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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee, as issued by the commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 06 july 2017 - 09:59:07 - thread African Union (124 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Summit has slammed the UN Security Council for passing a “weak” resolution backing the deployment of a military force to combat Islamist terrorism in the Sahel region, saying the growing terrorism threat in the region could not be tackled conventionally
©- - 04 july 2017 - 16:42:20 - thread African Union (513 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow, has pledged his backing to the African Union (AU) reform process, saying the reform is compelled by the need to change the norm in which the continental organization is being governed
©- - 04 july 2017 - 14:19:15 - thread African Union (446 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Japan have signed a Letter of Intent to launch the Japan-Africa Energy Initiative (JAEI) to provide significant support to the New Deal on Energy for Africa, aimed at achieving universal access to energy by 2025, using available energy sources and the most advanced technologies
©- - 04 july 2017 - 13:21:40 - thread African Union (445 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders rose from two days of talks on pressing developmental matters, peace, security and administrative matters affecting the continent at their 29th session of the Heads of State Assembly with a call for the UN reform and the reform of global peacekeeping operations
©- - 04 july 2017 - 12:55:15 - thread African Union (546 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – East African foreign ministers have called on the African Union (AU) Summit to immediately authorise the deployment of troops to the border of Djibouti and Eritrea to fill the power and security vacuum created by the withdrawal of Qatari forces there
©- - 04 july 2017 - 09:16:18 - thread African Union (382 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Monday outlined his five-point vision for a peaceful continent, calling on the civil society to play a more proactive role in ending conflicts and calling for justice, peace and cooperation of all players
©- - 03 july 2017 - 16:46:31 - thread African Union (656 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, urged African leaders on Monday to demand an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and announced that his country was ready to accept a US peace plan for a two-state solution to the standoff with Israel
©- - 03 july 2017 - 15:48:15 - thread African Union (318 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) launched its DotAfrica internet domain name on Monday at the 29th AU Summit and immediately flagged off a six-month-long campaign across all African countries to urge firms and individuals to utilize the domain to raise the profile of their businesses
©- - 03 july 2017 - 14:36:02 - thread African Union (332 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe donated 300 heads of cattle to the African Union (AU), then sold them before handing the proceeds, US$1 million, to the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday
©- - 03 july 2017 - 13:37:50 - thread African Union (266 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday for the 29th session of the regular Heads of State and Government Assembly, which has been dedicated to the discussion about the future of youth and women, but with the conflict in Libya dominating
©- - 02 july 2017 - 16:07:08 - thread African Union (497 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency, which implements African Union plans, is moving to revive ailing industrialization efforts within Africa after the development of an industrialization plan, Chief Executive Officer, Ibrahim Mayaki said Sunday
©- - 02 july 2017 - 15:45:24 - thread African Union (664 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is planning an all out war similar to its response to the Ebola disease outbreak, to combat an army worm outbreak, which has spread to 25 out of 55 countries, a senior AU official said on Saturday
©- - 02 july 2017 - 07:45:57 - thread African Union (414 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Attorney-General Ravi Yerrigadoo will on Tuesday introduce an new Extradition Bill in a bid to review the distinction that exists presently between Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries in matters of extradition, PANA learnt from parliamentary sources
©- - 02 july 2017 - 07:41:31 - thread African Union (322 words)


Reduit, Mauritius (PANA ) - Mauritius on Saturday marked International Cooperative Day at the University of Mauritius by a gathering of cooperators with the objective to increase awareness on cooperatives
©- - 01 july 2017 - 19:10:40 - thread African Union (310 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is providing new support to the tune of 3 million euros to Mauritius to promote climate smart agriculture in the island, PANA learnt Saturday from official sources in the Mauritian capital
©- - 01 july 2017 - 15:55:17 - thread African Union (359 words)


Vienna Austria (PANA) – As an international conference on science and technology wrapped up in Vienna, the head of a United Nations partner organization that works to end nuclear testing stressed that women have a "powerful voice" in the global scientific community
©- - 01 july 2017 - 11:40:33 - thread African Union (400 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for an end to the mistreatment of women caught up in conflict in Somalia, South Sudan and the Lake Chad Basin through the acceleration of the continental efforts to silence the guns by 2020
©- - 01 july 2017 - 11:19:16 - thread African Union (565 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Defence Minister, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, told Parliament on Friday that Mauritius has no objection to the continued operation of the US military base in Diego Garcia within an agreed time frame for the return of the Chagos Archipelago to the effective sovereign control of Mauritius
©- - 01 july 2017 - 09:07:48 - thread African Union (398 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has challenged the Executive Council, the second highest decision-making body comprising foreign ministers, whose meeting opened here Friday, to discuss new measures to end African conflicts
©- - 30 june 2017 - 19:58:49 - thread African Union (297 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is set to finalise the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations, aiming to create a single and integrated market for goods and services by the deadline of December 2017, AU Commissioner for Trade, Albert Muchanga, announced Thursday
©- - 30 june 2017 - 12:44:28 - thread African Union (502 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment has proposed measures to empower women and the youth economically through enhanced access to government contracts, equal employment chances and bank credit
©- - 30 june 2017 - 08:24:00 - thread African Union (508 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has agreed to take an appointment of the African Union (AU) Chairman, President Alpha Conde of Guinea, to lead a gender empowerment campaign across Africa, a highlight to the intense efforts to empower the youth
©- - 30 june 2017 - 06:08:57 - thread African Union (369 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) will position the private sector to have an active voice on regional affairs and the running of the single trading bloc under the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) when it forms an African Business Council, a senior AU official said on Thursday
©- - 30 june 2017 - 06:05:28 - thread African Union (473 words)


Vienna, Austria (PAAN) – Around 100 young people from 54 countries are raising their voices and harnessing social media to help mobilize support for a world free of nuclear weapons, and advance the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
©- - 30 june 2017 - 05:08:50 - thread African Union (822 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Summit would be called upon to address the plight of refugees fleeing hardships at home in search of jobs and the radicalization of the youth to reap the benefits of the youth, the main issue dominating debate at the High-Level Panel on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, which kicked off here Thursday
©- - 29 june 2017 - 15:23:13 - thread African Union (779 words)


Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) - A two-day meeting for a global high-level panel on water opened Wednesday in Mauritius with the participation of delegates from Australia, Bangladesh, Hungary, India, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru and South Africa
©- - 28 june 2017 - 17:23:22 - thread African Union (399 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Seeking to improve the current system of controls with respect to cash entering or leaving the European Union (EU), the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) of the European Council on Monday agreed on a draft regulation that takes into account the development of new best practices on combating money laundering and terrorism financing
©- - 28 june 2017 - 12:48:59 - thread African Union (488 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) – Scientists and technical experts from all over the world are gathering this week in Vienna, Austria, for a meeting convened by the United Nations partner organization working to establish a verification regime to monitor global compliance with the comprehensive ban on nuclear testing
©- - 27 june 2017 - 06:46:52 - thread African Union (806 words)


Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - International charity Oxfam has welcomed the international community’s new commitments for refugees at the Uganda Solidarity Summit, held in Kampala on Friday, but said they fell short of meeting the needs of refugees in the East African country
©- - 23 june 2017 - 18:35:53 - thread African Union (323 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Gambia needs personnel support from the African Union Commission (AUC) and AU member states for reforming its security sector and the newly initiated process of transitional justice, according to the AU Peace and Security Council
©- - 21 june 2017 - 17:43:00 - thread African Union (419 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Expressing disgust over the increase of cases of child marriages and other forms of abuse against children, particularly young girls, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has urged all member states to criminalize child marriages
©- - 20 june 2017 - 18:10:11 - thread African Union (484 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Painting a gloomy picture of the refugee problems confronting Africa, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Mahamat, on Tuesday warned that the total number of displaced and stateless persons in Africa has drastically increased from 10
©- - 20 june 2017 - 14:52:51 - thread African Union (472 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Europe and Africa have much to gain from further increasing political and economic ties, because as close neighbours, both share a common future and 2017 is an important year for their partnership, the Council of the European Union (EU) said on Monday
©- - 19 june 2017 - 10:44:07 - thread African Union (1697 words)


New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations must move towards a more institutionalized approach for the joint planning, mandating, financing and supporting of African Union (AU) peace-support operations, the Secretary-General's Chef de Cabinet told the Security Council on Thursday
©- - 16 june 2017 - 05:50:24 - thread African Union (513 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has been shocked and saddened by the assassination of Lipolelo Alice Thabane, wife of Lesotho’s incoming Prime Minister at Ha Masana village, in the outskirts of the capital, Maseru, on 14 June 2017
©- - 15 june 2017 - 19:06:02 - thread African Union (143 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Urging the Government of Sudan to ensure it fills the security and humanitarian vacuum that may arise out of the withdrawal of the international peacekeeping force from Darfur region, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has expressed "deep concern over the widespread proliferation of weapons in the areas of return for internally displaced persons (IDPs)
©- - 15 june 2017 - 16:31:35 - thread African Union (464 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, will Friday attend the inauguration ceremony of the Lesotho Prime Minister-elect Tom Thabane, despite the fact that his wife, Lipolelo, was shot dead in the Ha Masana village outside the Lesotho capital Maseru
©- - 15 june 2017 - 15:38:11 - thread African Union (217 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The draw for the Under-17 Championships of the 2017 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), to be staged in Mauritius from 21-30 July has thrown up some intriguing clashes
©- - 15 june 2017 - 09:28:09 - thread African Union (303 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has learnt with profound sadness the passing away of the German Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union, Joachim Schmidt
©- - 15 june 2017 - 08:21:38 - thread African Union (175 words)


New York, US (PANA) – The African Union (AU) and the United Nations are proposing 44 per cent and 30 per cent reductions in their troop and police presence in Sudan's Darfur region as a step towards an eventual exit, a senior UN peacekeeping official has told the Security Council
©- - 15 june 2017 - 03:22:30 - thread African Union (501 words)