Scientists on Tuesday said they could fill a blank in the history of Central Africa’s pygmies, whose past is one of the most elusive of any community in the world. At a key period in the human odyssey, these hunter-gatherer tribes shunned interbreeding…
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WASHINGTON, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has agreed to provide…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On Saturday IOM organized its 19th evacuation flight for Third Country…
4 February 2014 – Amid continued fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and…
4 February 2014 – United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners in South sudan launched a revised appeal today, calling…
3 February 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Seychelles, an Indian Ocean island…
3 February 2014 – The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today urged demonstrators…
3 February 2014 – The United Nations decision to shelter 85,000 civilians on its peacekeeping bases in South sudan during…
3 February 2014 – The Security Council today wrapped up a two-day visit to Mali, where it got a first-hand…
3 February 2014 – The United Nations and its global humanitarian partners today appealed for $2 billion on behalf of…
WASHINGTON, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksGeeta PasiU.S. Ambassador to DjiboutiDjibouti, DjiboutiFebruary 3, 2014Good morning. I’d like to…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following the convening of the African Union Heads of State…
LUSAKA, Zambia, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Grindrod Limited (http://www.grindrod.co.za), the JSE listed freight and logistics service provider,…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana…
WASHINGTON, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — President Obama called Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa of Tunisia today to congratulate…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Africell Holding (http://www.africell.com) announces that Africell Sierra Leone crossed the…
DAKAR, Sénégal, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the time of establishment, Sénégal Airlines considered its choice of…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists [NUSOJ] condemns today’s decision by…
GENEVA, Switzerland, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Aid agencies in South sudan urgently require $1.27 billion to assist…
PARIS, France, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint…