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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)


Rome, Italy (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will seek to step up joint efforts to end hunger and sustain peace in the continent say FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and AU Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko
©- - 14 june 2017 - 13:51:55 - thread African Union (322 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Tobacco causes a thousand deaths annually in Mauritius though the prevalence of smoking in the Indian Ocean island nation has dropped from 21% in 2009 to 19%, Mauritian Health Minister Anwar Husnoo said on Monday
©- - 05 june 2017 - 17:08:59 - thread African Union (360 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Reaffirming the need for alternative narratives and effective government regulation, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has urged member countries to remain vigilant with a view to preventing infiltration of their learning institutions by terrorist and violent extremist groups
©- - 31 may 2017 - 17:36:31 - thread African Union (323 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) – Nuclear science and technology are essential in helping countries address the twin challenges of ensuring reliable energy supplies while curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the head of the United Nations atomic agency told some 1200 participants at the opening of an international conference in Vienna
©- - 31 may 2017 - 05:12:44 - thread African Union (455 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Continued terrorist attacks on the African continent are a reminder of the seriousness that terrorism continues to pose to peace, security, stability and development, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr
©- - 27 may 2017 - 10:21:48 - thread African Union (212 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned "in the strongest terms" the attack by unidentified gunmen that killed at least 29 Coptic Christians and wounded more than 25 others in Egypt's Minya province on Friday
©- - 27 may 2017 - 09:44:06 - thread African Union (366 words)


Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Energy and Public Utilities Minister Ivan Collendavelloo on Friday said that Mauritius has steadily progressed in its mission of developing wave energy and is poised to gain considerably in the future by securing sustainable, replicable and economically-viable sources of energy
©- - 26 may 2017 - 13:54:00 - thread African Union (315 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - After 54 years, the building of the unity of the African peoples is still a major task while the challenges, which Africans must take up collectively, keep increasing, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said Thursday as the continent marked the 54th Africa Day
©- - 25 may 2017 - 16:53:50 - thread African Union (386 words)


Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is hosting a two-day Commonwealth Meeting from Thursday on African Regional Consultation on Multilateral, Regional and Emerging Trade Issues that will look into challenges faced by Sub-Saharan African countries and will help stakeholders, policy makers, negotiators and trade analysts to engage in the dialogue of policy making
©- - 25 may 2017 - 12:06:32 - thread African Union (377 words)


Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Gender Equality Minister, Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo, on Wednesday said that the aggregated economic cost associated with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is estimated at MRs 2 billion (about US$ 58 million) per year, approximating 0
©- - 24 may 2017 - 13:47:14 - thread African Union (525 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the Commercial bank of Mauritius
©- - 24 may 2017 - 12:54:26 - thread African Union (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s exchange rates for the Ouguiya, as issued by the Central bank of Mauritania
©- - 24 may 2017 - 12:50:14 - thread African Union (148 words)


El Geneina, Sudan (PANA) - With support from the African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID), about 500 ex-combatants, including 30 women, are going through the process of demobilization and return to civilian life at a camp in El Geneina, West Darfur
©- - 23 may 2017 - 17:51:52 - thread African Union (445 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned "in the strongest terms the horrific terrorist bomb attack at a concert attended by thousands of young fans in the northern English city of Manchester", that lead to at least 22 deaths and left dozens of others injured on Monday
©- - 23 may 2017 - 17:31:53 - thread African Union (204 words)


El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Fighting has been taking place in the past few days between Government of Sudan forces and rebel movements in the restive North and East Darfur region of western Sudan, with reports of multiple casualties, according to the international peacekeeping force in the region
©- - 22 may 2017 - 18:19:27 - thread African Union (232 words)


Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - For Guinea-Bissau to maintain its currently positive economic trajectory, continued efforts will be needed to maintain and strengthen fiscal discipline and advance structural reforms, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team concluded on Friday at the end of discussions on the third review of the country's IMF-supported programme under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF)
©- - 19 may 2017 - 18:28:37 - thread African Union (456 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir of Sudan on Friday declined an invitation to attend an American–Muslim summit set to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, saying his non participation was for a "special reason"
©- - 19 may 2017 - 14:24:19 - thread African Union (215 words)