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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has re-emphasised the need for all parties in the Egyptian conflict “to eschew all forms of violence and uphold the spirit of dialogue, inclusivity and national reconciliation”
©- - 14 september 2013 - 07:57:16 - thread African Union (160 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia Friday strongly condemned the terror attack on Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam ‘Madobe’, leader of the Interim Jubba Administration in Southern Somalia, and his motorcade by Al Shabaab rebels
©- - 13 september 2013 - 13:25:54 - thread African Union (231 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa’s top political and economic institutions have joined forces, with backing from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), to improve employment prospects for the continent’s bulging youth population, it was officially announced here Wednesday
©- - 11 september 2013 - 07:50:25 - thread African Union (370 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The International Contact Group on Madagascar (ICG-M) has welcomed the African Union (AU) decision to immediately lift targeted sanctions against 109 Malagasy political actors, including President Andry Rajoelina
©- - 09 september 2013 - 13:22:53 - thread African Union (243 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Sudan’s decision to indefinitely suspend the shutdown of the transportation and processing of oil from South Sudan is encouraging, according to African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
©- - 06 september 2013 - 09:43:05 - thread African Union (174 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has appealed to the international community to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Madagascar to help the Indian Ocean island country cope with the problems caused by this year’s poor rice crop and the locust invasion
©- - 06 september 2013 - 09:39:04 - thread African Union (567 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - In its bid to assist African Rift Valley countries in the development of geothermal energy resource, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field
©- - 05 september 2013 - 08:26:42 - thread African Union (401 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) have jointly appealed to the UN Security Council to authorise financial and logistical support for the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (AFISM-CAR)
©- - 04 september 2013 - 09:32:55 - thread African Union (448 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Argentina has re-opened its embassy in Ethiopia in order to work closely with the African Union (AU) “on very important issues”, the South American country’s newly-appointed ambassador, Gustavo Grippo, disclosed
©- - 03 september 2013 - 14:40:52 - thread African Union (361 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has welcomed the agreement between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Jubba Interim Administration to establish the modalities of administration and governance in three southern regions of the war-ravaged Horn of Africa country
©- - 29 august 2013 - 16:37:22 - thread African Union (244 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Union (AU) High-Level Panel for Egypt Wednesday embarked on a week-long mission to the North African country, in pursuance of the relevant pronouncements of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) on the situation there
©- - 28 august 2013 - 12:45:04 - thread African Union (215 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Pan African University has received a major boost with a grant support of US$45 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB), according to a statement from the African Union received by PANA on Thursday
©- - 22 august 2013 - 17:18:47 - thread African Union (529 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has felicitated with Muslims as they celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan
©- - 09 august 2013 - 08:27:57 - thread African Union (156 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An African Union (AU) conference aimed at complementing ongoing efforts to improve the health of African citizens and reduce maternal and newborn mortality is underway in Johannesburg, South Africa
©- - 02 august 2013 - 10:02:00 - thread African Union (379 words)


Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – Rising from their meeting in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Wednesday, sports experts, tasked with working out the agenda for the fifth conference of the African Sports ministers, have pledged further commitment to the development of sports in Africa and recommended that special attention to be given to athletics
©- - 24 july 2013 - 16:19:26 - thread African Union (231 words)


Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Commission and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) will hold a discussion on the theme 'Sport and HIV/AIDS' on the sidelines of the fifth AU conference of Sports Ministers in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 22-26 July
©- - 21 july 2013 - 15:12:05 - thread African Union (205 words)


Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - An experts’ meeting will be held here Monday ahead of Thursday's African Union (AU) conference of Sports Ministers at the same venue
©- - 21 july 2013 - 15:02:00 - thread African Union (190 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Thursday joined the rest of the world in wishing former South African President Nelson Mandela ''a happy and healthy'' 95th birthday,which coincides with the annual commemoration of the Nelson Mandela International Day
©- - 18 july 2013 - 15:07:26 - thread African Union (371 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ended in Abuja Tuesday, with African leaders recommitting themselves to the declaration they made in 2001 to increase health sector funding in order to end the scourge of the diseases
©- - 16 july 2013 - 17:13:43 - thread African Union (721 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria got underway here Monday, with host President Goodluck Jonathan challenging his fellow African leaders to look inward in the search of solutions to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other related infectious diseases
©- - 15 july 2013 - 16:44:57 - thread African Union (558 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Sunday that a vaccine for malaria may just be three years away
©- - 14 july 2013 - 17:44:37 - thread African Union (655 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has strongly condemned ''the senseless and unprovoked attack'' by unidentified gunmen on the African Union/UN Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers Saturday in which seven Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed and 17 others wounded
©- - 14 july 2013 - 10:59:18 - thread African Union (184 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is planning a new intervention plan on malaria in order to boost the country's anti-malaria programme, according to Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu
©- - 14 july 2013 - 00:11:40 - thread African Union (505 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Friday suspended Egypt's membership of the 54-member bloc, saying the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi constitutes an unconstitutional change of government
©- - 05 july 2013 - 12:07:22 - thread African Union (304 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders have vowed to end hunger on the continent by 2025 by sustaining the momentum of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
©- - 03 july 2013 - 15:05:45 - thread African Union (465 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - With nearly a quarter of Africa’s population still undernourished, the African Union (AU) will, from 30 June, host a two-day high-level international meeting here to focus on renewing partnership for a unified approach to end hunger in the continent
©- - 19 june 2013 - 08:20:07 - thread African Union (443 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) and the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee (EUPSC) have called for full implementation of the Framework Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in DR Congo and the Great Lakes region, signed here on 24 February 2013
©- - 12 june 2013 - 12:20:04 - thread African Union (206 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Avoiding a shutdown on landlocked South Sudan’s oil pipeline that runs through Sudan to the sea is currently the focus of the African Union (AU) efforts to ease tension between the two countries, AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said here Wednesday
©- - 12 june 2013 - 12:01:56 - thread African Union (332 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Sudan and South Sudan have been urged to address the issue of disputed and claimed border areas, recognising that their agreement could provide an important platform for cross-border cooperation in the framework of regional cooperation and integration
©- - 12 june 2013 - 09:19:52 - thread African Union (344 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Organisation of free, fair, transparent and inclusive elections could normalise situations in Mali and Guinea Bissau, according to a statement issued here at the end of a one-day joint annual consultation between the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council and the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee
©- - 12 june 2013 - 09:09:58 - thread African Union (615 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Initiatives being taken by the African Union (AU) in countering terrorism and the trafficking of narcotics and human beings also benefit Europe in confronting the same crimes, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said here Tuesday
©- - 11 june 2013 - 13:50:22 - thread African Union (569 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has sent former South African President Nelson Mandela a “get-well-soon” message, as he undergoes treatment in a hospital in Pretoria
©- - 11 june 2013 - 07:35:26 - thread African Union (179 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Belgian Foreign Affairs minister, Didier Reynders, on Monday lauded the African Union (AU) for the key role it has played in the resolution of conflicts on the continent
©- - 10 june 2013 - 20:18:27 - thread African Union (225 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes, is among the five Africans to be honoured at a ceremony in New York, US, next week for his visionary and exemplary leadership and for playing an integral role in Africa’s development and progress over the last decade
©- - 07 june 2013 - 12:11:39 - thread African Union (364 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) member states should enable their borderland populations to be architects and privileged beneficiaries of African integration, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra, said here Friday as the organisation observed the African Border Day
©- - 07 june 2013 - 12:04:52 - thread African Union (573 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The lasting solution to the disputed sovereignty of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is to provide the people of Western Sahara the right to self-determination, as envisaged by the UN Declaration on Human Rights and the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU), according to AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
©- - 04 june 2013 - 08:36:50 - thread African Union (230 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has projected a total transformation of Africa in the next 50 years, to build on the achievements of the founding fathers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the AU
©- - 04 june 2013 - 07:50:19 - thread African Union (582 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian newspaper has sharply criticised African leaders over their recent celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the Africa Union (AU), saying the celebration was lacking ''in highlight of accomplishments on social, political and economic fronts''
©- - 03 june 2013 - 14:48:14 - thread African Union (355 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - For the first time, the African Union Commission (AUC) is co-organising the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), the fifth edition of which opens Saturday in Yokohama, Japan
©- - 31 may 2013 - 08:04:27 - thread African Union (390 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) says the Court acknowledges and respects the African Union’s role as the continent’s main regional organization, reiterating its commitment to cooperate with the African Union (AU)
©- - 29 may 2013 - 20:33:18 - thread African Union (588 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has expressed his satisfaction with the recently-concluded African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
©- - 29 may 2013 - 08:18:10 - thread African Union (397 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The proceedings at the 21st AU summit ended on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with a strong criticism by the heads of State and government against the International Criminal Court (ICC), sources told PANA
©- - 27 may 2013 - 21:41:14 - thread African Union (411 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was Monday elected head of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the 21st African Union (AU) summit wound up, PANA reported from here
©- - 27 may 2013 - 14:13:21 - thread African Union (150 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa will not wait for handouts from outside to help it carry out its development programmes, the continent's leaders decided as they concluded the 21st ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Assembly here Monday
©- - 27 may 2013 - 13:00:40 - thread African Union (244 words)