APO International

Under a vast blue sky, the Atlantic Ocean waves embrace Côte d’Ivoire’s San Pedro city’s shores alongside a warm breeze from the Gulf of Guinea, signaling to Ivorian agro-dealer Ribou Adama that the day is special. Today, Adama will receive a truckload of significant stock for his family business, which sells fertilizers, phytosanitary products, and agricultural tools. As the old, heavy truck maneuvers towards his store in the southwestern port […]

Forty-five military staff officers serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have been recognized for their distinguished contribution to peace and security in Somalia. The officers who have completed their 18 months tour of duty were on Thursday honoured with AU medals and certificates of appreciation at a ceremony presided by African Union Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef. The Force Commander for ATMIS, Lt. […]

Yesterday, 25 January, the Premier of North West, Kaobitsa Bushy Maape paid a courtesy visit to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Africa in Thailand, H.E. Mr. Darkey Ephraim Africa. Premier Maape is in Thailand for medical assessment. Despite his tight medical programme, the Premier made time to visit the South African Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand to explore opportunities for the Province. During their meeting, both […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, extends its appreciation to the Government and people of São Tomé and Principe for their commitment to ending statelessness through the recent accession to two statelessness conventions. On 15 January, São Tomé and Príncipe formally deposited its instruments of accession to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. This significant step positions São […]

The EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social and Political Sectors, Hon. Andrea Aguer Ariik Malueth has called on Partner States to strengthen cross-border cooperation to counter terrorism and transnational organised crime in the region in order to facilitate the free movement of goods, persons, labour, services and capital. He noted one of the key areas of the EAC integration process is to promote and strengthen peace […]

With the 2024 school year in full swing, the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) is doing its part in ensuring the well-being and dignity of girls across the province through its Sanitary Dignity Project. In partnership with the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), DSD has delivered more than 3.432 million packs of sanitary pads to learners across the province since the inception of the project in 2019/2020. A […]

Daily, more than 200 people are suspected to have fallen sick with cholera as the country combats a severe outbreak. Everyday, the numbers are going up, with more people at risk of infection or death. Almost a year ago, the first patient with cholera in Zimbabwe was reported in the town of Chegutu, located about 100 kilometres southwest of the capital Harare. Throughout 2023, the numbers have only increased, as […]

Following a successful festive season, Premier Alan Winde visited two iconic tourism attractions in Khayelitsha to engage with entrepreneurs and thank them for playing their part in ensuring Cape Town and the Western Cape remained a destination of choice for tens of thousands of visitors. At Siki’s Coffee, owner Sikelela Dibela exclaimed, “The festive season has been awesome!” Sikelela has been steadily building up his coffee shop which is a […]

U.S. Ambassador Christopher J. Lamora visited Bamenda from January 23-24, marking his first visit to the Northwest Region as U.S. ambassador and his second since serving in Cameroon 32 years ago as a young diplomat.  During the visit, Ambassador Lamora stated: “It was very important to come to the Northwest Region and to Bamenda in particular to hear the perspectives of a broad range of people on the ground, including Cameroonian government officials, faith leaders, civil society and media representatives, and key U.S. government health and […]