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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian National Assembly on Monday adopted a bill authorizing the government to ratify the Protocol to the Convention of the African Union (AU) on the prevention and fight against terrorism, approved at the continental level 8 July, 2004, and signed by Mauritania 27 January, 2013, PANA learnt from official sources
©- - 29 april 2014 - 16:52:37 - thread African Union (237 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Toyota vehicles have remained the most preferred vehicle brand in Botswana, the diamond-rich southern Africa nation, according to statistics released by the country’s data authority, Statistics Botswana (SB), Tuesday on transport and infrastructure
©- - 29 april 2014 - 12:04:20 - thread African Union (207 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's popular radio personality Redi Tlhabi is at the centre of a storm of controversy following revelations that the events in her best selling book, “Endings and Beginnings: A Story of Healing”, may have been made up
©- - 24 april 2014 - 08:44:49 - thread African Union (297 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Troops of the African Union-led Regional Task Force (AU-RTF) in Central African Republic (CAR) have captured a commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Lt
©- - 23 april 2014 - 15:45:40 - thread African Union (215 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese media have expressed pessimism about the success of the sixth round of talks between the government of Sudan and the rebel groups, which resume in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Tuesday
©- - 22 april 2014 - 13:19:38 - thread African Union (279 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The high level African Union (AU) Inquiry panel on South Sudan, led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, is on a 10-day mission to probe the country which has been wracked by internecine fighting since last year, the AU said Tuesday
©- - 22 april 2014 - 12:33:20 - thread African Union (283 words)


Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The African Union Election Observation Mission (AU EOM) has arrived in Guinea-Bissau to observe the country's presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Sunday, the AU Commission said
©- - 11 april 2014 - 08:55:15 - thread African Union (280 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Embassy of Rwanda in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will on Friday jointly commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, in which over 800,000 people were killed within 100 days in 1994
©- - 10 april 2014 - 13:45:33 - thread African Union (257 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council has asked Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to urgently replace the departing Chadian troops in the Central African Republic (CAR)
©- - 10 april 2014 - 11:37:21 - thread African Union (338 words)


Nouadhibou Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is also the chairman of the African Union (AU), has expressed deep concern about the security crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR)
©- - 08 april 2014 - 12:30:28 - thread African Union (204 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - Senior officials and experts from ministries and agencies responsible for transportation from African Union (AU) member states are meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in preparation for the Third Session of the African Union Conference of African Ministers of Transport (CAMT), scheduled for 10-11 April
©- - 08 april 2014 - 09:00:31 - thread African Union (416 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The panel set up by the African Union (AU) to probe war atrocities in South Sudan has kicked off its work by interviewing experts and will meet East African leaders involved in the search for peace in the country
©- - 03 april 2014 - 12:18:38 - thread African Union (335 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar has threatened to seize the nation's capital, Juba, if ongoing talks to end the current crisis there fails
©- - 01 april 2014 - 15:43:44 - thread African Union (407 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has granted 2 million Euros to the African Union (AU) to support the regional initiative on the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), an armed group causing havoc in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central Africa Republic (CAR)
©- - 31 march 2014 - 17:40:20 - thread African Union (212 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been designated by the African Union Commission (AUC) as a pilot country for a project aimed at increasing the participation of women in political and electoral processes
©- - 31 march 2014 - 15:28:50 - thread African Union (521 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Noting that there were “major challenges” impeding the effectiveness of the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in implementing its core mandate, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has called on the Sudanese government to enhance dialogue and cooperation with the peacekeeping force
©- - 25 march 2014 - 17:06:06 - thread African Union (535 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Calling for renewed efforts to ensure that logistical support provided to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) meets its needs on the ground, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU has urged member states and international partners to speed up operationalisation of the Trust Fund set up for joint operations of the Somali National Army (SNA) and AMISOM
©- - 25 march 2014 - 15:18:17 - thread African Union (397 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Several experts from members States of the African Union (AU) on Monday began the 6th workshop of the African Union Technical working group (GTT) in Dakar, Senegal, to look into the establishment of the rules of origin for the continental free trade zone (ZCLE) towards the creation of an African common market by 2017
©- - 24 march 2014 - 21:29:32 - thread African Union (390 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 21,126 African troops deployed to Somalia by early January 2014 have launched the most ambitious military assault ever against the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, UN and African Envoys said here Monday
©- - 24 march 2014 - 15:07:06 - thread African Union (327 words)


Durban, South Africa (PANA) - The 10th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform opened in Durban, South Africa, on Tuesday
©- - 19 march 2014 - 13:39:58 - thread African Union (293 words)


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
©- - 19 march 2014 - 09:14:58 - thread African Union (287 words)


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
©- - 14 march 2014 - 17:19:19 - thread African Union (275 words)


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
©- - 14 march 2014 - 12:55:39 - thread African Union (202 words)


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
©- - 14 march 2014 - 09:17:05 - thread African Union (189 words)


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
©- - 14 march 2014 - 09:10:53 - thread African Union (176 words)


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
©- - 12 march 2014 - 11:27:53 - thread African Union (477 words)


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
©- - 10 march 2014 - 13:10:51 - thread African Union (181 words)


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
©- - 07 march 2014 - 11:37:37 - thread African Union (205 words)


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
©- - 26 february 2014 - 11:28:38 - thread African Union (188 words)


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
©- - 25 february 2014 - 12:52:17 - thread African Union (108 words)


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
©- - 20 february 2014 - 11:37:39 - thread African Union (774 words)


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
©- - 14 february 2014 - 11:57:45 - thread African Union (387 words)


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
©- - 13 february 2014 - 14:27:52 - thread African Union (287 words)


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
©- - 12 february 2014 - 15:03:48 - thread African Union (240 words)


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
©- - 12 february 2014 - 13:55:46 - thread African Union (225 words)


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
©- - 11 february 2014 - 09:44:41 - thread African Union (394 words)


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
©- - 03 february 2014 - 15:10:07 - thread African Union (199 words)