Syrte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader and chairman of the African Union (AU), Moua mmar Kadhafi, received Friday evening in Syrte (the center of Libya), a delegati o n of Jordanian popular players who came to congratulate him and the citizens for his election to the presidency of AU and for the commemoration of the 32nd anniv e rssary of the proclamation of the power of the people in the country Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- An 11-member team, constituted by the Chairman o f the African Unity (AU) and Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, met political stak e holders here at the weekend with a view to resolving the political problems plag u ing Mauritania Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan student was killed and two others were rescued, one with serious burns, in the raging wildfires in Australia, the Kenyan Foreig n Ministry said Saturday Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade declared on Wednesday in Dakar that the government of the African Union (AU) will be put in place in January 2010 while the United States of Africa will be proclaimed in 2017 Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Sale of new vehicles in Gabon inched up by 3% in 2008 to 5,015 from 4,857 in 2007, according to figures published by Gabonese car dealers, Union of Automobile Representatives (URAI) on Friday Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Chairman Maummar Kadhafi h as vowed to push for a permanent seat for the Union within the United Nations Se c urity Council during his year-long tenure at the helm of the organisation Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Australia has donated humanitarian assistance worth US$2 million to mitigate the current food crisis facing Kenya, the Kenyan government said in a statement here Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir on Friday reasserted the commitment of his country to the immediate setting up of an African federal government Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union (AU) foreign ministers on Friday received the Commission's analysis report in Addis Ababa, which outlined three different patterns for the setting up of a continental government, the Senegalese Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio told PANA Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Forum of the kings, sultans, princes, sheiks and African traditional chiefs have urged African leaders who meet from Sunday in Addis Ababa, to proclaim a federal government for the continent Full text...