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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – Experts, meeting here ahead of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development, Thursday painted a gloomy picture of the industrial policies in Africa, saying that since independence most African nations have been unable to take off
©- - 21 march 2013 - 15:37:08 - thread African Union (323 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has called on the UN Security Council to fully support the current peace process between Sudan and South Sudan, as the two countries have now managed to pull out forces from joint borderlines to their sides of the borders
©- - 21 march 2013 - 08:42:26 - thread African Union (421 words)


Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) says it has, for the first time, made information and communications one of its priority areas, urging the media in Africa to collaborate with it in the promotion of Africa's image
©- - 20 march 2013 - 19:25:07 - thread African Union (334 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The African Union Peace and Security Council on Wednesday expressed support for efforts being made to bring peace to Darfur region, and commended the role played by African peacekeepers in the region
©- - 20 march 2013 - 16:28:51 - thread African Union (436 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and South Sudan on Tuesday signed a final accord on the full implementation of a series of agreements they signed in December last year, including the exportation of South Sudan oil via Sudanese facilities
©- - 12 march 2013 - 10:46:04 - thread African Union (304 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has congratulated Kenya's President-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, his Vice President-elect, William Ruto, and their Jubilee Coalition party for winning the hotly-contested maiden presidential polls under the country's new constitution
©- - 11 march 2013 - 15:11:12 - thread African Union (229 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A professor at the International University of Brazzaville, Congo, Ignace Kissangou, has deplored Africa’s weak system of industrialization, saying "this has undermined the true emergence of the continent"
©- - 08 march 2013 - 16:15:56 - thread African Union (190 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Leaders of 11 African countries and four regional and international organizations on Sunday signed a peace deal which they hope will bring peace to the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes Region
©- - 24 february 2013 - 11:31:09 - thread African Union (576 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) rose from its first meeting on the stalled political process in Madagascar in 14 months, with a call on Malagasy politicians to implement the political roadmap leading to presidential elections in July this year
©- - 13 february 2013 - 17:28:17 - thread African Union (350 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Friday welcomed the new Government of National Unity in the Central African Republic (CAR), calling on partners to spare no efforts in implementing agreements reached in Libreville, Gabon, early this year
©- - 08 february 2013 - 19:22:07 - thread African Union (222 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has given the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) 800 million Sudanese pounds (about US$ 130 million) as its commitment to efforts to remove the obstacles militating against the implementation of an agreement reached between it and groups of Darfur Rebel movement
©- - 07 february 2013 - 15:13:26 - thread African Union (274 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Thursday condemned the killing of Tunisian opposition leader, Chokri Belaid, and the subsequent death of a police officer, saying the acts were undermining efforts to complete the political transition process in the North African country
©- - 07 february 2013 - 13:58:24 - thread African Union (185 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has expressed shock and sadness at the worsening humanitarian situation in Southern Africa, specifically in Mozambique where the death toll from floods has reached 68, and displaced 170,000 people
©- - 04 february 2013 - 10:38:41 - thread African Union (147 words)


Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Saying that Africa has come of age and should be able to resolve its own problems without foreign assistance, President Alpha Conde of Guinea has slammed the current French military intervention in Mali
©- - 30 january 2013 - 12:15:44 - thread African Union (296 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has expressed its satisfaction at the African Union Peace and Security Council's (AUPSC's) decision to ensure that the dispute between Juba and Khartoum is handled at the continental level, rather than allow foreign intervention
©- - 29 january 2013 - 11:23:47 - thread African Union (285 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders rose Monday from two days of intensive talks on the conflicts affecting the continent with a resolve to pep up the continent's response to the crises by making the African Standby Force (ASF) a reality
©- - 29 january 2013 - 08:11:13 - thread African Union (197 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) –A special brigade of some 2,000 soldiers, which will be set up within the United Nations Mission for the Stabilization of Congo (MONUSCO), will be headed by a Tanzanian official
©- - 28 january 2013 - 20:59:02 - thread African Union (279 words)


Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders on Monday threw their weight behind the candidature of Djiboutian Rachad Farah for the position of Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisation (UNESCO) which would decided on in October
©- - 28 january 2013 - 20:19:21 - thread African Union (305 words)


Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders ended their meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday with a pledge of US$50 million for the Mali International Support Mission (MISMA)
©- - 28 january 2013 - 19:52:40 - thread African Union (262 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Prime minister of the Libyan interim government, Ali Zidane, on Monday held talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, during the just-ended African Union summit
©- - 28 january 2013 - 17:34:43 - thread African Union (150 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has appealed to African male leaders to join his campaign to end violence against women, specifically rape and sexual violence in conflict
©- - 28 january 2013 - 08:31:13 - thread African Union (207 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Chairperson and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has launched a celebration of the continental organisation's Golden Jubilee, saying the event has a special significance for the people and government of Ethiopia
©- - 28 january 2013 - 08:18:19 - thread African Union (196 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN will deploy an international peacekeeping operation in Mali once the armed operation to oust Islamist insurgents is over, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced here Sunday
©- - 27 january 2013 - 15:29:27 - thread African Union (324 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries need to mobilise enough domestic resources and speed up their efforts to reduce the current levels of maternal and infant mortality on the continent, according to heads of state and government gathered here for the 20th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU)
©- - 27 january 2013 - 14:42:09 - thread African Union (672 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Speaking on the sidelines of the 20th Summit of the African Union (AU), which began here Sunday, Senegalese President Macky Sall has called on Ivorians to continue their political dialogue until they can achieve national reconciliation, since his mediation mission in Côte d'Ivoire had ended
©- - 27 january 2013 - 13:16:12 - thread African Union (175 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn took over the Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) on Sunday, with a pledge to work towards the execution of various plans, including AU's internal reforms
©- - 27 january 2013 - 11:51:49 - thread African Union (474 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) foreign ministers have elected new members to the Peace and Security Council, bringing on board Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda, diplomats said here Sunday, the opening day of the 20th AU summit
©- - 27 january 2013 - 10:46:50 - thread African Union (235 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa has the experience to forge solutions to its own challenges and contribute to global goals of inclusive growth, social justice and protecting the environment, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told African leaders here Sunday at the opening session of the 20th Summit of the African Union (AU)
©- - 27 january 2013 - 09:44:04 - thread African Union (511 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders opened the 20th session of the African Union (AU) Assembly on Sunday, with calls to urgently tackle rapid poverty, advance democracy and re-examine economic growth models to spur industrial growth
©- - 27 january 2013 - 09:33:36 - thread African Union (474 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Despite Tanzania's strength in political stability and national unity, the East African country faces the challenge of sustaining the nearly 50-year Union created out of the merger of Tanganyika (on the mainland) and the off-coast Isles of Zanzibar, according to a review report released here by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
©- - 27 january 2013 - 08:01:12 - thread African Union (615 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn will make his first appearance at the African Union (AU) Summit Sunday, and will then assume the rotating AU presidency
©- - 26 january 2013 - 22:40:21 - thread African Union (228 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso left Brazzaville Saturday for the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to attend the 20th AU Summit scheduled for 27-28 Jan
©- - 26 january 2013 - 15:23:48 - thread African Union (74 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has renewed its call for all its member states to contribute directly to the Malian army to better equip it against an Islamist insurgency in the northern part of the country
©- - 26 january 2013 - 10:56:12 - thread African Union (238 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As African leaders fly into the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, this weekend for the 20th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly, leading civil society organisations (CSOs) present here have said they want the 50th anniversary of the Pan-African organisation to be marked by decisive actions for lasting peace on the continent
©- - 26 january 2013 - 10:19:02 - thread African Union (521 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Heads of State and Government constituting the Orientation Committee (HSGOC) of the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) started their 28th meeting here Saturday, underlining the need for all African countries to strengthen the modest gains of the continent in the fields of agriculture and infrastructure development
©- - 26 january 2013 - 09:45:26 - thread African Union (414 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Congolese rebel movement, M23, has continued to threaten the city of Goma, in eastern DRC, despite its purported withdrawal from the city, Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Francophonie Raymond Tshibanda said Thursday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa
©- - 25 january 2013 - 22:11:01 - thread African Union (181 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and International Trade, Arvin Boolel, Thursday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, expressed his country’s willingness to host a conference for the reconstruction of the conflict-stricken Madagascar
©- - 25 january 2013 - 17:10:10 - thread African Union (197 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki left Friday for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a a three-day official visit, the Presidential Press Service (PPS) said
©- - 25 january 2013 - 16:49:12 - thread African Union (196 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Armed groups in eastern DRC have been denying international charities easy access to conflict-affected people living in the areas they control, Emmanuel Kabengele of the National network for security sector reform, said on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
©- - 25 january 2013 - 14:56:26 - thread African Union (190 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African heads of state and government, for the 20th ordinary summit of the African Union (AU), must take bold steps towards peace in eastern DR Congo, the international humanitarian agency, Oxfam, said Friday
©- - 25 january 2013 - 14:39:25 - thread African Union (592 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The donors' conference slated to hold in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29 January, aims to raise US$500 million to support ongoing efforts to assist Mali to restore its sovereignty over the northern part of the country that was seized by armed Islamist groups last year, PANA learnt from sources close to the organisers here Friday
©- - 25 january 2013 - 13:12:35 - thread African Union (271 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders must be held accountable to make sure the continent benefits from natural resources currently being exploited by foreign conglomerates, a senior official of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said here Friday
©- - 25 january 2013 - 11:26:58 - thread African Union (546 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders started arriving in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Friday, for Sunday's African Union (AU) summit that is expected to deal with renewed conflicts in the Central African Republic (CAR), Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Somalia as well as Sudan and South Sudan
©- - 25 january 2013 - 09:36:57 - thread African Union (617 words)