Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Equatorial Guinea and the African Union Commission (AUC) have signed an agreement paving the way for the former to host the third session of the Conference of African Ministers of Transport in April, AUC said
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Durban, South Africa (PANA) - The 10th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform opened in Durban, South Africa, on Tuesday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Improvement in the security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) has prompted authorities of the transitional administration to reduce the daily curfew across the country to six hours from 11:00 pm to 05:00 am, the Peace and Security Department of the African Union Commission (AUC) said Wednesday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has stressed the need for Africa to act as one on issues around mining and commodities
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Japan’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU), Kazuhiro Suzuki, on Friday handed over US$ 5 million to the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui, to support various African peace and stability initiatives on the continent
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said Friday that she received with great sadness news of the death of Sierra Leone's former President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, who died Thursday in Freetown, his country’s capital
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Responding to the African Union’s appeal for support to the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA), Namibia has contributed US$500,000 to the AU Peace Fund, it was learnt here Friday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has appealed to all Libyan stakeholders to resolutely commit themselves to settling their differences by peaceful means and to work toward national dialogue and reconciliation
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has urged political parties, civil society and armed opposition in Sudan to engage in dialogue that will address the challenges of peace and security in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states
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Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has launched the Internet Exchange Point in Namibia to contribute to bringing efficiency in the routing of intra-country internet traffic
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The African Union (AU) representative to the second international support conference for Libya, held in Rome, Italy, Thursday, has proposed the establishment of a special commission to support Libya
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Belarus Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) Dimitry Kuptel Thursday presented his Letter of Credence to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr
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Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has marked this year's Africa Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in Maseru, Lesotho, the AU Commission said
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will Thursday attend Nigeria’s centenary celebrations in the capital city of Abuja, where she will deliver a goodwill message on behalf of the African Union, the Commission announced here Wednesday
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is the current chairman of the African Union (AU), left Nouakchott Tuesday for Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, where he is due to attend a meeting on the post-2015 development agenda, official sources said
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As Libya prepares for an international support meeting on dealing with its internal security challenges, a ministerial meeting of the Sahelo-Saharan region has called for an increased engagement of Africa “to help this brotherly country overcome the challenges facing it, in a spirit of African solidarity
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Second High Level Meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP), held here Thursday, called for continued cooperation by stakeholders
to ensure access to energy by Africans across the continent
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government is to hire independent forensic auditors to examine the books of the state-owned oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to unravel whether or not it failed to remit oil revenues to the Federation Account, Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Pan African University (PAU), a continental academic network of higher education institutions of excellence for postgraduate studies and advanced research, is currently recruiting staff in various senior positions
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has expressed shock and sorrow at Tuesday's crash of an Algerian military plane that left 77 people dead
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has condoled with Burundi over the flood disaster that left 60 dead and over 80 wounded, in addition to destroying houses and rendering 10,000 homeless
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Daadab, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Commission has formally inaugurated the Kenya Red Cross Hospital in Daadab Camp to provide services to the Daadab refugee population and the host community
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Innovation Summit, which was recently held in Cabo Verde, focused on the African Strategy on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Director for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union (AU) Commission Abebe Haile Gabriel has said the development of the Implementation Plan for the integrated African strategy on meteorology is 'cardinal' as it would improve the generation of climate information on the African continent
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – African leaders will hold a special summit on employment and poverty reduction in Burkina Faso next September, according to a communique issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and received by PANA here Monday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Executive Council has accepted Kenya's offer to host the African Institute for Remittances (AIR), which is due to take off this year and become fully operational in 2015, the AU Commission (AUC) said here Monday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African heads of state and government concluded their 22nd ordinary summit here late Friday, resolved and committed to creating a force that would step in whenever the need arises in any of their countries to stamp out a rebellion
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa has to fast track its capacity development if the African Union’s Vision 2063, designed to get the entire continent to middle- or upper-income level, is to be achieved, according to Prof
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Addis Ababa, Éthiopia (PANA) – The Western Sahara issue, especially the achievement of its self determination, should be taken as a priority on the agenda of the African Union (AU), according to the Angolan Vice President, Manuel Domingos Vicente, who is attending the Summit of African leaders in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nigeria on Friday affirmed the African Common Position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, as set out in the African Union (AU) policy document of March, PANA reported
President Goodluck Jonathan made the affirmation in his speech on the post 2015 Development Agenda at the AU Summit due to round off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – This year’s African Union (AU) Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards for top African researchers have been presented to two scientists from Burkina Faso and Nigeria
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has declared its determination to hold accountable those responsible for the reported skirmishes in South Sudan after the parties signed an agreement to cease hostilities
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Addis Ababa, Éthiopia (PANA) – Angola will provide humanitarian assistance to populations affected by the war in the Central Africa Republic (CAR), according to the Angolan Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente, who is attending the Summit of African leaders in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
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Addis Ababa, Éthiopia (PANA) – Angola has expressed the hope that Madagascar's readmission into the African Union (AU) fold will encourage other State victims of unconstitutional changes of government to speed up restoration of constitutional order
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The European Union (EU) is ready to give 25 million euros as new support to the African-led operation in Central African Republic (CAR) based on a request to be made by the African Union (AU), the EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, announced here Friday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa needs concrete actions to put an end to several conflicts raging across the continent, with African countries themselves making greater effort to meet expectations of the affected populations, according to the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Morocco has ruled out any plan to return to the African Union (AU) until the continental body withdraws its 1984 recognition for the independence of Western Sahara
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has urged the interim authorities in Egypt to ensure the broadest possible participation in the country’s forthcoming elections and to make the polls free, fair and transparent
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania has assumed office as the new African Union (AU) chairperson with a proposal for the holding of a “major international conference” on migration and its impact on African economies
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has welcomed the UN arms embargo imposed on the Central African Republic (CAR) as well as the travel restrictions and freezing of assets of CAR individuals and entities as designated by the UN Security Council
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – People displaced as a result of the conflict in Central African Republic (CAR) is currently put at nearly 900,000, including about 500,000 in Bangui, the capital, with 100,000 camping at the airport, according to the latest report of the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Set to carry out its three-year Strategic Plan, the African Union Commission (AUC) said Thursday it was committed to improve both internal and external communication with stakeholders of the Union
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – For most of African countries, agriculture constitutes the development battlefield where they can win the war on poverty, hunger and indignity, the newly-elected African Union Chairperson, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, said here Thursday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries should speak with one voice on the basis of a common position in defining the nature of international development cooperation for the next decades, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn said here Thursday
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was Thursday unanimously elected new Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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