COTONOU – The Government of Benin unveiled its final draft of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan, and the Military Support to Civil Authorities (MSCA)...
EL FASHER – The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is providing protection to thousands of people who recently sought refuge at the Mission’s bases in...
DUBAI – APO (African Press Organization) announced today the opening of an office in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to serve the Middle East, where demand for...
GENEVA – The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), the social partners of the country and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed an agreement establishing a...
JUBA – As entire towns in South Sudan suffer devastating attacks, medical care has also come under fire, with patients shot in their beds, wards burned...
CAPE-TOWN – Entries to the 2014 African Blogger Awards, the continent’s very first awards programme that measures online and social influencers’ reach and influence through data...
KANO – The death toll from a school massacre in Yobe by suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Tuesday has risen to 43, a hospital source in...
TOKYO – On February 24, the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency relief goods worth 13 million yen (tents, blankets, etc) to the Republic of...
ADDIS ABABA – The Commission of the African Union (AU), in collaboration with Sweden, United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) and UN Assistance Mission in...
GENEVA – IOM, in partnership with UNHCR, has begun a comprehensive four-month return intention survey of Somali refugees living in the Dadaab refugee complex. In the...
