Category: APO-OPA

    IMF Executive Board Completes Second and Third Reviews Under ECF with Sierra Leone and Approves $US 13.8 Million Disbursement   FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the second and third review of Sierra Leone’s economic performance under a […]

    Janneh calls for innovative financing to harness internal resources for climate change   DURBAN, South Africa, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic r for Africa, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, today discarded assertions that Africa might not be able to absorb all […]

    Rejoinder to an article published in this week’s East African newspaper last week’s monitor newspaper on the Inter-University Council for East Africa (amendment) Bill 2010   ARUSHA, Tanzania, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Our attention is drawn to an article carried out in this week’s edition of the East African Newspaper […]

    Côte d’Ivoire / Special Representative visits the west of the country a few hours before legislative polls   ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, Bert Koenders, travelled on Wednesday 7 December 2011 to the western towns of Toulepleu and […]

    EAC-COMESA-SADC launch five-year climate change initiative / Regional blocs get $20 million to address climate change   ARUSHA, Tanzania, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The East African Community, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have launched a joint five-year Programme on Climate […]

    African Union Press release   JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union has drafted a model national law on the ratification of treaties, which it presented today for discussion at a regional workshop on the ratification and domestication of OAU/AU treaties. The model national law aims at encouraging […]

    12th East African Jua Kali/Nguvu Kazi exhibition opens / Focus on innovation to become a high income region – President Museveni   ARUSHA, Tanzania, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda today reiterated that the EAC region needs to focus on its innovation agenda in order […]

  Winners of the Making More Health Competition Bring Fresh Innovation to Solving Problems in Health   WASHINGTON and INGELHEIM, Germany, December 7, 2011/PRNewswire via African Press Organization (APO)/ — Three winners whose solutions are tackling today’s most pressing health problems have emerged from Making More Health: Achieving Individual, Family and Community Well-being [http://www.changemakers.com/morehealth?utm_source=prnews-engutm_medium=prutm_content=winnersutm_campaign=morehealth ] […]

    Kenya AG Challenges Court’s Jurisdiction in Mt. Elgon-Saboat Case   ARUSHA, Tanzania, December 7, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya has asked the Appellate Division of the EACJ to set aside a ruling by the Court’s First Instance Division affirming its jurisdiction in a matter where […]

    COMMUNIQUÉ / 11th MEETING OF THE PANEL OF THE WISE OF THE AFRICAN UNION / ZANZIBAR, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA / 6 7 DECEMBER 2011   DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, December 7, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Panel of the Wise of the African Union (AU), which is one of the pillars […]