APO International

This week Premier Alan Winde helped to formally open the new fire station in Roberston, in the Langeberg Local Municipality. Up until now, the municipality had operated a satellite fire station based in Ashton to service five towns and neighbouring farms. With the new station, response times will be dramatically improved. “This is a significant investment in saving lives and property and will further bolster our province’s overall efforts to […]

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) marks International Day of Girls &  Women in Science through their STEM program; Merck Foundation launches the “MARS Best African Woman Researchers Awards” annually to empower and recognize women in science. In 2023, 6 Researchers from 6 different African Countries awarded in two categories - Best African Women Researchers and Best African young Researchers; Merck Foundation empowers African Women in the areas of Science and Technology through […]

The African Union Special Representative for Somalia and Head of ATMIS, Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, has visited ATMIS personnel admitted to various hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya. The visit aimed to boost the morale of ATMIS personnel who are evacuated from the mission area in Somalia, to Kenyan hospitals for specialised treatment and care for various medical conditions. Ambassador Souef was accompanied by Col. Dr Benard Mukuria, the ATMIS Military Liaison […]

The government of Burkina Faso has officially launched an African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) supported project to bolster food security in the country against the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Emergency Project for Increasing Agricultural Production in Burkina Faso (PURPA-BF) was launched on 6 February 2024 at the national Ministry for Agriculture, Animal Resources and Fisheries in Ouagadougou. The minister, Major Ismaël Sombié, oversaw the launch ceremony. He was joined […]

The African Development Bank’s Vice President for Regional Development (www.AfDB.org), Integration and Business Delivery, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade has concluded a three-day visit to South Sudan. Akin-Olugbade met with high-level government officials including First Vice President, Riek Machar, and the ministers of Finance and National Planning, Interior, Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, and Youth and Sports, as well as senior officials from the ministries of Agriculture and Forestry, Water Resources and Irrigation. […]

The National Confederation of Eritrean Workers convened for its 5th regular Central Committee meeting and the 4th regular meeting of the Central Committee of Federations on the 6th and 8th of February, respectively, in Asmara. During these meetings, the activity report for 2023 was reviewed, and the plan of action for 2024 was presented. Mr. Kibreab Kidane, the Deputy General Secretary of the Confederation, highlighted the commendable activities undertaken in […]

President Isaias Afwerki laid a wreath at the Twalet Martyrs Cemetery in Massawa in the morning hours of today, in connection with the 34th Fenkil Operation Commemoration. On the occasion, ministers, senior government and PFDJ officials, regional administrators, army commanders, and guests were present. The official 34th Fenkil commemoration celebration will be broadcast live on Eri-TV and Radio Dmtsi-Hafash starting at 4 p.m. today. The 34th Fenkil commemoration is being […]

Nearly 10 000 children in Burkina Faso and Cameroon have now received the RTS,S malaria vaccine since being introduced this year. A wider malaria vaccine rollout is underway this year in several African countries, with Cameroon being the first outside the malaria vaccine pilot programme to do so. Cameroon launched the vaccine on 22 January 2024. It is being integrated into its national routine immunization programme in more than 500 […]

The regional body which took this position at the conclusion of its extraordinary session of the Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the Ministerial Level which held in Abuja Nigeria on February 8, 2024, stressed the critical need for diplomacy and unity in the face of regional challenges. At the conclusion of the session, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Chair of the MSC, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, said the decision […]