Breaking news

  1. Home
  2. African Union
  3. Addis-Abeba July 2012


Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The African Union should urge the United Nations Securit y Council to set up a commission of inquiry to document the worst human rights a b uses in Somalia, an essential first step in creating justice and accountability, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said
©- - 26 june 2009 - 13:20:00 - thread African Union (537 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African envoys meeting to discuss the political and econom ic climate in the continent were due to end three days of discussions on the effects of transforming the African Union Commission into an Authority on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 12:33:00 - thread African Union (363 words)


Paris- France (PANA) -- The Director General of the United Nations Educational, S cientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Koïchiro Matsuura, will attend the summit of the African Union (AU), slated for 1-3 July in Sirte, Libya, the UN ag e ncy told PANA here on Monday
©- - 22 june 2009 - 18:52:00 - thread African Union (113 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The official signing ceremony of the Mauritania peace pact, brokered by African Union Facilitator and Senegalese President Abdou l aye Wade, was postponed from Wednesday to Thursday to give time for the Facilita t or to witness the signing, official sources told PANA here Thursday
©- - 04 june 2009 - 12:38:00 - thread African Union (244 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council has called for enhanced collaborat ion with the African Union (AU) to promote peace and security in Africa
©- - 29 may 2009 - 14:13:00 - thread African Union (244 words)


N'Djaména- Chad (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) and the Chadian government will create the first African museum for peace, human rights and non-violence here, H e ad of the Culture and Sports Section of the AU, Daraïtivo Ralaïbo, said at a pre s s conference held in the Chadian capital city
©- - 27 may 2009 - 14:33:00 - thread African Union (191 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) which supports President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallah, ousted from p o wer in the 6 August 2008 coup, and the Union of Democratic Forces (RFD), the cou n try's main opposition party before the coup, will take part in mediation talks t o be held in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, between all the stakeholders in the l i ngering Mauritanian political and institutional crises, opposition sources told P ANA here
©- - 26 may 2009 - 15:12:00 - thread African Union (278 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) which supports President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallah, ousted from p o wer in the 6 August 2008 coup, and the Union of Democratic Forces (RFD), the cou n try's main opposition party before the coup, will take part in mediation talks t o be held in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, between all the stakeholders in the l i ngering Mauritanian political and institutional crises, opposition sources told P ANA here
©- - 26 may 2009 - 15:12:00 - thread African Union (278 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Key stakeholders in the Mauritanian crisis have been invited to Dakar, Senegal's capital, Tuesday for a third round of negotiati o ns under Senegalese mediation, backed by the African Union and all partners of t h e International Contact Group on Mauritania (GCIM), diplomatic sources told PANA Sunday
©- - 24 may 2009 - 18:53:00 - thread African Union (189 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The next Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU ) will take place 1-3 July, in Sirte, Libya, the AU Commission said here Tuesday
©- - 19 may 2009 - 10:32:00 - thread African Union (120 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Head of Division of Economic Policies and Research a t the African Union Commission, Dr
©- - 15 may 2009 - 17:57:00 - thread African Union (506 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade arrived Thur sday in Nouakchott, leading a joint Senegal/African Union mission to mediate the political crisis in Mauritania since the 6 August 2008 coup
©- - 14 may 2009 - 20:21:00 - thread African Union (274 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Jean Ping, on Saturday strongly condemned Thursday's killing of a Nigerian peacekeep e r with the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
©- - 09 may 2009 - 16:30:00 - thread African Union (262 words)


Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The Fourth Conference for African integration ministe rs (COMAI) opened on Thursday in Yaounde with a call on African leaders to be united in int ernational forums in the face of the crisis facing the world
©- - 08 may 2009 - 07:50:00 - thread African Union (356 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A three-day international meeting bringing together expe rts on gender and related issues organised by the African Union (AU) and Gambian government gets underway in Banjul official sources confirmed to PANA Thursday
©- - 07 may 2009 - 18:31:00 - thread African Union (157 words)


Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- African ministers in charge of integration are expect ed to meet Thursday in Yaounde, Cameroon, as part of the fourth edition of the C o nference of African Ministers of Integration (COMAI IV) on the theme “Partnershi p s and Integration in Africa”
©- - 06 may 2009 - 19:08:00 - thread African Union (257 words)


Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The third mission of the African Union International Co ntact Group on Guinea ended its third mission to the West African country on Tue s day with co-chairman Ibrahima Fall expressing satisfaction with preparations for the organisation of parliamentary and presidential elections
©- - 05 may 2009 - 22:31:00 - thread African Union (337 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan revolutionary leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, who is al so the current chairman of the African Union (AU), on Tuesday received the visiting Jor danian Prime Minister, Nader Dhahbi, in Tripoli
©- - 05 may 2009 - 21:54:00 - thread African Union (117 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan revolutionary leader Mouammar Kadhafi who is the current chairman of the African Union (AU), on Tuesday received Guinea Bissau's P rime minister, Carlos Gomez Junior, in Tripoli
©- - 05 may 2009 - 21:54:00 - thread African Union (148 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) and Interpol are working to strengt hen cooperation in a move to better counter threats from transnational criminal g roups and terrorists
©- - 05 may 2009 - 18:28:00 - thread African Union (227 words)


Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- A delegation of the AU peace and security counci l will visit Cote d'Ivoire from 28 April to 1 May on a fact-finding mission foll o wing the political crisis in that West African country, the AU liaison office sa i d here
©- - 26 april 2009 - 16:45:00 - thread African Union (158 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs C heikh Tidiane Gadio, has called on African States to find a mechanism to ensure s table financial resources in the African Union (AU), explaining that the organis a tion was facing serious financial problems and that subscription from member cou n tries would not be sufficient to finance the institution
©- - 21 april 2009 - 20:13:00 - thread African Union (255 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affair s, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, commended the commitment of Libyan leader and Chairman o f the African Union (AU), Mouammar Kadhafi, to the achievement of the unity of t h e African continent, noting that the decision to establish the Authority of the U nion and the appointment of the Libyan leader as chairman of the continental org a nisation were "happy events"
©- - 21 april 2009 - 18:34:00 - thread African Union (444 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, acting AU President, on Sunday evening met the Chadian Prime Minister, Youssef Salah Abbas, in Tripol i
©- - 20 april 2009 - 23:38:00 - thread African Union (210 words)


Cairo- Egypt (PANA)- – An Australian tourist was arrested in Luxor last week afte r he attempted to enter a restricted security zone and allegedly photographed ot h ers, security sources reported here on Sunday
©- - 19 april 2009 - 18:47:00 - thread African Union (229 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PAN) -- Libyan papers this week focused on the 12th extraordinary session of the African Union's Executive Council and the proposal of the Libyan leader and president of the AU, Mouammar Kadhafi, relating to the functioning of the Authority that will replace the AU Commission
©- - 18 april 2009 - 20:03:00 - thread African Union (418 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese minister of foreign affairs, Cheikh Tidiane G adio, announced on Thursday in Tripoli that the technical commission formed by t h e 12th extraordinary session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council has ado p ted the principle of the formation of an AU Authority
©- - 16 april 2009 - 23:59:00 - thread African Union (313 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The ministerial Committee set up by the executive Board of the African Union (AU) in the course of its 12th extraordinary session devoted to considering the setting up of the AU's Authority, started work on Wed n esday evening in Tripoli
©- - 16 april 2009 - 23:36:00 - thread African Union (178 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Jean Ping, said on Thursday in Tripoli that the 12th extraordinary meeting of t he AU Executive Council does not encroach on the sovereignty of states
©- - 16 april 2009 - 22:44:00 - thread African Union (189 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African Foreign Ministers Tuesday settled down on their first day of deliberations on the process of transforming the African Union Comm i ssion (AUC) into a Union Authority, at an extra-ordinary meeting in Sirte, Libya
©- - 14 april 2009 - 17:19:00 - thread African Union (431 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian head of state, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Monday received an African Union (AU) mission, made up of the Lib y an Secretary for African affairs, Ali Abdel Salam Tryki, and the Commissioner fo r peace and security, Ramadan Lamamrana, official sources told PANA here
©- - 13 april 2009 - 20:09:00 - thread African Union (251 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- African Union Commission (AUC) Chairman Jean Ping, on Tu esday appealed to all member states of the pan-African organisation and its part n ers to "refrain from any action likely to endorse illegality in Madagascar"
©- - 08 april 2009 - 16:09:00 - thread African Union (314 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Libyan leader and Chairman of the African Union ( AU), Mouammar Kadhafi Sunday met with officials of the AU Commission (AUC) on pe a ce and security issues in the African continent at the AU headquarters in Addis A baba, Ethiopia
©- - 29 march 2009 - 19:58:00 - thread African Union (212 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Uni on (AU) Friday suspended Madagascar, as a consequence of former Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina's forceful takeove r of the country's presidency
©- - 20 march 2009 - 12:37:00 - thread African Union (305 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Uni on (AU) Friday suspended Madagascar's membership, after former Antananarivo Mayo r Andry Rajoelina took over the country's presidency forcefully
©- - 20 march 2009 - 12:05:00 - thread African Union (42 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council says it will strengthen partnership with the African Union (AU) to enhance the organisation's peacekeeping capacity
©- - 19 march 2009 - 20:48:00 - thread African Union (525 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) Monday called on the political forces in Madagascar to engage in dialogue to solve the political impasse that has been raging in the Indian Ocean Island for the last three months
©- - 16 march 2009 - 14:41:00 - thread African Union (391 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the Afric an Union (AU) Monday called on the political forces in Madagascar to engage in d i alogue to solve the political impasse that has been raging in the Indian Ocean Island for the last three months
©- - 16 march 2009 - 14:41:00 - thread African Union (411 words)


Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Austra lia, Ms Quentin Bryce, arrived in Mauritius Monday afternoon for a four-day offi c ial visit to the island, PANA reported
©- - 16 march 2009 - 13:22:00 - thread African Union (85 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations and African Union (AU) have launched a joint initiative to support an African plan to fight the traffic in illicit drug s and related criminal activity on the continent over the next five years
©- - 14 march 2009 - 17:51:00 - thread African Union (388 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African Union’s top security organ, the Peace and Security Council (PSC), has asked for a speedy conclusion of a sanctions list targeting groups and individuals troubling the Somali government, so the sanctions can be enforced
©- - 13 march 2009 - 10:19:00 - thread African Union (302 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), a coalition of political parties opposed to the 6 August coup in Maurita n ia, strongly denounced the comments by Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, who is m e diating in the Mauritanian crisis, on democracy and elections
©- - 12 march 2009 - 16:38:00 - thread African Union (268 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Deposed Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, will leave his home village, Lemden, Thursday for the Maurita n ian capital, Nouakchott, from where he is expected to travel Friday to Tripoli, L ibya's capital, authoritative sources in Nouakchott told PANA
©- - 04 march 2009 - 16:40:00 - thread African Union (186 words)


Syrte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader and chairman of the African Union (AU), Moua mmar Kadhafi, received Friday evening in Syrte (the center of Libya), a delegati o n of Jordanian popular players who came to congratulate him and the citizens for his election to the presidency of AU and for the commemoration of the 32nd anniv e rssary of the proclamation of the power of the people in the country
©- - 01 march 2009 - 15:22:00 - thread African Union (251 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- An 11-member team, constituted by the Chairman o f the African Unity (AU) and Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, met political stak e holders here at the weekend with a view to resolving the political problems plag u ing Mauritania
©- - 15 february 2009 - 12:36:00 - thread African Union (259 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan student was killed and two others were rescued, one with serious burns, in the raging wildfires in Australia, the Kenyan Foreig n Ministry said Saturday
©- - 14 february 2009 - 11:47:00 - thread African Union (172 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade declared on Wednesday in Dakar that the government of the African Union (AU) will be put in place in January 2010 while the United States of Africa will be proclaimed in 2017
©- - 12 february 2009 - 00:03:00 - thread African Union (214 words)


Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Sale of new vehicles in Gabon inched up by 3% in 2008 to 5,015 from 4,857 in 2007, according to figures published by Gabonese car dealers, Union of Automobile Representatives (URAI) on Friday
©- - 06 february 2009 - 23:10:00 - thread African Union (215 words)