APO (African Press Organization) will award one African journalist transport, accommodation…
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press AvailabilityJohn KerrySecretary of StateAddis Ababa, EthiopiaMay 1, 2014SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon,…
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Africa needs to do more to translate its commitments to social…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are continuing to leave Bamako and other…
OTTAWA, Canada, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement:“Canada condemns in…
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A UNAMID peacekeeper, Sergeant Awesu Soleiman who had been…
BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Herve Ladsous, arrived…
1 May 2014 – With rival Christian and Muslim militias stoking inter-communal violence and spreading fear throughout the Central African…
1 May 2014 – Recent fighting in parts of South Kordofan and Blue Nile states has displaced or affected an…
30 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as the head of the United Nations…