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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Summit has been puzzled by the failure of the UN Security Council to authorise an increase in financing to back the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region, which has weakened the ability of the affected countries to stabilise the desert region
©- - 11 february 2019 - 15:06:52 - thread African Union (495 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Monday urged African leaders to fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) at a meeting highlighting the scourge on the sidelines of the 32nd African Union (AU) ordinary summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
©- - 11 february 2019 - 11:56:48 - thread African Union (368 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Microsoft founder and global development icon, Bill Gates has moved the African Union Summit with the secrets of a phone call from the late freedom hero Nelson Mandela, who inspired his two decade-long effort to raise US$15 billion to help fight poverty in Africa
©- - 11 february 2019 - 04:07:57 - thread African Union (472 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The President of the world football governing body, FIFA, Gianni Infantino, made a historic appearance at the 32nd African Union Assembly of Heads of State on Sunday with a call to the leaders of Africa to end corruption in football and to tap into its immense opportunity to address Africa's social ills
©- - 10 february 2019 - 21:21:09 - thread African Union (486 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi accepted the baton of leadership at the African Union Summit on Sunday, vowing to pursue the dream of unity
©- - 10 february 2019 - 19:10:43 - thread African Union (458 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has thanked African Member States and the African Union Commission for supporting peace operations in Africa, saying that the service and sacrifice of African peacekeepers is “at the forefront of our minds”, The UN chief’s praise for the work of Blue Helmets and other peacekeeping personnel was part of his address to Heads of State gathered at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, a UN statement said
©- - 10 february 2019 - 19:03:15 - thread African Union (475 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that human rights abuses, the impact of colonization of Africa, lack of development and human rights abuses were at the core of mounting scale of human displacements and the refugee crisis in Africa
©- - 10 february 2019 - 18:33:58 - thread African Union (628 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Summit announced a surprise breakthrough on Sunday in the implementation of its landmark free trade agreement following the receipt of South Africa’s instruments of ratification to the treaty aiming to liberalise trade around the continent
©- - 10 february 2019 - 17:25:36 - thread African Union (557 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders attending the 32nd session of the Heads of State and Government Assembly have emphasised the need to fight terrorism, climate change and enhance the capacity of their continental body to deal with more complex issues like cyber security and technology
©- - 10 february 2019 - 14:54:05 - thread African Union (795 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected the African Union Chairman for 2020 and would serve this year as first Vice President to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
©- - 10 february 2019 - 12:38:45 - thread African Union (156 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi emerged the new Chairman of the African Union (AU) on Sunday after closed door talks which preceded the formal opening of the 32nd Summit of the Heads of State and Government Assembly, a major breakthrough for Egyptian diplomacy
©- - 10 february 2019 - 08:55:47 - thread African Union (637 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Young female African coders are “on the front-line” of the battle to change traditionally male power relations and bring about a more equitable balance between men and women, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said during his visit to Ethiopia to attend the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa
©- - 10 february 2019 - 05:41:11 - thread African Union (461 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African nations are setting an example for richer countries when it comes to the treatment of refugees, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a press conference on Saturday, following a meeting with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
©- - 10 february 2019 - 05:31:07 - thread African Union (503 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Somali government officials, international development partners and civil society organisations engaged in humanitarian operations in Somalia met at the African Union Summit to lobby African leaders to approve a massive debt cancellation for war-ravaged Somalia
©- - 09 february 2019 - 20:04:20 - thread African Union (630 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday arrived in Addis Ababa to attend the 32nd ordinary session of the assembly of African Union heads of state and government
©- - 09 february 2019 - 19:16:09 - thread African Union (209 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ahead the formal opening of the African Union Summit on Sunday, heads of three major continental organisations on Saturday discussed ways of improving response to the increasing migration and forced displacements in Africa
©- - 09 february 2019 - 19:00:24 - thread African Union (458 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, left here Saturday for Addis Ababa to attend the African Union summit, the presidency said in a statement copied to PANA
©- - 09 february 2019 - 16:10:24 - thread African Union (152 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to hand over the African Union (AU) chairmanship to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the continental body Assembly scheduled for 10- 11 February 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
©- - 09 february 2019 - 14:21:07 - thread African Union (588 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission has entered an agreement with a Kigali-based think-tank specializing in international development to help countries in Africa to effectively implement the broad development goals set by both the AU and the UN, officials said Saturday
©- - 09 february 2019 - 12:39:00 - thread African Union (541 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet and the president of Africa’s premier human rights court, Sylvain Oré, on Saturday signed an agreement designed to strengthen the working relationship between the two organizations
©- - 09 february 2019 - 12:05:40 - thread African Union (443 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has launched a universal appeal to foreign actors to join African countries in fighting the causes of desertification through increased investments in climate adaptation mechanisms in order to free more funds currently being sunk in adapting to drought
©- - 08 february 2019 - 17:22:06 - thread African Union (462 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has pledged to intensify measures to reduce the scourge of conflicts afflicting most countries through the implementation of a soon-to-be launched AU conflict prevention strategy, which aims to address sources of violence and human rights violations
©- - 08 february 2019 - 16:41:17 - thread African Union (471 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African ministers are holding talks on ways of resolving future disputes arising from the implementation of the landmark plan by the African Union (AU) to remove barriers hindering the growth of airlines in Africa and the liberalization of the airspace, AU officials said on Friday
©- - 08 february 2019 - 15:44:43 - thread African Union (586 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union’s Executive Council, which comprises foreign ministers from the continent’s 55 member states, opened on Thursday, with emphasis on ending conflicts in Africa by the year 2020 and putting an end to the cycle of forced displacements
©- - 07 february 2019 - 16:13:23 - thread African Union (540 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has commended Central African Republic (CAR) stakeholders, the Government and the armed groups in particular, for their commitment and spirit of compromise
©- - 06 february 2019 - 15:44:39 - thread African Union (235 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Illegal immigration cannot be stopped exclusively by security measures at the Libyan border, according to the Libyan foreign affairs minister, Mohamed Taher Siala, who called on European countries to set up development projects in the countries of origin of migrants
©- - 01 february 2019 - 11:27:20 - thread African Union (249 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and the African Union (AU) are optimistic that an agreement would be reached shortly between the Bangui government and the rebel groups, currently in Khartoum, Sudan, for peace talks
©- - 24 january 2019 - 17:08:06 - thread African Union (193 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union and the African Union are ready to work with the president-elect of Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, according to a communiqué following a joint meeting of EU and AU Foreign ministers, which ended on Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium
©- - 23 january 2019 - 12:02:54 - thread African Union (292 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned in the strongest terms the attack in Mali that killed 10 Chadian peacekeepers, who were members of the United Nations Mission Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on 20 January 2019
©- - 22 january 2019 - 15:24:33 - thread African Union (207 words)


Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has joined the African Union (AU) in calling on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to suspend the declaration of the final election results after the 30 Dec
©- - 18 january 2019 - 19:50:42 - thread African Union (442 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has called on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to suspend the declaration of Felix Tshisekedi as the winner of the 30 December presidential election
©- - 18 january 2019 - 09:33:24 - thread African Union (376 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will on 4 January 2019 visit the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to hand over a new four-storey building to be used as the Integrated Service Centre of the African Union Commission
©- - 28 december 2018 - 15:41:04 - thread African Union (254 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Independent National Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Saturday reassured the African Union (AU) that the postponed presidential election in the central African country would take place on 30 December
©- - 23 december 2018 - 17:46:30 - thread African Union (254 words)


Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have sent observers to Togo for the parliamentary elections due on Thursday
©- - 19 december 2018 - 14:09:34 - thread African Union (186 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) – African leaders are holding a landmark meeting with their European counterparts in Vienna, Austria, on a number of important issues, including the improvement of the financial sector, digital economy and the enhancement of the financial sector through the use of information technology tools, officials said on Tuesday
©- - 18 december 2018 - 19:01:21 - thread African Union (958 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The industrialisation process in Africa is a reality deepened further with the launch of the continental free trade area to accelerate efforts to make Africa the manufacturing hub of the world, African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry Albert Muchanga has said
©- - 17 december 2018 - 12:02:26 - thread African Union (919 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The African Union Commission has appealed to member states to consider including electronic commerce into the broader trade framework under the continental free trade area, which is being prepared for launch early next year
©- - 13 december 2018 - 12:01:53 - thread African Union (677 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Deputy UN Secretary General for peacekeeping operations, Mrs Bintou Kéita, and the African Union Senior representative of the African Peace Foundation, Dr Donald Kaberuka, on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
©- - 13 december 2018 - 11:33:24 - thread African Union (199 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The African Union has created an infrastructure project preparation facility to assist countries prepare mega-infrastructure projects and to cushion foreign investors from risks associated with costly projects, a senior AU official said on Wednesday
©- - 13 december 2018 - 08:57:59 - thread African Union (530 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - African Ministers of trade kicked off a meeting in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, Wednesday, to look into ways of compensating countries likely to suffer national revenue losses as a result of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
©- - 12 december 2018 - 14:04:19 - thread African Union (680 words)


Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat has urged the Africa 2018 Business Forum to focus on challenges facing the continent including intra-African trade, the role of the private sector, the situation of young entrepreneurs, the role of women, invention and new technologies
©- - 09 december 2018 - 14:27:05 - thread African Union (283 words)


Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The year 2018 is a landmark chapter in Africa’s regional integration efforts as the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Single African Air Transport Market are major milestones in the creation of a regulatory environment that promotes air connectivity and makes it faster, easier and less expensive for Africans to travel within Africa
©- - 30 november 2018 - 14:21:55 - thread African Union (549 words)