Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Coalition of dialogue on Africa (CoDA) will on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, hold a dialogue between actors on the continental trade and the strengthening of the implementation of the African continent’s free-trade area Agreement (ACFTAA), official sources said here Saturday Full text...
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AU climate disasters insurer to extend compensation plan
Rome, Italy (PANA) – The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Agency, an African Union-mandated climate insurance firm, and the World Food Programme (WFP) have signed an agreement to continue extending financial services and technical support to victims of climate disasters, the agency said on Friday Full text...
Nigeria approves domestication of AU resolution on 0.2% import levy
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the domestication of the African Union (AU) Resolution providing for a new import levy of 0 Full text...
Egyptian PM underlines importance of African free-trade zone deal
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Mustapha Medloubi Monday reaffirmed the importance his country attached to the African free-trade area deal in strengthening cooperation and integration among African countries Full text...
President Al-Sissi receives Thabo Mbeki in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi on Tuesday received former South African President Thabo Mbeki, who is also chairman of the AU high level implementation Group for Sudan, South Sudan and the Horn of Africa, the Egyptian presidency said Full text...
Former Malian foreign affairs minister appointed chief of staff of AUC chairman
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The former Malian minister of foreign affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, was on Saturday appointed chief of staff of the African Union Commission (AUC) chairman Full text...
AU meeting to prepare Summit with regional economic communities
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will from 29-30 April host an African Union (AU) meeting on preparation of the first coordination Summit between the AU and eight regional economic communities, including UMA, ECOWAS, COMESA, SADC and IGAD, planned for Niamey in July Full text...
Niamey preparing to host AU Summit in July
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niamey city authorities, in preparations to host the African Union summit in July 2019, Thursday launched a large sanitation and cleaning campaign in the Nigerien capital, official sources told PANA here Full text...
AU deploys mission for parliamentary elections in Benin
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - An African Union (AU) mission, coordinated by Mr Guy Cyrille Tapoko, is presently staying in Benin within the framework of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, a press release issued by the institution said on Tuesday Full text...
Sudanese military council discusses political development with AUC Chief
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairman, Musa Faki, on Saturday conferred with the head of the political committee of the Transitional Military Council in the Sudan, Lt Full text...
Ivanka Trump meets AU officials on advancing women empowerment
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the United States of America have agreed to forge closer collaboration on women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurship, the AU and the US announced Monday Full text...
AU issues two-week deadline for Sudanese military junta to quit
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council met on the situation in Sudan on Monday following the ouster of President Omar El-Bashir and issued a 15-day deadline for the ruling military council to hand over power to a temporary civilian government or face consequences Full text...
AU think-tank advises strong state control over industrialisation projects in Africa
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - There is need for stronger state control over the private sector in the implementation of strategies geared towards kick-starting the industrialisation process in Africa, officials of an African Union specialised agency tasked with providing advisory services have affirmed Full text...
AUC chairperson visits Libya's detention centres for illegal migrants
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Commission chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Tuesday visited the Tripoli branch of the Libyan detention centre for illegal immigrants, where he sought to know how immigrants, stranded in Libya, are being treated Full text...
AU Chair says solution to Libyan crisis will be found by Libyans
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Solution of the Libyan crisis will be found by the Libyans themselves without foreign interference, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has said Full text...
AUC chairman presents AU initiative on reconciliation conference on Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Monday presented the AU initiative on a reconciliation conference in Libya to Fayez al-Sarraj, chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, official sources told PANA here Full text...
Burundi says expecting compensation from Egypt as AU chairman
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi says it expects compensation from Egypt, as chairman of the African Union (AU), for alleged injustices under the presidency of neighbouring Rwanda, official sources told PANA here Monday Full text...
Moussa Faki concerned about the situation in the Comoros
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern about the deteriorating political and security situation in the Union of the Comoros Full text...
Algerian FM, AU Commission chairman meet in Tunis
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Algerian deputy Prime Minister, also minister of foreign affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, and the chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday held an extended working session, where they discussed ’peace and security issues in Africa’’, as well as ‘’the latest developments of the regional and international situation’’, particularly the meeting on Libya Full text...
UN, partners meet on Saturday in Tunis on the Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of the United Nations (UN), led by Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, the League of Arab States, the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU), meet this Saturday in Tunisian capital, Tunis, on the Libyan issue Full text...
Sacked Gambian minister launches book about himself
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s former Information minister Demba A Jawo on Saturday launched an autobiography which has been described as something depicting the life of the author as well as a reflection of struggles within the Gambian society Full text...
Burundi to evaluate benefits of ‘African free-trade zone’
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundi is to establish a team of experts to evaluate profits the country could draw from the creation of the “African Free Trade Zone (ZLECAF)”, a communiqué issued here by the council of ministers and copied to PANA said here Friday Full text...
Malian President IBK, African Cotton Association delegation discuss local transformation of cotton
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, and a delegation of the African Cotton Association (ACA), led by its Tanzanian Director General, Marco C Full text...
Preparations for Libya's Inclusive Conference dominate Libyan media
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week covered two main topics, one of which was the ongoing preparations for the inclusive National Conference, the centrepiece of the plan of action of the UN Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé, to get Libyans to agree on an election timetable, while the other concerns the roadmap drawn up by African leaders at the end of their 32nd Ordinary Summit last February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to find a solution to the Libyan crisis Full text...
Accelerating efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in Libya (Analysis by Ba Youssef, PANA correspondent)
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Meetings have intensified in recent weeks in Libya to accelerate the search for a political solution to the crisis by surfing on the wave created by the meeting in late February between the two main protagonists in Libya, the Chairman of the Presidential Council, Fayez al-Sarraj, and Marshal Khalifa Hafter, Head of the Libyan National Army, to relaunch the political process with assistance from the international community more involved than ever in a political settlement in this North African country Full text...
AU, UN delegation meets Haftar in effort to end Libya crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Marshal Khalifa Haftar, Commander-in-chief of the Libya National Army, on Wednesday met a delegation of the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) in Benghazi as efforts continue to find a political solution to Libya's crisis continue Full text...
AU, UN hold discussions with Libyan presidential council chairman on Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the Libyan presidential council of the government of national accord, Fayed Al-Sarraj, held talks on Tuesday with UN and African Union delegations on the latest political and security situation in Libya, a communiqué issued here and copied to PANA said Full text...
Belgian crew wins "Nyirangarama Tare Sprint Rally 2019" car race in Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan-Belgian crew of pilot Giancarlo Davite and co-driver Yan Demester, aboard a Mitsubishi Lancer, dominated the "Nyirangarama Tare Sprint Rally 2019" car race, which ran this weekend some 88 Full text...
Libya elected vice-president of the executive board of AU’s financial, planning and economic affairs
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The third ministerial conference of the African Union’s specialized technical committee on finances, planning, economy and integration, held from 4 to 8 March in the Cameroonian capital, Douala, elected Libya as vice-president of the committee’s executive board Full text...
Cameroonian PM says Monetary Fund will change industrialisation tide in Africa
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The African Union should speed up the formation of the African Monetary Fund (AMF), which would mark the turning point in Africa's efforts to rapidly industrialise, Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said on Thursday Full text...
AU sees state policies leading to major shift in intra-Africa trade
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has become the biggest loser in the latest international trading trends observed by an African Union Commission research team, which shows exports mostly from East African countries to the Euro zone dropping by a massive 20% Full text...
AU finance ministers endorse proposed international sovereign rating agency
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Ministers of finance, economy and planning approved a new roadmap towards the creation of a ratings agency on Tuesday to help provide sovereign rating services to countries and companies in order to enhance rapid access to the international debt markets Full text...
AU makes widespread reform proposals to drive African industrial growth
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The African Union Commission has called on countries to rapidly ratify treaties aiming for the creation of the Central Bank, Monetary Fund and the Investment Bank to help mobilize the wealth required to finance rapid economic growth and create more jobs Full text...
Francophonie Secretary General expected to make first visit to Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The new Secretary General of the International francophonie organisation (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo, who took office in January, will make her first visit to Bamako before the end of the year, she said at the end of talks with President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, on the sidelines of the 26 Pan-African cinema and television festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO, which end at the weekend in the Burkina Faso capital Full text...
AU welcomes President Buhari's victory in Nigerian polls
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)- African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has congratulated Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari for winning a second-term in office Full text...
Burundi’s Defence minister confirms withdrawal of 1,000 troops from AMISOM
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The Burundian minister of Defence and Former combatants, Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye, on Thursday confirmed the ‘’unilateral’’ and ‘’regrettable’’ decision of the African Union to have 1,000 troops of the 5,000 Burundian contingent withdrawn from the African peacekeeping Mission in Somalia, before the end of February Full text...
Burundi, Somalia call for "Urgent" Summit of troop-contributing countries to AMISOM
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi and Somalia have called for an "urgent" Summit of Heads of State and Government of troop-contributing countries to the African Mission for Peacekeeping in Somalia (AMISOM), ahead of the end to their mandate before the end of this year, even as the threat of radical Islamists persists against the central government in Mogadishu Full text...
UN-AU task force expresses support to Lake Chad Basin Commission in fighting Boko Haram
UN-AU task force expresses support to Lake Chad Basin Commission in fighting Boko Haram
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) have reaffirmed their commitment to support the efforts of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in the implementation of the Regional Strategy for the Stabilisation, Recovery and Resilience of the Boko Haram-affected areas Full text...