APO releases member list

The latest member list for the International Advisory Board of the African Press Organisation (APO) was released on 28 April 2008.

Members are as follows:

  • Hon. Dr. Gertrude I. MONGELLA - President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) - Pretoria (South-Africa)
  • M. Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF - Ambassador of the African Union near the European Union and the ACP Group of State in Brussels - Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chad - Former Chief of staff of the President of the Republic of Chad - Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  • M. Ahmedou OULD-ABDALLAH - Special Representative of the United -Nations for Somalia - Former Minister of Foreign affairs of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania - Naïrobi (Kenya)
  • M. Jiuma ABULKHER - Director-General of external information of the Libyan Arab Socialist People's Jamahariya - Tripoli (Libya)
  • M. Jim BOUMELHA - President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) - Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  • M. Babacar FALL - Director-General of the Pan-African News Agency (PANA) - Dakar (Sénégal)
  • M. Amadou Mahtar BA - President of AllAfrica Global Media (AllAfrica.com) - Washington (USA)
  • M. Dominique GUIHOT - Director-General of Africa N°1 - Paris (France)
  • M. Franck SALIN - Editor-in-chief of Afrik.com - Paris (France)
  • Mrs Ayoko MENSAH - Director of Africultures - Paris (France)
  • Mrs Heidi SINCLAIR - Director of communication of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Seattle (USA)
  • Mrs Jacquelline FULLER - Head of Advocacy and Communications of Google.org - Mountain View (USA)
  • Mrs Risha CHANDE - Media Relations Officer of The Mo Ibrahim Foundation - London (United Kingdom)
  • Mrs Katy CRONIN - Media Manager of DATA (Debt • AIDS • Trade • Africa) - London (United Kingdom)
  • Miss Tina MUSOKE - Media Relations Manager of Africare - Washington (USA)
  • M. Elroy BOS - Senior Manager, Communications & Advocacy Program of The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - Geneva (Switzerland)
  • Mrs Lucia GRENNA - Head of the Unit of the Communications for Development of the World Bank - Washington (USA)
  • Mrs Aminata D. TRAORE - Former Minister of culture of the Republic of Mali - Author - Bamako (Mali)
  • M. Patrick LUCAS - President of the African Committee of MEDEF International and PDG of Gras Savoye - Paris (France)
  • Mrs Frances Anne HARDIN - International Independent Consultant - Former Senior Press Officer of the International Monetary Funds (IMF) - Washington (USA)
  • M. Jon LIDEN - Head of Communications for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Genève (Switzerland)
  • M. David BARNARD - Executive Director of the Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT) - Gauteng (South-Africa)
  • Maître Robert BOURGI - Lawyer - Paris (France)
  • M. Nicholas BRAY - Head of Media Relations at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Paris (France)
  • M. Normand LAUZON - Director of the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) of the OECD
  • M. Reed BRODY - Spokesperson of Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium)
  • M. Bjarke LARSEN - Head of communication of the Africa commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark - Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • M. Jacques GODFRAIN - Former Minister of Cooperation of the French Republic - Millau (France)
  • Mrs Cécile SPORTIS - Diplomat - Former Director of the World Food Program office in Paris (WFP) - Paris (France)
  • M. Peter BALLANTYNE - Director of the Europe's Forum on International Cooperation (Euforic) - Maastricht (Netherland)
  • M. Samuel MIKENGA - Communications Manager of the NEPAD e-Africa Commission - Pretoria (South-Africa)
  • M. Rigobert EMILE-FONGNI - Communication officer of the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (EMUWA) - Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso)
  • M. Eric MGENDI - Regional Communications Co-ordinator for Africa of ActionAid International - Nairobi (Kenya)
  • M. Joris ZYLBERMAN - Representative of Radio France Internationale (RFI) in Shanghai - Shanghai (China)
  • M. Pascal DROUHAUD - Geopolitical Expert - Area manager for Latin America of Alstom - Paris (France)
  • Mrs Marie-Laure de BERGH - Program Officer at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) - Maastricht (Netherland)
  • M. Damien AMADOU - Press officer of France 24 - Paris (France)
  • M. Michel ALI - Informatic Consultant - Toulouse (France)
  • M. Dapo LADIMEJI - Executive Member of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) - London (United-Kingdom)
  • M. Blaise MISTLER - Head of International Relations of the Groupe Canal+ - Former adviser to the Prime-Minister of the French Republic - Paris (France)
  • Mrs Sarah BEL - Communication officer of the Technical Centre for Rural and Agricultural Cooperation (CTA) - Wageningen (Netherland)
  • Mrs Lucine HAPI - Program Co-ordinator of Avenir Nepad International UK - Londres (United Kingdom)
  • M. Mathieu ROCHAT - Director-General of Weboconference - Sao-Paulo (Brasil)
  • M. Bill ANDERSON - Director of African Development Information Services Ltd (AfDevInfo) - London (United Kingdom)
  • M. Wole ADAMOLEKUN - Secretary General of the Federation of African Public Relations Associations (FAPRA) - Abuja (Nigeria)

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