DAKAR, Sénégal, 22 février 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Suite aux incidents qui ont fait six morts dans le pays lors des manifestations depuis le 27 janvier, la Mission d’observation électorale de l’Union européenne (MOE UE) déplore tout recours à la violence tant par les forces de l’ordre que par les manifestants. La Mission appelle [...]

ROME, Italie, 21 février 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Le Gouvernement du Brésil financera à hauteur de 2 375 000 dollars un nouveau programme d’achats locaux de nourriture qui sera mis en place par la FAO et le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) en faveur des agriculteurs et des populations vulnérables de cinq pays d’Afrique: Éthiopie, [...]

ROME, Italy, February 21, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Government of Brazil is providing $2 375 000 for a new local food purchase programme to be set up by FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP) to benefit farmers and vulnerable populations in five African countries – Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal. Under [...]

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is introducing a new programme of exotic fly-cruises to the Canary Islands, West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands aboard Braemar, to go on general sale from 10th February 2012. Ipswich, United Kingdom, February 17, 2012 –(PR.com)– The exciting new fly-cruise itineraries – including ‘Sun and Souks’, ‘African Beaches and Tropical [...]

PARIS, France, 15 février 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Devant la Radio-Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS), point de départ de la marche organisée, ou plutôt réclamée, par le M23, manifestants et journalistes ont attendu environ une heure avant que les choses ne bougent. Face aux policiers de l’escadron de surveillance et d’intervention qui leur faisaient barrage, quelques [...]

GENEVA, Switzerland, February 2, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed concern about possible use of excessive force by the authorities in the Senegalese capital Dakar, and in other towns, and warned that the country’s strong tradition of peaceful, democratic elections could be jeopardized if [...]

NEW YORK, February 2, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is concerned about the upsurge of tensions in Senegal ahead of the presidential election scheduled for 26 February 2012. The Secretary-General urges all political parties and national stakeholders to refrain [...]

LONDON, United-Kingdom, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade must rein in security forces, Amnesty International urged today after a third person was killed and dozens injured by police during two days of demonstrations across the country. At least one man was killed yesterday when a police car ploughed into a [...]

DARIEN, Conn., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Friends of Animals recently celebrated a victory for scimitar-horned oryx, addax, and dama gazelles who are routinely bred and killed on hunting ranches here in the United States. These animals, on the brink of extinction in their native homelands in northern Africa, have been the targets of paying [...]

African Press Release Wire: The African Press Organization signs a distribution agreement with DowJones Factiva DAKAR, Sénégal, January 17, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Press Organization (APO), the leading African press release wire, announced today an alliance with Dow Jones Factiva (http://www.factiva.com), the world’s leading news and business information research tool. Logo: http://www.apo-opa.org/LogoHD.JPG [...]