Month: April 2024

[[{"value":"On 29 February 2024 Zambia declared a National Crisis and Emergency regarding a drought gripping the country and which has decimated food and energy supply. Other Southern African countries have declared similar National Emergencies due to severe drought, including Zimbabwe in April. Severe droughts have also developed or recently intensified in regions including Western Europe, the Horn of Africa and South America. Seeking to strengthen cooperative solutions to these pressing […]

[[{"value":"APO Group, the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, is excited to announce a new content partnership with The Football Foundation for Africa (FFA) (https://FootballFoundation.Africa). This collaboration will see all APO Group's sports content – text, images, video, and audio – distributed in English on the FFA's platform, extending the reach of African news and stories in the Football sector. The Football Foundation for Africa is an […]

On this day, Egypt’s flags returned to fly high over every inch of Sinai. A due tribute to all who sacrificed and fought the most honorable battles so that the nation could regain its pride and prestige.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt.    

[[{"value":"The U.S. Embassy together with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is convening Ghanaian judges, customs officials, and law enforcement officers to promote protection and enforcement of intellectual property and legitimate international trade in advance of World Intellectual Property Day on April 26. The two intellectual property enforcement workshops include nearly 60 officials from the judiciary, customs, and law enforcement sectors. “In the information age, intellectual property protections are […]

[[{"value":"The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the announcement of supplemental emergency humanitarian assistance from the United States government which will be critical in preventing famine and saving millions of lives. “I thank the United States Administration and lawmakers from across the aisle in Congress for their strong bipartisan leadership. This supplemental aid package is critical to meet surging humanitarian needs in many parts of the world,” said WFP […]

[[{"value":"A N$24 million (over US$1.2million) investment through a partnership between Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) (www.CCBAgroup.com) in Namibia and Plastic Packaging has culminated in the opening of a new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) flaking plant in Okahandja which will double the capacity of the only mechanical recycler of plastic waste in the country. The plant was officially inaugurated by the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta. “The Coca-Cola system aims […]

[[{"value":"Charity Damoah, 36, lost count of the number of times she was admitted to hospital with malaria while growing up in Sunyani, in Ghana’s Bono region. But things are different now for her two-year-old son John. Unlike the many other Ghanaians who had lived daily with the threat of the disease, he has never had malaria. “Over the years, malaria has affected everyone in my family, with some even dying […]

[[{"value":"In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries—Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone—today launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria vaccine targeting millions of children across the three West African nations. The vaccine rollout, announced on World Malaria Day, seeks to further scale up vaccine deployment in the African region. Today’s launch brings to eight the number of countries on the continent to offer the malaria […]

[[{"value":"After one year of hostilities in Sudan, we are appealing for more international engagement to combat sexual violence against women and girls in the country. These barbaric acts, which echo the horrors witnessed in Darfur two decades ago, must spur immediate action. As members of the Security Council meet this week for the annual open debate on conflict-related sexual violence, we urge them to send an unequivocal message: Under international […]