APO International

Against the backdrop of continuing conflict and political upheavals, South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, is approaching its first post-independence elections in December 2024. For its long-delayed democratic transition to be successful, youth participation in reducing violence is essential. To capture the power of young people as social transformers, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), through its Civil Affairs Division, recently hosted an interactive two-day workshop on conflict […]

President Biden looks forward to welcoming Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço to the White House on Thursday, November 30.  The leaders will mark 30-years of diplomatic relations and discuss next steps to deepen our bilateral cooperation on trade, investment, climate and energy, and to advance President Biden’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) project in the Lobito Corridor, which will connect Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo and […]

The Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of the African Union Commission (AUC) will host the Eleventh Session of the AU Annual Humanitarian Symposium on 27 – 29 November 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya under the theme “Advancing Effective and Inclusive Humanitarian Action in Africa. The symposium will focus on strategic approaches to advancing effective and inclusive humanitarian action in Africa, in accordance with the collective commitments of the […]

On November 27, following the Liberian presidential election held on November 14, Prime Minister KISHIDA issued a congratulatory letter to the President-elect, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Boakai. In the letter, Prime Minister Kishida expressed his respect for democratic and peaceful conduct of elections, and his hope that, under the leadership of the President-elect, peace and stability in Liberia would be maintained and socio-economic development would further advance. He also conveyed […]

The International Trade Centre (ITC) partnered with Ghana’s Cocoa Board, the European Union (EU), the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and ISEAL to lead a workshop on the upcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU CS3D), how it will affect Ghanaian cocoa value chain stakeholders and how they can best prepare for it. The European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability that […]

A UN expert has welcomed Mozambique’s progress towards managing disaster displacement, and urged greater leadership and decentralised interventions to address outstanding protection and humanitarian needs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). “I am encouraged by the early warning and response policies designed to strengthen disaster management, promote reconstruction in conflict-affected areas, and improve responses to internal displacement situations,” said Gaviria Betancur, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally […]

A delegation of thirteen (13) women from the Confederation of  ‘Femmes Battantes” of the Republic of Niger, led by Mrs. Soumaila Ali Fati, paid a courtesy call on the Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Mrs. Damtien L. Tchintchibidja, in Abuja on November 13th 2023. The meeting was also attended by Mrs. Fatou Sow Sarr, Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs. The meeting focused on the socio-political and humanitarian situation […]

The Office of the President has today announced the names of the Commissioners appointed to the Public Enterprise Monitoring Commission, in accordance with Section 9 (1) and Section 13 of the Public Enterprises Act, 2023. The Commission monitors, on behalf of the Government as shareholder, all aspects of the affairs of the public enterprises so as to ensure that the shareholder’s assets and interests are being protected and maximized through […]

The FAO Sub-Regional office for West Africa (SFW) is organizing its 15th annual multidisciplinary team (MDT15) meeting in hybrid mode from November 28 to December 1st, 2023, in Banjul, Gambia, under the theme: "Accelerating investments for the transformation of agrifood systems in West Africa and the Sahel”. The 15th MDT is focused on FAO’s corporate and regional initiatives, subregional priorities, and flagship programmes. The main objective is to deliberate on how […]