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Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The executive Council of the community of the Sahelo-Sah aran states (CEN-SAD), which brings together foreign ministers of member countri e s, started on Monday here in an extraordinary consultative meeting meant to harm o nize their stands in preparation for the 14th African Union (AU) summit holding i n Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this month
©- - 26 january 2010 - 13:13:00 - thread African Union (236 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius and Australia Friday signed a Memorandu m of Understanding (MoU) to further pursue research on Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) in Mauritius, mainly regarding the Type 2 diabetes, PANA reported from her e
©- - 15 january 2010 - 14:21:00 - thread African Union (340 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union top security diplomats voiced conce rn Thursday over the growing North-South rift in Sudan over the conduct of the 2011 referendum and the 2010 elections, saying they were sending a team on the gro und
©- - 24 december 2009 - 20:44:00 - thread African Union (490 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan revolutionary leader, Mouamar Gaddafi, who is the incumbent chairman of the African Union (AU), on Tuesday held talks with Beninese president Yayi Boni on the monitoring of decisions made during the 13th AU summit held last July in Sirte
©- - 22 december 2009 - 22:34:00 - thread African Union (191 words)


Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- After over eight years of peacekeeping operations in Burundi, under the banner of the African Union (AU), a South African military c o ntingent on Wednesday returned home, PANA reported from here
©- - 02 december 2009 - 19:00:00 - thread African Union (279 words)


Tripoli- Libya(PANA) -- Libyan revolutionary leader Mouammar Kadhafi, the current AU chairman, on Thursday received in Tripoli a high-powered delegation sent by Nige r's president, Mamadou Tandja, official Libyan sources revealed
©- - 26 november 2009 - 21:53:00 - thread African Union (236 words)


Sebha- Libya (PANA) -- The International Conference on "priorities of the African Union (AU)" started Saturday evening in Sabha (800km south of Tripoli), with the participation of several lecturers, researchers and academics from the Universities of Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Great Britain and the United States
©- - 01 november 2009 - 18:15:00 - thread African Union (193 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) opened a visionary summit here on Thursday to address the festering problem of forced displacements on the Africa n Continent, the UN said in a press statement from the Ugandan capital
©- - 22 october 2009 - 18:54:00 - thread African Union (489 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Highâ“Level Panel on Darf ur (AUDP) has recommended that the continental body should sustain inclusive app r oach in its efforts to resolve the conflicts in the Horn of Africa country
©- - 08 october 2009 - 19:17:00 - thread African Union (359 words)


Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union Commission (AUC) announced here Tuesday it was preparing for measures, including sanctions, against Guinea, fol l owing the violence which claimed the lives of some civilians in Conakry, the cap i tal, Monday, according to a PANA report
©- - 30 september 2009 - 16:43:00 - thread African Union (349 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The death toll from Thursday's attack on the headquarter s of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) headquarters in Mogadishu, So m alia, has now reached 21, according to the African Union (AU) Special Representa t ive in Somalia, Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira
©- - 18 september 2009 - 17:38:00 - thread African Union (267 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Nine solders serving in the African Union Mission in Som alia (AMISOM) were killed Thursday after militant group, the Al Shabaab, hit the main headquarters of the mission, killing peacekeepers and wounding senior force commanders
©- - 17 september 2009 - 18:18:00 - thread African Union (600 words)


Nairobi- Keny (PANA) -- Kenya is collaborating with the International Atomic Ener gy Agency (IAEA) to utilize nuclear technology for agricultural, livestock and i n dustrial production, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka, has said
©- - 14 september 2009 - 18:11:00 - thread African Union (373 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The International Contact Group on Mauritania (ICG-M) ha s called on all bilateral and multilateral partners of the West African country t o provide it needed assistance, a statement by the institution made available to PANA on Sunday said
©- - 13 september 2009 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (771 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) â" A Moroccan delegation tha-t attended the 40th anniversa ry of the Libyan revolution on Tuesday delivered to the Libyan revolutionary lea d er, Mouammar Kadhafi a message from King Mohamed VI highlighting the warmth of t ies between the two countries
©- - 09 september 2009 - 21:52:00 - thread African Union (210 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA)-- The Pan-African parliament, meeting here Tuesday in an extr aordinary session, is examining ways of empowering it to ratify protocols, decis i ons and conventions of the African Union (AU), sources close to the participants told PANA
©- - 08 september 2009 - 18:05:00 - thread African Union (210 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan capital, Tripoli, virtually transformed into the capital of Africa with African presidents and heads of government storming t h e city in their quest to find a lasting solution to the unending conflicts in Af r ica
©- - 31 august 2009 - 18:27:00 - thread African Union (275 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Eritrea and Ethiopia have expressed opposition to the in clusion of their border dispute on the agenda of the special summit of the Afric a n Union (AU) on major conflicts in Africa, scheduled for 31 August in Tripoli, t h e Libyan capital
©- - 28 august 2009 - 18:50:00 - thread African Union (201 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Malian president, Amadou Toumani Tourأ©, Sunday ended hi s private visit to Libya where he held talks with host Mouammar Kadhafi, the cur r ent chairman of the African Union (AU)
©- - 24 august 2009 - 08:20:00 - thread African Union (146 words)


Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The secretary of the Libyan general people's Conference (CGP), the country's highest legislative authority, has sent an invitation to the Pan-African Parliament for a session from 7 to 9 September in Libya
©- - 04 august 2009 - 21:18:00 - thread African Union (173 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye Thursd ay urged Morocco to rejoin the African Union (AU), saying such a “great country” in Africa should not be left out of the continental body
©- - 31 july 2009 - 15:19:00 - thread African Union (226 words)


Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- More than 130 civil society and human rights groups acro ss Africa issued a statement here Thursday, calling on African governments that a re signatories to the International Criminal Court (ICC) convention to reaffirm t heir commitment and obligation to the court
©- - 30 july 2009 - 13:52:00 - thread African Union (447 words)


Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- All obstacles blocking the creation of a United States o f Africa must be cleared and the entity created by 2017, Senegalese foreign mini s ter, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, urged here Tuesday
©- - 28 july 2009 - 20:00:00 - thread African Union (349 words)


Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt (PANA) -- The chairman of the African Union Muammar Kadhaf i says enriched uranium production should be encouraged for development purposes , arguing that it constitutes a scientific gain and its ban would mean the end of human progress
©- - 16 july 2009 - 00:03:00 - thread African Union (383 words)


Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt (PANA) -- Libyan revolution leader the current chairman of the African Union (AU), Muammar Kadhafi, has proposed the establishment of a Pe a ce and Security Council within the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
©- - 15 july 2009 - 23:41:00 - thread African Union (407 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- The UN and the African Union (AU) Thursday launched a new tool, designed, in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to boost investme n t flows into Africa
©- - 09 july 2009 - 16:34:00 - thread African Union (339 words)


Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea's ruling National Council for Democracy and Deve lopment (CNND) announced Saturday it would launch a wide-range audit of activiti e s of all arms of government that served the country in the last 24 years, led by General Lansana Conté, who died 23 December
©- - 05 july 2009 - 18:56:00 - thread African Union (348 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Nigerian Vice President Jonathan Goodluck has hailed African leaders for agreeing to set up the Union Authority, noting that the Afri can Union Commission (AUC) would succeed in combating the resurgence of conflict s within the continent
©- - 03 july 2009 - 21:23:00 - thread African Union (407 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders gave themselves a deadline of 2010 to rati fy a new treaty authorizing the formation of an African Authority, headed by a P r esident, a Vice President and a cabinet of 10 Secretaries who would not have pow e rs equivalent to ministers, African foreign ministers said here Friday
©- - 03 july 2009 - 19:35:00 - thread African Union (606 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders resolved to increase their investments in agriculture in an effort to move the continent from external food dependence, wh i ch has resulted in an increase in the cost of food imports coming to Africa, Sou t h African President Jacob Zuma said here Friday
©- - 03 july 2009 - 17:42:00 - thread African Union (552 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders have agreed on the creation of the African Union (AU) Authority, headed by a President and possessing an enhanced role to coordinate foreign affairs, trade and defence pol icies within the continent
©- - 03 july 2009 - 13:41:00 - thread African Union (385 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has declared that Africa ha s the potential to produce enough food to feed its estimated population of over 900 million people and have surplus for export, according to the Presidential Press Service (PPS)
©- - 03 july 2009 - 13:28:00 - thread African Union (692 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Africa must move urgently to enhance agricultural efficien cy and reduce external dependence on food aid and imports through increased inve s tments in irrigation and proper land management policies, Namibian President Hif i kepunye Pohamba said here Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 17:39:00 - thread African Union (712 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, supports the transform ation of the African Union Commission (AUC) into an Authority and hopes that a c o nsensus agreement will be reached on the issue during the heads of state meeting in Sirte, Libya, Foreign Minister Muhammad Mumuni, said here Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 16:12:00 - thread African Union (531 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Disagreement over the transformation of the African Union (AU) Commission into an Authority has stalled the work of the AU Executive Council, even though the Heads of state and government summit entered the second day in Sirte, Libya, Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 13:14:00 - thread African Union (270 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African traditional rulers, attending the AU summit in Sir te, Libya, on Wednesday appealed to African leaders to direct their energies to c onsolidating the continent’s political unity
©- - 01 july 2009 - 20:15:00 - thread African Union (272 words)


Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President Jacob Zuma is attending the 21st Summit of NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC) which kicked off in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 19:37:00 - thread African Union (150 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African countries must capitalize on the ongoing discussio ns on a new climate change agreement to negotiate for new funding commitments to fight climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said in a mes s age to the opening session of the African Union (AU) Summit here on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (601 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Brazil, one of South America’s expanding economies, is pla nning to spread its growing industrial influence across Africa with projects ran g ing from industrial plants which will produce ethanol, motor-vehicle assembly pl a nts (in Mozambique) and a drug-manufacturing plant in Africa
©- - 01 july 2009 - 14:14:00 - thread African Union (434 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The upsurge in violent conflicts in Africa over the last s ix months, culminating in the assassination of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernado 'Nino' Vieira, the killings in Somalia and the increased insecurity in Darfur, Sudan, dominated the opening session of the African Union (AU) talks in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 14:11:00 - thread African Union (485 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, will addres s the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU), scheduled for 1-3 July, in Sirte, Libya
©- - 30 june 2009 - 15:25:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The issue of the transformation of the African Union (AU) into an Authority is expected to be top of the agenda at the proceedings of the A U Executive Board, which opened on Sunday in Sirte, Libya, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 21:16:00 - thread African Union (482 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The issue of the transformation of the African Union (AU) into an Authority is expected to be top of the agenda at the proceedings of the A U Executive Board, which opened on Sunday in Sirte, Libya, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 21:14:00 - thread African Union (483 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will Tuesday depart for Sir te, Libya, for the 13th session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State Assembl y , slated for 1-3 July, during which he is expected to appeal for Africa's interv e ntion in Somalia to save the interim government there, officials said on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 20:08:00 - thread African Union (429 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders are expected to make a final commitment on the status of agricultural production and work towards the creation of an Afric a n food market to tap the US$ 33 billion spent annually on food imports, a senior African Union (AU) official said here Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 19:13:00 - thread African Union (462 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The International Contact Group on Guinea (GICG) has expressed its concern over the lack of progress towards the restoration of constitutional order and the holding of elections in Guinea in 2009, according to a GICG statement made available to PANA here Sunday
©- - 28 june 2009 - 18:43:00 - thread African Union (450 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi opened the 15th session of t he African foreign ministers meeting here Sunday with an explosive speech, calli n g for a radical transformation of the African Union (AU) key organs in an effort to achieve the desired dream of an African government
©- - 28 june 2009 - 13:49:00 - thread African Union (566 words)