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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – A total of 30 Police Officers deployed in Somalia under the AU Mission, will leave the Horn of Africa country this weekend, after a year-long tour of duty, the Mission said on Friday
©- - 28 september 2018 - 18:58:43 - thread União Africana (257 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Gender gaps in agriculture in Africa are holding back progress towards ending hunger and must be urgently addressed, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva said at a joint event with the African Union (AU) on the margins of the UN General Assembly
©- - 27 september 2018 - 11:01:57 - thread União Africana (637 words)


Butembo, DR Congo (PANA) - In order to support the Congolese Government's efforts in response to the 10th Ebola epidemic, the African Union (AU), through the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is contributing to this effort by providing professionals with proven skills who are actively involved in the control and eradication of the Ebola Virus Disease in Butembo city
©- - 21 september 2018 - 14:11:40 - thread União Africana (379 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has on behalf of “the entire African Union Family" extended best wishes to the Ethiopian people as they celebrated New Year 2011 on Tuesday
©- - 11 september 2018 - 17:33:04 - thread União Africana (444 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has noted with satisfaction the resignation of the President of the Republic of Madagascar, Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina, in accordance with the Malagasy Constitution, and the appointment, on 7 September, 2018, of Senate President, Rivo Rakotovao, as Acting President of Madagascar
©- - 08 september 2018 - 12:48:35 - thread União Africana (366 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, says he is encouraged by the recent positive developments in the Horn of Africa, in particular the improvement of relations between countries of the region
©- - 08 september 2018 - 12:36:31 - thread União Africana (275 words)


Beijing, PR China (PANA) – President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday reaffirmed his country’s support for the African Union’s goal of silencing the guns by 2020, as well as the integration of the continent
©- - 05 september 2018 - 18:31:25 - thread União Africana (472 words)


Beijing, PR China (PANA) – President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday reaffirmed his country’s support for the African Union’s goal of silencing the guns by 2020, as well as the integration of the continent
©- - 05 september 2018 - 18:28:05 - thread União Africana (472 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, following an invitation from the Rwanda's National Electoral Commission, has approved the deployment of an African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) in the Republic of Rwanda as the country prepares to hold Parliamentary Elections from 2 to 4 September, 2018
©- - 29 august 2018 - 15:36:19 - thread União Africana (251 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is in Windhoek, Namibia, to take part in the 38th Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), scheduled to take place on 17 and 18 August 2018
©- - 17 august 2018 - 13:47:39 - thread União Africana (194 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) says its High-Level Committee established, last June, by the Chairperson of the Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, to investigate allegations of harassment against women staff members is continuing its work
©- - 17 august 2018 - 13:46:20 - thread União Africana (192 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, on Thursday called for the unification of the country's military who, despite the division and lack of equipment, stood valiantly alongside the security forces against terrorists, mercenaries, smugglers, and human traffickers
©- - 10 august 2018 - 12:35:52 - thread União Africana (241 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has been forced to abandon its headquarters at the downtown Tripoli Tower due to persistent militia coercion and interference in its internal affairs
©- - 09 august 2018 - 13:19:07 - thread União Africana (207 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Global Peace Index 2108, published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, has ranked Libya the 7th most dangerous country in the world
©- - 08 august 2018 - 15:57:45 - thread União Africana (201 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Officials from the African Union (AU), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Import and Export Bank (Afreximbank) are holding a three-day meeting in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss practical steps towards the creation of a fund to support pharmaceutical manufacturing in Africa
©- - 08 august 2018 - 14:20:32 - thread União Africana (522 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - "Guided by the relevant instruments, including the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, the African Union will spare no efforts to help mobilize the necessary technical and logistical support for the successful organization of the DR Congo elections, scheduled for December 2018
©- - 06 august 2018 - 12:54:37 - thread União Africana (371 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has commended the Eritrean and Ethiopian leaders for their steadfast efforts to enhance reconciliation, trust and cooperation between their two countries
©- - 17 july 2018 - 16:31:40 - thread União Africana (474 words)


N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International on Monday published a report that criticises the Chadian authorities for a host of austerity measures that are pushing people into deeper poverty, undermining access to necessary health care and putting education beyond the reach of many
©- - 16 july 2018 - 06:46:17 - thread União Africana (1360 words)


New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping operation in Sudan’s Darfur until the end of June next year, but reduced the number of troops deployed in the field with an eye towards the mission’s eventual exit, a UN statement said
©- - 14 july 2018 - 07:01:05 - thread União Africana (254 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has protested to the European Union (EU) about its statement expressing regret that Djibouti and Uganda did not arrest President Omar Bashir when he visited those countries as stated by the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC)
©- - 12 july 2018 - 12:33:26 - thread União Africana (283 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Economic growth in East Africa managed to reduce extreme poverty rates by an average of 1 percentage point annually sustained over 23 years between 1990 and 2013, a maiden report by the African Union measuring economic trends in Africa shows
©- - 12 july 2018 - 06:42:53 - thread União Africana (529 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Recent developments in Africa indicate that the continent is increasingly moving in the “direction of peace” and enhanced security, the United Nations Secretary-General told journalists in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday
©- - 10 july 2018 - 05:58:33 - thread União Africana (411 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived here Saturday for the 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government officially opening on Sunday
©- - 30 june 2018 - 10:44:52 - thread União Africana (193 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Tuesday commended the Government of Spain for giving safe harbour to over 600 migrants, including women and children, who were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea since Sunday
©- - 12 june 2018 - 18:55:00 - thread União Africana (472 words)


Grödig, Austria (PANA) - Senegal, one of the five African nations going to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, ended their preparation for football's biggest festival on a happy note, defeating South Korea on Monday in their fifth and final pre-World Cup friendly
©- - 12 june 2018 - 05:31:59 - thread União Africana (305 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Sports scandals, including allegations of endemic corruption and the involvement of organised crime, threaten to undermine the sector’s potential to contribute to peace and global development, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday Yury Fedetov, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), was addressing the opening of a two-day conference in Vienna on safeguarding sport from corruption, a UN statement said
©- - 06 june 2018 - 03:42:35 - thread União Africana (311 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are determined to successfully carry out the ongoing process, in conformity with the schedule drawn up by the National Independent Electoral Commission in order to hold elections at the end of the year, Foreign Affairs Minister Leonard She Okitundu has said
©- - 04 june 2018 - 16:38:51 - thread União Africana (243 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - After recruiting and training 18 Congolese volunteers, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has deployed them to Equator province to support the response to Ebola Virus Disease in DR Congo
©- - 01 june 2018 - 18:29:47 - thread União Africana (240 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Following a series of armed attacks on camps hosting displaced Sudanese in central Darfur, the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission there has urged all parties to respect humanitarian space which it says should be free of weapons, threats, and violence
©- - 25 may 2018 - 15:57:22 - thread União Africana (328 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius firmly believes that a strong, secure, united and economically independent and prosperous Africa is central to the island’s own economic progress and social development
©- - 25 may 2018 - 06:00:40 - thread União Africana (405 words)


Addis Ababa Ethiopia (PANA) - The Consultation and Experience Sharing Workshop between the Sahel and the Horn of Africa on Peace-building and the Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education kicked off on Tuesday at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
©- - 23 may 2018 - 11:55:09 - thread União Africana (795 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached a record-high last year, leading to unprecedented levels of potential heroin on the world market, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a new report released on Monday
©- - 22 may 2018 - 06:58:14 - thread União Africana (327 words)


Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers soon after a successful election signals that Liberia is well on the road to recovery, but the country’s transition from war to sustained peace is far from over, the Liberia Peacebuilding Office, the African Union and the Institute for Security Studies said on Thursday in a joint press release
©- - 17 may 2018 - 11:17:37 - thread União Africana (707 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - None of the world’s challenges loom as large as climate change, the United Nations chief told a major climate action summit on Tuesday, reiterating his belief that global warming poses an “existential threat” to humanity
©- - 16 may 2018 - 04:13:41 - thread União Africana (527 words)


Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The UN body focusing on crime prevention and criminal justice, opened its annual session in Vienna on Monday, calling for a more integrated global response to continuing and emerging challenges, including cybercrime
©- - 15 may 2018 - 05:26:22 - thread União Africana (321 words)


Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) –Somali Police officers should have skills, knowledge and capabilities to make people know what the force stands for and they can do this by speaking out, Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Simon Mulongo has said
©- - 08 may 2018 - 19:37:28 - thread União Africana (234 words)