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Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - An exhibition to strengthen US-Africa trade relations will be held on September 20 in New York, on the theme "United States-Africa: Business Opportunities and Development of the trade", according to an officialcommuniqué sent to PANA

©- - 26 august 2019 - 17:17:25 - thread African Union (225 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has welcomed the signing on Wednesday of a Memorandum of Understanding to improve political and economic relations between the governments of Rwanda and Uganda

©- - 24 august 2019 - 10:11:03 - thread African Union (190 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the adoption by Sudanese rivals of the Constitutional Declaration and political agreement documents that will lead to civilian rule, describing it as an important step forward

©- - 18 august 2019 - 11:02:26 - thread African Union (360 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice-President of the Government of National Accord, Ahmed Maitig, on Wednesday reaffirmed support for the financial auditing of the Libyan Central Bank, for which UNSMIL has launched an international tender

©- - 08 august 2019 - 13:41:29 - thread African Union (380 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Jubilant youths on Monday prevented African Union (AU)  mediator, Professor Mohamed el Hassan Lebatt, to walk to his car as he emerged from Friendship Hall in downtown Khartoum where the two Sudanese rivals have been meeting before signing the Constitutional Declaration documen

©- - 05 august 2019 - 13:11:15 - thread African Union (299 words)


Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The United States on Monday announced its support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), on the margins of the opening of the 18th Forum on the U

©- - 05 august 2019 - 12:38:25 - thread African Union (281 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   Sudanese rivals, the Transitional Military Council and Forces for Freedom and Change Sunday initialed the final Constitutional Declaration document in the presence of African Union mediators and facilitators, with emotions running high even among key players and speakers at the podium, official sources said here

©- - 04 august 2019 - 17:55:24 - thread African Union (704 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudanese military and opposition have finally concluded the constitutional document as mediated by the African Union (AU), a prelude for the signature on all documents required for the interim period and civil administration

©- - 03 august 2019 - 11:26:18 - thread African Union (171 words)


Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) will undertake sensitisation visits to the Comoros 7-8 August 2019 and to Zimbabwe 14-15 August 2019 to promote the Pan African judicial organ, the Court said on Thursday

©- - 01 august 2019 - 16:20:11 - thread African Union (380 words)


Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Regional Service Centre for Africa, will train member states on green/climate Financing

©- - 31 july 2019 - 15:25:51 - thread African Union (523 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 12th African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit, held on 7 July in Niamey, Niger, to launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), revealed a strong commitment by the continental organization to become more involved in the settlement of the Libyan crisis

©- - 15 july 2019 - 12:08:16 - thread African Union (1090 words)



Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's head of state, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Wednesday urged his compatriots to take over the continental African Free Trade Area (AfCTA) and, in general, the 2063 agenda of the African Union which aims to make Africa, by 2063, an "Africa integrated, prosperous and peaceful, led by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force on the international scene"

©- - 10 july 2019 - 18:58:05 - thread African Union (511 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -   Egypt’s President and incumbent chairman of the African Union (AU), Abdel Fattah El Sisi, said here Sunday that, with the launching of the African free-trade area (AfCFTA), there was still a long way to go for the zone to be fully operational

©- - 08 july 2019 - 21:02:59 - thread African Union (803 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -  The African continental free-trade area (AfCFTA) was officially launched on Sunday in Niamey at the end of an African Union extraordinary summit

©- - 07 july 2019 - 20:15:16 - thread African Union (189 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -   The African Union extraordinary summit on the African continental free-trade area (AfCFTA) opened here Sunday, official sources said here

©- - 07 july 2019 - 16:38:28 - thread African Union (353 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA)    -   The extraordinary summit of the African Union for the launch of the African Economic Free Trade Area (AfEFTA) opened here Sunday graced by some 30  heads of  state and government

©- - 07 july 2019 - 11:59:25 - thread African Union (160 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Head of State, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Saturday on the sidelines of the AU Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government, officially launched the 2019 edition of the Forum of the Continental African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

©- - 06 july 2019 - 18:56:14 - thread African Union (905 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - An International Education and Training Fair (SIEFOR) focused on the role of civil society opened on Saturday in Niamey, under the chairmanship of the Nigerien Minister of Higher Education, Research and innovation, Yahouza Sadissou

©- - 06 july 2019 - 15:39:11 - thread African Union (338 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A ministerial forum for the elimination of malaria in Sahel countries opened on Friday in Niamey to review and approve the joint plan for the implementation of the initiative for 2019 and define the next steps

©- - 06 july 2019 - 14:18:07 - thread African Union (221 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Friday congratulated the people and ruling Transitional Military Council in the Sudan for reaching a power sharing agreement, under the supervision of the African Union and Ethiopian facilitation

©- - 05 july 2019 - 20:41:57 - thread African Union (271 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Siala Friday called on the African Union (AU) to help Libya solve the problem of African migrants, an official source told PANA here

©- - 05 july 2019 - 11:50:45 - thread African Union (326 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré will on Sunday take part in the African Union extraordinary summit in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, sources at the presidency said here Thursday

©- - 04 july 2019 - 21:57:46 - thread African Union (195 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Experts from the Committee of 15 African Union Finance Ministers (F15) met on Wednesday at the Niamey Congress Palace, chaired by AU Commission Vice-President, Kwessi Quartey, to discuss the recommendations of the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREP) on the AU's 2020 budget and prepare draft recommendations to be submitted to the Committee of 15 Finance Ministers

©- - 04 july 2019 - 10:45:30 - thread African Union (519 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The next African Union summit and some issues of bilateral cooperation were at the center of talks on Tuesday in Kinshasa between President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo and his Togolese counterpart Faure Gnassingbé, a statement from the presidency said here Wednesday

©- - 03 july 2019 - 20:49:43 - thread African Union (241 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, Wednesday called on the African Union high level committee on Libya to review its position on the current Libyan crisis, an official statement issued here and received by PANA said

©- - 26 june 2019 - 22:20:24 - thread African Union (681 words)


Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) is holding its 12th retreat from June 24 to 26, 2019 in Skhirat, Morocco, said a statement issued by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

©- - 24 june 2019 - 15:45:08 - thread African Union (172 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The United Nations envoy in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on Thursday held talks in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, with the African Union peace and security Commissioner, Ismail Chargui, on the way forward to finding a durable solution to the crisis shaking the North African country

©- - 20 june 2019 - 18:36:38 - thread African Union (294 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has renounced the holding of a National Reconciliation Conference on Libya in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, saying the continued fighting around Tripoli has not created the right environment for the conference

©- - 20 june 2019 - 18:24:33 - thread African Union (463 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya is a “natural choice” to host the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) headquarters because of its advanced trade links with countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and the East African nation has embarked on plans to further promote regional trade, a top official said

©- - 19 june 2019 - 15:28:17 - thread African Union (408 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's public radio on Tuesday relayed large excerpts from a statement by the Association for Solidarity, Self-Development and Environmental Protection (ASAP), lambasting ''biased'' reports from the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, on the ''failed'' political dialogue in Burundi, and Human Rights Watch (HRW), on "serious violations" of human rights in this country

©- - 18 june 2019 - 13:42:34 - thread African Union (549 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Thursday suspended Sudan from all its activities following last Monday's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum in which the opposition said about 100 people were killed and hundreds injured

©- - 06 june 2019 - 15:20:15 - thread African Union (623 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the entry into force on Thursday of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA), noting that its implementation will lead to increased trade between African countries and strengthen growth and job creation on the continent

©- - 31 may 2019 - 17:20:32 - thread African Union (202 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A memorial wall to honour African peacekeepers who have died in the line of duty in various peacekeeping operations around Africa has been opened at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the AU's Peace and Security department said on Thursday

©- - 30 may 2019 - 20:22:32 - thread African Union (382 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundi  President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday received Ghana's Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, who visited Burundi "on behalf of President Nana Akufo Addo", to seek support for Ghana's bid to host the permanent secretariat of the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Burundi’s public radio has reported

©- - 29 may 2019 - 14:26:53 - thread African Union (224 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)    -   The president of the Tunisian national anti-corruption institute, Chawki Tabib, said here Monday that Tunisia signed in 2003 the African Union Convention on the prevention and fight against corruption but its non-membership remained an issue with successive governments due to bureaucracy

©- - 27 may 2019 - 22:29:21 - thread African Union (302 words)