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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The Technical Committee on the holding of the Global African Diaspora Summit, scheduled for South Africa in the second half of 2012, has reported progress in the planning of the summit
©- - 28 june 2011 - 10:56:57 - thread African Union (196 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, Monday paid tribute to the "unforgettable" actions of the late Special Representative of the African Union (AU) Commission in the country, Mamadou Bah, who died 23 June in a Nairobi, Kenya, hospital
©- - 27 june 2011 - 18:20:57 - thread African Union (264 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - African leaders meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, later this week will consider a study on the establishment of the Institutional Architecture for Infrastructure Development in Africa (IAIDA), to provide an essential tool in building an integrated continent through its infrastructure, PANA reported Monday
©- - 27 june 2011 - 15:04:02 - thread African Union (285 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt this year reflect the need to consolidate democracy in Africa, African Union Commission President Jean Ping said in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
©- - 27 june 2011 - 12:51:59 - thread African Union (383 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) faces a serious financial constraint as only nine out of the 53 AU member states have fully paid their assessed contribution for the year 2011, PANA has learnt from AU sources, ahead of this week's summit of the continental body
©- - 27 june 2011 - 09:22:30 - thread African Union (363 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - Prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is part of the agenda of the 19th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council which opened here Sunday
©- - 26 june 2011 - 13:56:47 - thread African Union (420 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Australian government's special envoy to the Francophone and French-speaking countries in Africa, William Fisher, said Thursday in Niamey that his country wants to establish cooperation with Niger
©- - 23 june 2011 - 18:40:30 - thread African Union (109 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Resources mobilization from member states to finance programmes of the African Union (AU) will once again be the subject of intense debate in the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the union, especially since the identification of alternative sources of funding has been an issue to African ministers of finance since 2009
©- - 23 june 2011 - 16:54:48 - thread African Union (313 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) composed of ambassadors to the African Union (AU) opens its regular session on Thursday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, ahead of the Foreign Ministers’ meeting scheduled for 26-28 June
©- - 23 june 2011 - 12:08:44 - thread African Union (171 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) has denounced the contempt shown by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) regarding the African Union (AU) initiative on Libya calling for a cease-fire
©- - 09 june 2011 - 17:53:33 - thread African Union (214 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission chief Jean Ping has embarked on a visit to Darfur, aimed at easing growing tension between the Sudanese government and the international peacekeepers in the region
©- - 06 june 2011 - 20:27:33 - thread African Union (302 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African and European Commissions have said that the current changes sweeping across the Arab world and the Maghreb have demonstrated that democracy, human rights, the rule of law and inclusive development are crucial for any country to function viably and in the interest of its people
©- - 05 june 2011 - 12:13:01 - thread African Union (403 words)


Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe will this week take over the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council, an official said here Sunday
©- - 29 may 2011 - 11:16:54 - thread African Union (220 words)


Addis Abba, Ethiopia (PANA) - The various Regional Economic Communities (REC) in Africa have to work towards removing trade barriers to enhance the free flow of goods and people within their areas, as a way to boost their economies, provide jobs and expand markets
©- - 26 may 2011 - 23:33:59 - thread African Union (438 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - A major exhibition was inaugurated Tuesday in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, as part of the Africa Week events organized to celebrate the establishment in May 1963 of the Organization of African Unity (OAU, now African Union)
©- - 24 may 2011 - 19:05:46 - thread African Union (176 words)


Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The special envoy of the Prime Minister of Australia, Neil Mules, on Monday expressed confidence in the growth of cooperation between Angola and his country in all sectors, with emphasis on political and commercial sectors
©- - 24 may 2011 - 14:26:56 - thread African Union (125 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama will attend the extra-ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week, according to an official statement issued in Accra on Tuesday
©- - 24 may 2011 - 13:26:24 - thread African Union (183 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The current NATO military strikes in Libya is neither a "humanitarian" war nor a knee-jerk reaction to events that occurred in that African country, according to popular Belgian journalist-writer Michel Collon
©- - 06 may 2011 - 16:54:11 - thread African Union (968 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two African marathoners, Kenya's Eliud Kiptanui and Ethiopia’s superstar Haile Gebrselassie are to participate in the 2011 Vienna City Marathon in Austria
©- - 14 april 2011 - 16:29:46 - thread African Union (568 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A group of strong Kenyans, among them the former IAAF World Half Marathon Champion Paul Kirui, have entered for the 28th edition of the Vienna City Marathon, holding on 17 April, the course organizers said in press release
©- - 05 april 2011 - 16:13:55 - thread African Union (704 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Vice President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Jean de Dieu Somba, on the sidelines of the meeting of the experts' committee of the African Union (AU) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said here Sunday that aid must only be a support for development in Africa
©- - 27 march 2011 - 20:07:24 - thread African Union (328 words)


Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The world-acclaimed Ivorian president-elect, Alassane Ouattara has rejected the designation of Cape Verdian José Brito as the high representative of the African Union (AU) in charge of implementing the overall policy as decided by the Peace and Security Council (CPS)
©- - 27 march 2011 - 10:52:42 - thread African Union (270 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The prospects of improvement of the economic performance in Africa is favourable in 2011, according to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdoulie Janneh
©- - 24 march 2011 - 15:50:29 - thread African Union (363 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, here on Tuesday reiterated the determination of the AU to bring its support to Tunisia in its democratic transition process
©- - 23 march 2011 - 16:32:27 - thread African Union (264 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has expressed worry over the issue of the Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Mbororo nomads in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the special representative of the president of the AU Commission, Emmanuel Mendoume Nze disclosed here Monday
©- - 22 march 2011 - 18:46:12 - thread African Union (209 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Presidents of Chad, Idriss Deby, and his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, have arrived in Nouakchott to attend Friday's meeting of the African Union High Level Panel on Cote d'Ivoire
©- - 04 march 2011 - 11:28:11 - thread African Union (203 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A three-day conference of the African Union (AU) and African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) opened in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, on Monday with a call for peace in the war-ravaged country
©- - 28 february 2011 - 16:24:51 - thread African Union (463 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The African Union (AU) panel on the Ivorian crisis is scheduled to meet again in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, Friday, PANA learnt here Monday from reliable sources
©- - 28 february 2011 - 13:03:03 - thread African Union (232 words)


Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Members of the African Union (AU) high-level panel, set up to resolve the post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, arrived here Monday for a final push to the settlement, PANA reported here
©- - 21 february 2011 - 14:27:30 - thread African Union (239 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi and the President of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) in Niger, General Djibo Salou, Wednesday in Tripoli, discussed African issues of common interest, including the activities of the African Union (AU) and the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
©- - 10 february 2011 - 15:33:33 - thread African Union (292 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Tuesday applauded the success of the referendum in southern Sudan in which southerners voted for separation, and the federal government approving the results
©- - 08 february 2011 - 16:44:06 - thread African Union (429 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The failed attack on Tuesday night near Nouakchott and the African Union's efforts to resolve the post-election political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire dominated Mauritanian press this past week
©- - 06 february 2011 - 13:26:00 - thread African Union (266 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The newly-created UN agency for gender and women affairs (UN Women) is ready to work on policies required to help implement various African Union (AU) decisions to help improve the quality of life of women and children in Africa, the agency's head said
©- - 04 february 2011 - 13:01:38 - thread African Union (661 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A top-level joint UN-African Union (AU) task force has agreed to form a joint commission to coordinate military strategies in Somalia and work alongside the country’s interim government
©- - 04 february 2011 - 11:40:26 - thread African Union (216 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Friday called for ''appropriate reforms” in Egypt, where protesters have been pushing for President Hosni Mubarak's exit from power
©- - 04 february 2011 - 11:30:47 - thread African Union (223 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 16th session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) has postponed debate on the Transformation of the AU Commission into an Authority, effectively delaying a fresh attempt to have a more permanent African President
©- - 03 february 2011 - 14:37:52 - thread African Union (546 words)


New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the cooperation between the African Union (AU) and the UN on peace and security issues in Sudan, Somalia and Cote d’Ivoire
©- - 02 february 2011 - 17:28:43 - thread African Union (211 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Summit has demanded that the position of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) be reserved for an African candidate when elections are held in December, PANA reported Wednesday
©- - 02 february 2011 - 13:52:03 - thread African Union (396 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders have approved the formation of a Standby Force for the Indian Ocean, to step up the fight against piracy along the coast of Somalia, which is now threatening the movement of international shipping liners there
©- - 02 february 2011 - 13:47:22 - thread African Union (360 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - On 29 January, 2011, Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika launched his sixth book, titled "The African Dream: from Poverty to Posterity" at the Sheraton in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
©- - 01 february 2011 - 18:25:10 - thread African Union (821 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union’s incoming President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, unveiled his vision for Africa late Monday, saying issues of youth unemployment, women and ending conflicts would mark his one-year reign
©- - 01 february 2011 - 15:42:10 - thread African Union (399 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union’s incoming Chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema, said Monday he was not in power permanently, noting that regular elections held in his country had always been won by the ruling party
©- - 01 february 2011 - 15:28:58 - thread African Union (233 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, has welcomed the creation of the African Union (AU) High-Level Panel to end the presidential power-struggle in the country, warning that the panel would be “useless” unless it complied with the Ivorian constitution
©- - 01 february 2011 - 13:57:33 - thread African Union (505 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union high-level panel on Cote d'Ivoire is not wasting any time in swinging into action to help end the post-electoral stalemate in the West African nation, where is a double claim to its presidency
©- - 01 february 2011 - 09:17:44 - thread African Union (327 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The US has dedicated its new embassy compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg called an important symbol of America’s commitment to an enduring friendship with Ethiopia
©- - 01 february 2011 - 09:04:13 - thread African Union (316 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The next African Union summit will be held from 29 to 30 June in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, African heads of State and government said on Monday in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital
©- - 31 january 2011 - 20:39:07 - thread African Union (139 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African heads of State and government on Monday decided to ask Senegal to extradite the former Chadian president Hissène Habré to N’Djamena if the Senegalese authorities do not set up a special court to begin his trial in four months
©- - 31 january 2011 - 20:31:20 - thread African Union (257 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The international community in general and men in particular must understand that sexual violence against women is a crime and that everybody has the responsibility to fight it wherever it takes place, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Monday
©- - 31 january 2011 - 20:29:34 - thread African Union (616 words)