3 April 2014 – Deeply concerned at the “considerable deterioration” of the security situation in Darfur over the past year,…
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3 April 2014 – With no political solution to the conflict that has torn South sudan apart in sight, senior…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Foreign Secretary condemns murder of two UN officials earlier today…
KIGALI, Rwanda, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Paulo Drummond,…
VATICAN, Holy See, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — This morning Pope Francis received in audience the bishops of…
Nollywood directors and investors on Monday hailed the industry’s inclusion in Nigeria’s economic data for the first time, calling it a recognition of the sector’s growing power and influence. Africa’s most populous nation and leading oil producer became…
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union (AU), the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay,…
NEW YORK, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council…
MONROVIA, Liberia, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Ms.…
BANJUL, Gambia, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Bhaswar…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As part of the implementation of its mandate, the African…
South Africa remains the most important economy in the continent despite being overtaken by Nigeria as Africa’s biggest, South African economists said. The result of a long awaited rebasing of Africa’s most populous nation showed that Nigeria’s GDP…
CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — In line with its commitment to Africa’s rapidly growing markets, Sidel…
Nigeria on Sunday became Africa’s biggest economy, leap-frogging South Africa, after the government announced a long-overdue rebasing of the country’s gross domestic product. The new calculations take into account changes in production and consumption…
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and largest oil producer, is set to emerge as the continent’s biggest economy on Sunday when the results of an overdue rebasing of its gross domestic product are announced. Although United Nations statisticians…
Justin Welby, the leader of the world’s Anglicans, warned Friday that if the Church of England accepted gay marriage, it could prove “catastrophic” for Christians in Africa. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who is the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Angola has received USD 1 million from the Government of…
2 April 2014 – Stating that the world failed to stop the Central African Republic’s slide “into a grave political,…
1 April 2014 – Amid growing humanitarian aid needs and despite recent assurances from the Government, the United Nations mission…