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ArtMatters.Info, APO Content Partner in Kenya, Invites Advertising and Content Partnership:
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, ArtMatters[dot]Info (http://ArtMatters.info), a partner of APO, is a FREE-to-access independent public website, e-letter and magazine that flaunts the arts and culture.
ArtMatters[dot]Info – that is Available on both mobile and desktop – is popular across English-speaking Africa, North America, western Europe, Asia, and Oceania and, believe it or not, even in non-English-speaking territories like South America.
ArtMatters[dot]Info, a part of the ComMattersKenya (www.ComMattersKenya.com) network, has a large and growing following on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and taps into the wide social media presence of other ComMattersKenya-related initiatives. Any message posted on ArtMatters[dot]Info also benefits from this wide and growing legacy and new media network.
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ArtMatters[dot]Info, that covers Africa – from Cape Agulhas to Caluula, and from Dakar to Tangier and Bizerte, and all the other places in between, including Madagascar, Seychelles, Reunion and Mayotte – and the Diaspora, is now offering advertising space at highly discounted, affordable and all-time-low rates.
Please contact ArtMatters[dot]Info today without any further delay and discover why Kenya's Ministry of Culture encourages “artists, cultural practitioners, policymakers and development agencies to visit ArtMatters[dot]Info..to experience the viability of this network and share its diversity and vision.”
Distributed by APO on behalf of ArtMatters.Info.
Contact:
Ogova Ondego (Publisher)
Director@ArtMatters.Info
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Source: APO – Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and acclaimed actress, Priyanka Chopra will hold a media briefing following a short visit to Zimbabwe and South Africa this week.
Ms. Chopra’s visit aims to highlight the challenges faced by children affected by violence, both in the region and globally. She will be visiting children-focused projects in Zimbabwe from the 3rd to the 5th of May. On the 6th of May, she will address UNICEF South Africa’s first Fundraising Gala which will raise resources for child protection programmes in South Africa.
Having served as a UNICEF National Ambassador in India for nearly ten years, she was appointed as a global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in December 2016. An actress in both Hollywood and Bollywood, a philanthropist, singer, film producer and the winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is a globally-popular, multi-award winning celebrity who has received numerous awards and was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Celebrating Chopra's appointment, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake described Priyanka Chopra as a long-standing “champion for India's children who, as a UNICEF global Goodwill Ambassador, will be a force for children and adolescents everywhere.”
The press conference will be an opportunity for Priyanka to speak about her role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador as well as her impressions of her visits to Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Date: Sunday, 7 May 2017
Time: 14h00
Venue: Clico Boutique Hotel, 27 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
Please confirm attendance to Sandra Bisin at sbisin@unief.org (061-418 7486) or Sudeshan Reddy at sureddy@unicef.org (082-561 3970) by 17h00 on Saturday, 6 May 2017.
Distributed by APO on behalf of UN Information Centre in Pretoria (UNIC).
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Source: APO – Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa
On May 4, as part of a working visit to Banjul, Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov was received by President of The Gambia Adama Barrow.
The officials expressed the mutual aspiration of Moscow and Banjul to steadily develop the multifaceted cooperation of Russia and The Gambia. Energy, fishery, tourism and personnel training were named among the priorities of this mutually beneficial partnership.
Mr Bogdanov also met with Gambia’s Foreign Minister Ousainou Darboe. The officials stressed that the two countries share similar or identical positions on current issues of the international and regional agenda, including the situation in West and Central Africa. In addition, they agreed on the need for a speedy political settlement of the Syrian crisis in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2254.
Following the meetings, an agreement was signed between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of The Gambia on visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic or service passports.
Distributed by APO on behalf of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
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Source: APO – Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa
