APO International

A mother of three is able to hug her children with both arms for the first time after a charity gave her transformational surgery on severe burns she sustained as a child. Coumba, 31, from Senegal was just four when she injured herself while rescuing her little brother from an open fire but she has had to wait 27 years for treatment. Due to lack of medical care, as her […]

1 in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse, according to a new UNICEF report. Further, the double burden of dwindling water availability and inadequate drinking water and sanitation services is compounding the challenge, putting children at even greater risk. The Climate Changed Child – released ahead of the […]

Herbert Mensah, the newly elected President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the continental governing body for rugby in Africa, recently engaged in a 45-minute face-to-face meeting with Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, the  President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB). The meeting, held during the African Investment Forum in Marrakesh, Morocco, focused on the crucial topic of sports infrastructures in Africa. During the meeting, President Mensah and Dr Adesina discussed the […]

In the heart of Somalia's arid Baidoa region, Habiba Hassan embarked on a poignant journey through the shadows of drought and conflict, leading her to the Walag camp for internally displaced persons (IDP). With five children in tow, their lives were ensnared in uncertainty, marked by malnutrition and the complexities of her eighth month of pregnancy. However, amidst the struggles, fate intervened on July 8, 2023, as Habiba crossed paths […]

The World Bank and the Algerian government, through the General Directorate of Forests and the National Delegation for Major Risks, have collaborated together to produce a first joint report entitled "Note on Algerian Forest: Sustainable Forest Management to Combat Forest Fires". The report covers critical issues for forest management in Algeria and outlines key action areas for strengthening the sustainability and climate resilience of the country’s forest resources. The report […]

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged global leaders help ensure that the progress of the West does not occur at the perpetual expense of Africa and other poor parts of the world. Speaking at the sixth edition of the Paris Peace Forum on Friday, 10th November, 2023, in France, President Akufo-Addo, in pointing out the unjust situation asked, to a resounding applause, if it necessary for […]

Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (https://www.Liquid.Tech/), a pan-African technology group, is proud to announce its collaboration with Intelsat, one of the world’s largest satellite services providers, increasing the availability of fast and reliable connectivity in Africa during power disruptions. One key aspect of this collaboration is Liquid’s service called ‘Service Continuity’. Organisations can maintain business-critical applications during times when there are power cuts by accessing Liquid Dataport’s […]

Catholic Bishops across Africa who represent the regions of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (https://www.SECAM.org/) are poised to gather in Lagos for the landmark 50th anniversary of the Pan African Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) slated for November 18 to 21. CEPACS, the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications was founded in the year 1973 by SECAM in Ibadan. It is geared towards the […]

The WHO Country Representative, Innocent Bright Nuwagira, led a team from AFRO and Africa CDC to brief Babatunde Ahonsi, the UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone, about an ongoing scoping mission. This mission's primary objective is to bolster health security and emergency capacity for the successful implementation of the Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) initiatives within the country. The mission seeks to enhance Sierra Leone's health security and emergency response […]