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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has pledged to intensify measures to reduce the scourge of conflicts afflicting most countries through the implementation of a soon-to-be launched AU conflict prevention strategy, which aims to address sources of violence and human rights violations
©- - 08 february 2019 - 16:41:17 - thread União Africana (471 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African ministers are holding talks on ways of resolving future disputes arising from the implementation of the landmark plan by the African Union (AU) to remove barriers hindering the growth of airlines in Africa and the liberalization of the airspace, AU officials said on Friday
©- - 08 february 2019 - 15:44:43 - thread União Africana (586 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) Commissioner for Trade and Industry Albert Muchanga Thursday urged countries to tap the potential of refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to improve the welfare of communities
©- - 07 february 2019 - 17:04:37 - thread União Africana (352 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union’s Executive Council, which comprises foreign ministers from the continent’s 55 member states, opened on Thursday, with emphasis on ending conflicts in Africa by the year 2020 and putting an end to the cycle of forced displacements
©- - 07 february 2019 - 16:13:23 - thread União Africana (540 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has commended Central African Republic (CAR) stakeholders, the Government and the armed groups in particular, for their commitment and spirit of compromise
©- - 06 february 2019 - 15:44:39 - thread União Africana (235 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Illegal immigration cannot be stopped exclusively by security measures at the Libyan border, according to the Libyan foreign affairs minister, Mohamed Taher Siala, who called on European countries to set up development projects in the countries of origin of migrants
©- - 01 february 2019 - 11:27:20 - thread União Africana (249 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and the African Union (AU) are optimistic that an agreement would be reached shortly between the Bangui government and the rebel groups, currently in Khartoum, Sudan, for peace talks
©- - 24 january 2019 - 17:08:06 - thread União Africana (193 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union and the African Union are ready to work with the president-elect of Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, according to a communiqué following a joint meeting of EU and AU Foreign ministers, which ended on Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium
©- - 23 january 2019 - 12:02:54 - thread União Africana (292 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned in the strongest terms the attack in Mali that killed 10 Chadian peacekeepers, who were members of the United Nations Mission Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on 20 January 2019
©- - 22 january 2019 - 15:24:33 - thread União Africana (207 words)


Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has joined the African Union (AU) in calling on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to suspend the declaration of the final election results after the 30 Dec
©- - 18 january 2019 - 19:50:42 - thread União Africana (442 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has called on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to suspend the declaration of Felix Tshisekedi as the winner of the 30 December presidential election
©- - 18 january 2019 - 09:33:24 - thread União Africana (376 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will on 4 January 2019 visit the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to hand over a new four-storey building to be used as the Integrated Service Centre of the African Union Commission
©- - 28 december 2018 - 15:41:04 - thread União Africana (254 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Independent National Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Saturday reassured the African Union (AU) that the postponed presidential election in the central African country would take place on 30 December
©- - 23 december 2018 - 17:46:30 - thread União Africana (254 words)


Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have sent observers to Togo for the parliamentary elections due on Thursday
©- - 19 december 2018 - 14:09:34 - thread União Africana (186 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) – African leaders are holding a landmark meeting with their European counterparts in Vienna, Austria, on a number of important issues, including the improvement of the financial sector, digital economy and the enhancement of the financial sector through the use of information technology tools, officials said on Tuesday
©- - 18 december 2018 - 19:01:21 - thread União Africana (958 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The industrialisation process in Africa is a reality deepened further with the launch of the continental free trade area to accelerate efforts to make Africa the manufacturing hub of the world, African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry Albert Muchanga has said
©- - 17 december 2018 - 12:02:26 - thread União Africana (919 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The African Union Commission has appealed to member states to consider including electronic commerce into the broader trade framework under the continental free trade area, which is being prepared for launch early next year
©- - 13 december 2018 - 12:01:53 - thread União Africana (677 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Deputy UN Secretary General for peacekeeping operations, Mrs Bintou Kéita, and the African Union Senior representative of the African Peace Foundation, Dr Donald Kaberuka, on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
©- - 13 december 2018 - 11:33:24 - thread União Africana (199 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The African Union has created an infrastructure project preparation facility to assist countries prepare mega-infrastructure projects and to cushion foreign investors from risks associated with costly projects, a senior AU official said on Wednesday
©- - 13 december 2018 - 08:57:59 - thread União Africana (530 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - African Ministers of trade kicked off a meeting in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, Wednesday, to look into ways of compensating countries likely to suffer national revenue losses as a result of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
©- - 12 december 2018 - 14:04:19 - thread União Africana (680 words)


Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat has urged the Africa 2018 Business Forum to focus on challenges facing the continent including intra-African trade, the role of the private sector, the situation of young entrepreneurs, the role of women, invention and new technologies
©- - 09 december 2018 - 14:27:05 - thread União Africana (283 words)


Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The year 2018 is a landmark chapter in Africa’s regional integration efforts as the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Single African Air Transport Market are major milestones in the creation of a regulatory environment that promotes air connectivity and makes it faster, easier and less expensive for Africans to travel within Africa
©- - 30 november 2018 - 14:21:55 - thread União Africana (549 words)


Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Pax Africana, the African initiative seeking to consolidate peace in the continent, on Wednesday welcomed the recent institutional reforms undertaken by the African Union Commission (AU) particularly with regard to restructuring of the AU Commission and empowering the Union executive
©- - 28 november 2018 - 16:27:55 - thread União Africana (287 words)


New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has commended the African Union, a UN peace partner, and its leadership for progress achieved on institutional reform, adopted at the continental organization’s Assembly meeting
©- - 23 november 2018 - 21:08:06 - thread União Africana (184 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A high-level probe panel formed by the African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has confirmed the abuse of female employees and workers on short-term contracts at the continental organisation
©- - 22 november 2018 - 19:52:09 - thread União Africana (534 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The supreme organ of the African Union (AU), the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of all the 55 African countries, began its 11th Extraordinary Session on Saturday with a call to advance the institutional reform of the Union, as events on the continent and across the world continue to confirm the urgency and necessity of this project
©- - 18 november 2018 - 15:04:47 - thread União Africana (655 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has announced the appointment of five African members of the Board of Trustees of the African Union Peace Fund
©- - 18 november 2018 - 14:44:44 - thread União Africana (783 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders have gathered for an emergency African Union Summit in Addis Ababa to consider proposals to improve the functioning of the AU Commission (AUC) and its key organs, officials said on Saturday
©- - 17 november 2018 - 10:52:55 - thread União Africana (943 words)


Abidjan, Côte d 'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara left Abidjan on Friday for Ethiopia to take part in the 11th Extraordinary Summit of African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa on the reform of the continental organization, PANA learned from official sources
©- - 16 november 2018 - 19:21:33 - thread União Africana (135 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir will fly to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday to take part in an extraordinary summit meeting of the African Union (AU) heads of state and government set for November 17-18
©- - 15 november 2018 - 19:39:43 - thread União Africana (98 words)


Melbourne, Australia (PANA) - In a landmark deal with performance analytics company, Catapult Sports, 54 countries under the jurisdiction of the Confédération of African Football (CAF) and CAF itself will be supplied with world-leading athlete-monitoring technology to advance team and player performance
©- - 15 november 2018 - 13:34:41 - thread União Africana (653 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries could rapidly increase the trade volumes and narrow down the gaps which hamper trade between countries in the region, officials said ahead of the upcoming UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Electronic Commerce week in Nairobi, Kenya
©- - 13 november 2018 - 14:47:56 - thread União Africana (512 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidency of the African Parliament (PAP) will send a delegation to Libya to discuss the crisis in that north African country with stakeholders and international parties with a view to finding a negotiated settlement to the crisis, the Libyan MP at the PAP, Youssef al-Fakhri, told the press on Sunday
©- - 28 october 2018 - 15:13:17 - thread União Africana (321 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received visiting Chairman of the African Union Commission, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, saying that the greatest investment Europe and America can make in Africa now is to help the continent accomplish inter-basin water transfer to recharge the Lake Chad
©- - 26 october 2018 - 18:34:07 - thread União Africana (395 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) on Tuesday commended efforts by the G5 Sahel and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to reinforce regional cooperation to address the threats of terrorism and organized crime
©- - 23 october 2018 - 18:23:03 - thread União Africana (427 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has marked a major milestone in the implementation of plans to make it self-sustaining in financial matters, an AU official said Friday
©- - 19 october 2018 - 19:25:05 - thread União Africana (287 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday congratulated Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for appointing a cabinet marked by gender parity, with 10 women and 10 men
©- - 17 october 2018 - 20:01:17 - thread União Africana (276 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An Australian company, Australian Resolute Company, is planning to spend 22 million dollars in gold prospecting in Sudan, bringing its expertise in the field to the country
©- - 07 october 2018 - 14:45:54 - thread União Africana (146 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Under the theme: "Meeting Continental Targets for Inclusive, Quality and Transformative Education and Training in the 21st Century", the African Union Commission (AUC) Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST), together with the Senegalese Government and its partners across and beyond Africa, is organising the ‘Innovating Education in Africa Expo’ to showcase technical and social innovations in every area of education and training
©- - 06 october 2018 - 11:54:17 - thread União Africana (962 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has commended Gambian President, Adama Barrow, for significantly consolidating the values of democracy, good governance, and peace and security in The Gambia
©- - 05 october 2018 - 13:42:34 - thread União Africana (442 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Africa’s annual loss through illicit financial flows (IFFs) has increased from US$50 billion in 2015 to over US$80 billion, former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, has said Speaking in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Thursday at the Africa Union high level panel on IFFs inter-ministerial meeting, Mr Mbeki expressed concern at the growing level of losses, saying it poses a huge challenge to African governments’ ability to work towards curbing the flow or retain the money in the continent for its development
©- - 04 october 2018 - 16:52:34 - thread União Africana (193 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As part of his regular interactions with the Heads of State and Government of Member States, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) , Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Wednesday concluded a two-day visit to Senegal, the first phase of his visit to West Africa
©- - 04 october 2018 - 13:51:23 - thread União Africana (612 words)