GENEVA, Switzerland, January 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Over three million people in Niger are facing the risk of severe food shortages with poor harvests, resulting from erratic rainfall and pest attacks, contributing to a looming humanitarian and food crisis in the country. Rising food prices and already chronic levels of malnutrition, particularly amongst [...]

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Remarks William J. Burns Deputy Secretary U.S. Mission to the African Union Addis Ababa, Ethiopia January 30, 2012 Thank you very much and good afternoon. I am very pleased to be in Addis Ababa. My visit to Ethiopia concludes a week-long trip to Africa, which also included [...]

MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the African Regional Organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), has joined its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in firmly condemning the assassination of prominent journalist and director of Shabelle Media Network, Hassan Osman Abdi. According [...]

EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, January 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Reviewing UNAMID’s activities in the area of justice and security, and discussing the implementation of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), were among the priorities of the UN Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for the Rule of Law [...]