Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday met with African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat who was on a visit to the country Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday concluded a two-day working visit to South Africa, where he held discussions with President Cyril Ramaphosa and his team of senior government officials Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Western countries' attempts to exclude the African Union (AU) from the process of seeking a political solution in Libya seem to overshadow the commitment of the African continental organisation to become more involved in the resolution of the crisis, given the impact of the situation in several countries in the region Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government is about to ratify the treaty establishing the African Drug Agency, adopted by the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, on 11 February 2019 in Addis Ababa, an official source told PANA in Bamako Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Sumitomo, Japanese giant of automotive components, will set up a production base in Tunisia, the Tunisian Agency for the Promotion of Foreign Investment has abbounced Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a Malian armed forces post in Indelimane, on the Niger border, and reaffirmed its full confidence in the government's efforts to track down terrorists and bring them to justice Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Tunisian President Kaïs Saied Tuesday received in audience the chairman of the Libyan high council of State, Khaled Mechri, an official source told PANA here Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The African Union's Advisory Committee on Arts, Culture and Heritage began its first meeting on Monday in Bamako to outline the path that will ensure the success of the mission entrusted to Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta by the AU Heads of State and Government on the sidelines of their 32nd Summit Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday in Vienna, Austria, became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fayez al-Sarraj, President of Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), on Wednesday met separately in New York with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Moussa Mahamat Faki Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian Presiden Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is in Luanda since Tuesday to take part in the first edition of the Peace biannual meeting in the Angola capital from 18-22 September, the Malian presidency said on Wednesday Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) – Morocco was on Monday elected vice president of the 63rd general assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) holding in the Austrian capital, Vienna Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union has promised to help with efforts aimed at delisting Sudan from American terrorists- sponsors dossier, Sudan News Agency quoted an AU official as saying after meeting with Sudan’s new Foreign Minister, Ms  Asma Mohammed Abdulla on Sunday Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Welcoming this week’s agreement with the African Union (AU) and Rwanda to set up a refugee transit mechanism for evacuation of vulnerable refugees out of Libya, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Friday urged other countries to follow this example with further actions to save lives Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has taken major strides to improve the human rights situation in Africa over the last two decades but the lack of a comprehensive human rights strategy remains its biggest flaw, an international rights organisation has told PANA Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union is marking the end of its second decade since taking over from the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which achieved a feat by ensuring the end of colonialism on the continent Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)   -   The African Union Friday mourned the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as the "emblem of Pan-Africanism" Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Friday said it has lifted the suspension of the Sudan from participating in the union’s activities, apparently because Khartoum has observed the principles of forming a civilian government to run the country Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Siala met with African Union Commission (AU) Chairperson  Moussa Faki Mahamat on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) for discussion on the contribution of the continental organization to resolution of the Libyan crisis Full text...

Yokohama, Japan (PANA) - The African Union has urged the Japanese government to continue promoting private investment in Africa as the best model for deepening economic development Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A high-level delegation of African Union (AU) women leaders has started a five-day mission to Sudan by bringing together  women activists to help promote women participation in peace and politics in the country Full text...

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 Full text...

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 Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has endorsed Kenya’s Candidature for a seat in the United Nations Security Council, the Kenyan foreign ministry said on Wednesday Full text...

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 Full text...

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 Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has commended Sudanese rivals for placing national interests over all other considerations as they initialed a constitutional declaration document paving the way for an interim civilian government Full text...

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 Full text...

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 Full text...

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 Full text...

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 Full text...

Khartoum,  Sudan (PANA) – Almost 100 days have passed since President Omar Bashir’s ouster (11 April 2019), but the Sudanese are still struggling to form a central government to hold the country together Full text...

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 Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union Mediator in Sudan’s negotiations, Prof Full text...

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 Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commissioner for Political Affairs, Mr Full text...

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 Full text...

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" Full text...

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 Full text...

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 Full text...

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

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  The chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez al-Sarraj, takes part in the proceedings of the 12th African Union extraordinary session that opens Sunday in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, an official source told PANA here Full text...

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 Full text...

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) Full text...

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 Full text...

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 Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger hosts the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit on Saturday and Sunday, which will focus on the official launch of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Full text...

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 Full text...