NEW YORK, April 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following Security Council press statement was issued by Council President…
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ON SATURDAY, April 5th, South Africa was Africa’s largest economy. The IMF put its GDP at $354 billion last year, well ahead of its closest rival for the crown, Nigeria. By Sunday afternoon that had changed. Nigeria’s statistician-general announced…
11:42 GMT – Big questions – Some big questions have emerged from Pistorius’s testimony about the night of the shooting, writes AFP’s southern Africa news editor Andrew Beatty. “If he shouted why did Steenkamp not answer? “If the room was dark — the…
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, April 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Senior officials and experts from ministries and agencies responsible for…
ROME, Italy, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A flight will be dispatched tomorrow from the Orio al Serio…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — INVITATION TO THE MEDIAWhen: 14 – 17 April 2014 Where:…
ROME, Italy, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The unprecedented crisis in the Central African Republic is devastating the…
6 April 2014 – As Rwandans commemorate the genocide that took place 20 years ago, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed during…
5 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday to focus…
4 April 2014 – A preliminary investigation by the United Nations human rights office into the deadly events that took…
4 April 2014 – The United Nations Security Council has urged all national stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau to facilitate the conduct…
4 April 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced its concern at the “hasty” judicial process in…
3 April 2014 – Deeply concerned at the “considerable deterioration” of the security situation in Darfur over the past year,…
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,…