APO International

[[{"value":"Residents in Magwi County are rejoicing, and for good reason. Thanks to a new police post in the village of Loa, funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and recently handed over to local authorities, they feel much better protected and have more faith in the rule of law. “It means we no longer need to go all the way, about twenty kilometers, to Nimule if we […]

[[{"value":"The Mossel Bay, Overstrand and Swartland K-9 Units, in partnership with the Rural Safety Units (RSUs) in the Overstrand and Swartland areas, are continuing to disrupt and stop criminal activities in the Western Cape. Between 4 and 10 March 2024, these units with various other municipal law enforcement agencies and the South African Police Service, arrested fifteen (15) individuals for various crimes. Of these, twelve (12) were apprehended in the […]

[[{"value":"With more than 900 million Africans using biomass fuel and kerosene for cooking, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has emerged as a highly attractive and viable clean cooking solution. While still a fossil fuel, LPG burns more efficiently and produces fewer carbon emissions than wood, charcoal or kerosene. The fuel is both easy to store and transport, as well as able to meet Africa’s clean cooking needs reliably and to scale.  […]

[[{"value":"On Tuesday, 11 March 2024, the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, and the Head of Department, Dr  Mogale Sebopetsa, welcomed 120 unemployed agricultural graduates as interns to the Department’s Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP). During the two-year internship graduates will be placed with farmers and sector stakeholders who will act as mentors and host employers. The agricultural graduate intern programme will offer youth experience through work-integrated learning […]

[[{"value":"The delayed merger of three electricity companies has disrupted service delivery in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. This was revealed by top officials in the ministry during a meeting with the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on government’s readiness to merge Uganda Electricity Generation Company, Uganda Electricity Distribution Company, and Uganda Electricity Transmission Company into one company dubbed Uganda National Electricity Company(UNEL). The officials were led by […]

[[{"value":"Nearly 230,000 children, pregnant women and new mothers could die in the coming months due to hunger unless urgent, life-saving funding is released to respond to the massive and worsening crisis in Sudan, Save the Children said. More than 2.9 million children in Sudan are acutely malnourished and an additional 729,000 children under five are suffering from severe acute malnutrition – the most dangerous and deadly form of extreme hunger, […]

[[{"value":"AU-IBAR, with support from the European Union (EU) through the Enhancing Sustainable Fisheries Management and Aquaculture Development in Africa - Phase Two Project (FishGov 2), organised a training programme for AU Member States. The session, held on March 7th and 8th, 2024, in the AU-IBAR offices in Nairobi, Kenya, was designed to familiarise attendees with the recently completed Africa Fisheries and Aquaculture Data Repository (AFADATA). This effort aimed to improve […]

[[{"value":"The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has adopted the B-list version and committee report of the National Water Resource Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA) Bill, which brings to an end the committee’s consideration of the Bill. Having adopted the Bill and a report, the committee will recommend that the National Assembly adopts the Bill. The National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Bill seeks to ensure a sustainable, equitable and reliable supply of […]

[[{"value":"Health is a fundamental and universal right, and disease prevention is a global priority. In Angola, as in other countries, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a growing challenge for health systems and the well-being of the population. The World Health Organization includes chronic lung diseases, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases in the group of non-communicable diseases. These diseases have become an increasingly heavy burden worldwide, collectively accounting for 74% of all […]