APO International

 The United States, through USAID, is providing more than $22 million in additional assistance to build resilience and improve food security for Madagascar’s most vulnerable people. The funding, representing the first year of two new five-year resilience and food security projects, will help our partners reach up to 88,000 extremely poor and marginalized households in the Androy, Anosy, and Atsimo Atsinanana regions of Madagascar. This assistance, which will be implemented […]

 Sierra Leone’s Ambassador-designate to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Salamu Koroma, has formally bid farewell to His Excellency, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, during a ceremony at State House. Led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Francess Piagie Alghali, the event highlighted the importance of strengthening Sierra Leone’s diplomatic relations with Iran. Ambassador Koroma expressed heartfelt appreciation for the trust placed in him and reaffirmed his dedication […]

 Mr. Yemane Gebremeskel, Minister of Information, met this morning with Ms. Sandra Macharia, Director of the UN Information Service in East Africa. During the meeting, Minister Yemane stated that the longstanding defamation against Eritrea has been politically driven and coordinated media campaign by U.S. and European media outlets. Minister Yemane further noted that the defamation has been beyond normal and presented evidence showing that the negative media coverage of Eritrea […]

 On November 14th, in the presence of Honorable Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Dr. Esther Utjiua Muinjangue, United States Ambassador to Namibia, Randy Berry, and United States Peace Corps Country Director, Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, , 30 Peace Corps Trainees were sworn-in to begin their two-year service as Economic Empowerment and Community Health HIV/AIDS Volunteers in communities around Namibia. This 53rd group of Trainees to Namibia, who arrived on […]

 The United States Embassy in Cameroon announces the completion of an IED Threats and Awareness course on November 4-8, 2024, in Yaoundé. This training is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the Government of Cameroon. This initiative marks a milestone in the enduring partnership between our two governments, united in their commitment to combat terrorism and […]

 With a mission to scale investment in Africa, a new collaboration between Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, and the Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI), established by the initiative of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), is set to embark on a series of initiatives to facilitate capital flows. Building on AFC’s solid partnership with JBIC, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with […]

 The Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) Secretariat, in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Ethiopia, will be hosting the 13th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) from 20 to 22 November 2024 at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This year’s theme, "Building Our Multi-Stakeholder Digital Future for Africa," reflects the forum’s commitment to inclusive and collaborative approaches […]

 Recently, at the JETOUR Global Travel+ Conference 2024 (www.JETOURGlobal.com) in Fuzhou, JETOUR emphasized the importance of wildlife conservation and reaffirmed its strong commitment to the pursuit of "Travel as ESG Practices". After releasing a teaser of Discovery's documentary "Return of the Cheetah", JETOUR invited the documentary's protagonist, Hazen Audel, a renowned biologist and artist, to jointly launch the charity auction for the protection of cheetahs. JETOUR announced that all proceeds […]

 Speaker Anita Among has met a delegation of Members of Parliament from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with regional security and commerce top on the agenda. Speaker Among said security is critical in enabling integration and growing the trade portfolio between the two countries which is currently undermined by incessant terrorist activity in Eastern DRC.  “We are very eager to increase and improve cross-border trade. Ensure there is peace […]