Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, and current chairman of the East African Community (EAC), left Bujumbura on Thursday for Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to take part in an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of peacekeeping troop-contributing countries in Somalia, an official statement said Full text...
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Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The adoption by the Council of Ministers of a draft law ratifying the African Youth Charter is the most important socio-political event of the week that is drawing to a close in Burundi Full text...
African Union suspends Burkina Faso following coup
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The African Union (AU) suspended Burkina Faso from its membership on Monday following the coup that overthrew President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on 24 January Full text...
Coronavirus: Libya's heads AU Bureau and Regional Economic Group meeting on pandemic
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya, in its capacity as current chair of the Arab Maghreb Union, Saturday led a virtual meeting of the African Union (AU) Bureau and heads of regional economic groups of the continent devoted to the assessment of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Full text...
Burundi and Rwanda revive security cooperation
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The extradition on Friday of 19 alleged Burundian rebels captured in Rwanda in September 2019 has revived security cooperation between the two countries, which observers say have been accusing each other of mutual destabilisation for more than six years Full text...
President Felix Tshisekedi proposes consensual programme on issue of big Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - President Felix Tshisekedi Monday proposed a consensual programme on the issue of the Big Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, an official source said here Full text...
Tunisia engaged in common African job for peace on continent, says Jerandi
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of foreign affairs, migration and Tunisians living abroad, Othman Jerandi, Wednesday reaffirmed the commitment of his country to achieve peace and the well-being of peoples of the African continent, an official source said here Full text...
AU Summit: Tshisekedi elected AU Chairperson for 2021
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo has been elected first Vice Chairperson of the African Union (AU) for 2020 and Chairperson for 2021, announced, lsmaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti and African Dean, on Sunday at the opening of 33rd Assembly of the AU Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Full text...
AU deploys Election Observation Mission in Mauritius
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) has deployed an observation mission for parliamentary elections scheduled for Thursday in Mauritius Full text...
Kagame calls for "hard work" before final ratification of AfCTA
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday urged African Governments to work hard towards having the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA), which is yet to come into force Full text...