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New York, US (PANA) - The UN and the African Union (AU) Commission on Sunday welcomed the peaceful conduct of the partial re-run for the elections of Comoros President and Governor of Anjouan
©- - 15 may 2016 - 16:00:22 - thread African Union (227 words)


New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that he is following closely political developments in Comoros in the wake of the recent judgment of the Constitutional Court ordering a partial re-run of the elections for President and for Governor of Anjouan
©- - 07 may 2016 - 08:56:50 - thread African Union (393 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and their Member States have been urged to ratify and implement the protocols on free movement of persons in their respective regions in order to make the Agenda 2063 on Regional Integration a reality
©- - 06 may 2016 - 16:38:06 - thread African Union (623 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Serbian President TomislavNikolic has bestowed African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma with the highest Order of the Republic of Serbia on Strips, the Commission said here Thursday
©- - 28 april 2016 - 18:16:17 - thread African Union (265 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan, UN and African Union (AU) on Monday in Khartoum agreed on a smooth and phased exit of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) from Sudan's Darfur region
©- - 18 april 2016 - 20:45:42 - thread African Union (211 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Commission (EC) have reaffirmed their engagement in continued cooperation to maximise the benefits of science, technology and innovation
©- - 08 april 2016 - 09:02:37 - thread African Union (841 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan must be fully implemented "as a necessary step to end the civil war and put the country on a new path of peace, security and development," said a joint communiqué issued here Thursday at the conclusion of the 8th College-to-College meeting between the African Union Commission and the European Commission
©- - 07 april 2016 - 19:21:45 - thread African Union (380 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has called on African states to be “strategic, ambitious, rigorous and disciplined” if they are to achieve sustainable and inclusive development for their people
©- - 04 april 2016 - 17:42:37 - thread African Union (529 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN officials have highlighted the contributions to humanity by people with autism, noting that shunning them is a violation of human rights and a waste of human potential
©- - 01 april 2016 - 22:44:03 - thread African Union (441 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union has commended Khartoum for signing a road map prepared by Thabo Mbeki, the head of African Union High Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan (AUHIP), aimed to help warring parties in Sudan end their differences
©- - 24 march 2016 - 08:08:52 - thread African Union (382 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Ahead of a special session on drugs at the United Nations General Assembly, senior United Nations officials on Monday focused on the people affected by drugs and the shared international responsibility in stopping the suffering caused by these illicit substances
©- - 15 march 2016 - 06:45:38 - thread African Union (453 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has commended the United Nations Security Council for designating the rebel group and cult Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and its leader, Joseph Kony, effective 7 March 2016, as subject to sanctions imposed by UN Resolution 2262 (2016)
©- - 12 march 2016 - 09:39:18 - thread African Union (340 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have condemned Wednesday's attack on the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) by an unknown armed group in which one South African peacekeeper was killed and another wounded
©- - 10 march 2016 - 18:41:50 - thread African Union (180 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on the Government of Sudan to fully cooperate with the AU-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and facilitate its freedom of movement in view of the increased in fighting in the restive western region of the country
©- - 03 march 2016 - 19:37:49 - thread African Union (281 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on Wednesday announced the appointment of Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo of South Africa as their Deputy Joint Special Representative for the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan, commonly known as UNAMID
©- - 02 march 2016 - 15:37:23 - thread African Union (235 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Union (AU) Heads of State mission, led by South African President Jacob Zuma, has made steady progress in unlocking the Burundi political crisis after a working visit there where it held talks with the key stakeholders in the crisis engulfing the fragile Central African state
©- - 01 march 2016 - 13:24:55 - thread African Union (462 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s announcement on Wednesday that he had decided to withdraw the 800-odd South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops from the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, has raised doubt that South Africa could be retreating before the war is over
©- - 25 february 2016 - 15:32:16 - thread African Union (709 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Using vaccines, one of the most powerful tools for saving children’s lives, has marked the start of a new era in Africa, the African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs, Dr
©- - 24 february 2016 - 15:31:00 - thread African Union (618 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other key immunization development partners has organized the first ever Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa to be held Wednesday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
©- - 23 february 2016 - 18:04:43 - thread African Union (253 words)


Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Republic of Angola turns 40 years on Friday, 12 February, 2016, since it was admitted as the 46th member of the African Union (AU), according to the latest information from the African Union
©- - 12 february 2016 - 13:02:31 - thread African Union (177 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The ex-Australian hostage, Jocelyn Eliott, 84, abducted with her husband by elements of Al-Mourabitoune, but released on Saturday, arrived in Ouagadougou Monday on board of the Nigerien presidential aircraft, together with the Nigerien minister of Foreign Affairs minister, Mrs Achatou Kané Boulam, according to official sources
©- - 08 february 2016 - 14:23:39 - thread African Union (269 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says deep divisions over how to carry on with the reform of the UN Security Council have delayed the process
©- - 05 february 2016 - 09:55:46 - thread African Union (604 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries would now be required to choose the specific taxation options they prefer to raise funds for the implementation of the flagship African Union (AU) projects following a breakthrough on the alternative sources of financing AU-led mega-projects
©- - 05 february 2016 - 09:44:38 - thread African Union (622 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The African Union (AU) Heads of State Assembly approved the holding of a donor pledging conference in Addis Ababa on Monday, to raise funds to support a continental response to the Boko Haram threat in West Africa and the Sahel region, an AU official said Sunday
©- - 31 january 2016 - 18:07:10 - thread African Union (430 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)- Former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has been appointed the African Union Special Envoy to Libya, a top AU official said on Sunday
©- - 31 january 2016 - 17:50:12 - thread African Union (490 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union leaders ended their 26th Ordinary Session here Sunday agreeing to hold an emergency Summit on Migration because they could not remain unmoved by the plight of the African youth, many of whom have fallen victims of boat tragedies in attempts to cross the Mediterranean to Europe
©- - 31 january 2016 - 15:14:32 - thread African Union (466 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The African Union (AU) has approved a stabilization mission to protect civilians, human rights workers and disarm militias in Burundi, but the crisis-hit country immediately rejected an AU Summit declaration on sending a high-level delegation to negotiate for Bujumbura’s consent
©- - 31 january 2016 - 14:38:11 - thread African Union (602 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - In his farewell speech at the African Union Simmit here on Saturday, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe vowed to stay on as President “until God says come”, electrifying the usually-dull moments at the Summit, which premiered a new style of conducting its affairs
©- - 30 january 2016 - 14:19:36 - thread African Union (562 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, late Friday to discuss a plan to stop the spread of terrorism with a call to all states to volunteer resources to combat the spread of the Boko Haram across the Lake Chad Basin and the Al Shabaab in East Africa
©- - 30 january 2016 - 07:10:17 - thread African Union (499 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has approved a US$446 million budget for 2016, slightly higher than the US$416 million budget for 2015, PANA reported Friday
©- - 29 january 2016 - 15:15:40 - thread African Union (447 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The African Union (AU) has sounded a warning to Burundi, which insists it would accept talks with rival political camps, but would not accept the deployment of foreign troops on its soil to protect key state officials and stop the killing of political opponents
©- - 29 january 2016 - 10:42:40 - thread African Union (513 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi is due in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Friday to attend the 26th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union to be held over the weekend
©- - 28 january 2016 - 19:11:58 - thread African Union (119 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu left Lusaka Thursday for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU)
©- - 28 january 2016 - 18:23:36 - thread African Union (217 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African foreign ministers on Thursday elected new members of the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) bringing on board Congo Republic, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia to hold seats on the 15-member Council for three years, PANA reported Thursday
©- - 28 january 2016 - 18:03:35 - thread African Union (296 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) called for the formation of a unity government for South Sudan at the start of a ministerial meeting on Wednesday to fine-tune an agenda for the African leaders meeting this week in Ethiopia, PANA reported
©- - 27 january 2016 - 22:26:07 - thread African Union (289 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A “silent financial crisis” is sweeping across Africa, ignited by sluggish prices of major exports and an increment in the amount of foreign debt owed by African countries due to the rapid weakening of national currencies, according to the African Union (AU) Commission
©- - 27 january 2016 - 17:36:22 - thread African Union (432 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Foreign ministers forming the Executive Council of the African Union met on Wednesday to prepare the main agenda of the AU Summit at a ministerial meeting dominated by the need to address conflicts which have made Africa unattractive for foreign investments
©- - 27 january 2016 - 10:56:51 - thread African Union (564 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan military has mounted a major military offensive against the Al Shabaab in the Gedo region of Somalia in an effort to rescue and recover the bodies of an undisclosed number of soldiers killed during Friday’s attack at the El-Adde military base in Somalia, a top Kenyan army General said Sunday
©- - 17 january 2016 - 16:39:05 - thread African Union (427 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Members of the Sudanese National Dialogue Conference (NDC) committee on administration, representing Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, have demanded an autonomous rule within a united Sudan
©- - 16 january 2016 - 11:56:34 - thread African Union (617 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist attack perpetrated by Al Shabaab on Friday against an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in the town of El Adde, Gedo region in Somalia
©- - 15 january 2016 - 19:33:18 - thread African Union (201 words)