APO International

When she was fourteen, Zekia discovered that her parents were secretly preparing for her older sister to undergo female genital mutilation. “My brother heard about it and tried to discourage them,” she told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. “He reminded them that the practice has been prohibited and argued it would expose her to lots of complications.” Zekia had witnessed first-hand the pain the procedure can […]

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) established a manuscript digitization laboratory at the Raqqada National Museum of Islamic Art in Tunisia. Tunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs, Dr. Hayet Ketat-Guermazi; Türkiye’s Ambassador to Tunisia, Çağlar Fahri Çakıralp; TİKA’s Vice President, Rahman Nurdun; TİKA’s Coordinator to Tunisia; Ali Fuat Cebaci and local administrators attended the opening ceremony which was held at the National Laboratory for the Preservation and Conservation of Parchment and […]

Financial agreements worth KSh350 billion have been signed during President William Ruto’s visit to Japan. These agreements will support projects and programmes in sectors that are aimed at turning around the economic fortunes of the country. The largest projects to benefit are the Dongo Kundu Infrastructure Ecosystem and the Mombasa Gateway Bridge at the Coast at KSh260 billion. President Ruto and Prime Minister Fumio Kushida also agreed that Kenya will […]

Reacting to the proposed amendments to the Malagasy Penal Code, which now allow for chemical and surgical castration as punishment for rape against minors, Tigere Chagutah, Regional Director of Amnesty International in East and Southern Africa, said: “In Madagascar, rape cases remain under-reported, and perpetrators often go free due to the victims’ and their families’ fear of retaliation, stigmatization, and a lack of trust in the judicial system. “Implementing chemical […]

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, meets with the Managing Director Operations of the World Bank, Anna Bjerde, who visited the Commission Headquarters on February 8, 2024, in Abuja, Nigeria. While welcoming the World Bank Delegation, President Touray stressed that ECOWAS Management is committed to building stronger institutions and better management processes. Adding that “the Commission takes the ECOWAS-World Bank partnership seriously”. The Managing Director […]

Almost 10 months since conflict escalated in Sudan in April 2023, the ever-deteriorating humanitarian situation has led to the world’s largest displacement crisis. About 8 million people in Sudan have been displaced by the conflict, with 6 million people internally displaced and 1.8 million people displaced to neighbouring countries. A displacement crisis of this magnitude has significant impacts on the health needs of displaced and host populations. As well as […]

A Qatari Armed Forces plane arrived in the city of El Arish in the Arab Republic of Egypt, carrying 41 tons of aid, including food supplies and shelter materials, provided by the Qatar Fund for Development and the Qatari Red Crescent Society, binging the total number of planes to 76, with a total of 2,266 tons of aid. The assistance comes within the framework of the State of Qatar’s support […]

President Isaias Afwerki and his delegation that was on a working visit to the Republic of Italy since 28 January, returned home this afternoon, 08 February. President Isaias, upon invitation by the Italian Government, departed for Italy on 28 January to participate in the Africa-Italy Summit convened on 29 February in Rome. During his stay in Italy, President Isaias met and held talks with various senior Italian government officials, including […]

His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia, Amos Hochstein, Senior Advisor to President Biden, and Samaila Zubairu, President and CEO of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org) convened the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) Lobito Corridor Private Sector Investor Forum in Lusaka today. This is the first PGI Investor Forum outside the United States, bringing together over 250 business and government leaders from Angola, the Democratic […]