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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The 23rd ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) kicked off Thursday in Equatorial Guinea's sea side resort of Sipopo with a focus on agriculture and food security, among others
©- - 26 june 2014 - 12:09:44 - thread União Africana (424 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, left Abuja Wednesday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to participate in the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit of Heads of State and Government
©- - 25 june 2014 - 18:03:50 - thread União Africana (261 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has embarked on plans for the implementation of a continental high-speed railway linking all African economic centres, a senior AU official said Wednesday
©- - 25 june 2014 - 13:01:01 - thread União Africana (429 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – "The ceasefire deal signed on 23 May between the Malian government and various Touareg armed groups should pave the way for the sustenance of peace in the country’s northern region," the African Union (AU) chairman and the Mauritanian leader, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, said
©- - 19 june 2014 - 16:34:22 - thread União Africana (248 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The African Union (AU) peace and security commissioner, Smail Chergui, has said there are indications that Burundi has made "very significant" progress on security, and appealed to Burundians to desist from rumour mongering
©- - 16 june 2014 - 16:14:29 - thread União Africana (183 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will depart the capital city of Abuja Saturday evening for Dakar, at the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the African Union’s Summit on Financing Infrastructure Development, scheduled to hold in the Senegalese capital Sunday, the presidency said
©- - 14 june 2014 - 11:39:24 - thread União Africana (251 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has expressed her condolences to the Mbeki family, following the death of Epainette Mbeki, a South African liberation icon and mother of former South African President Thabo Mbeki
©- - 09 june 2014 - 13:25:08 - thread União Africana (128 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania will ratify the African Union (AU) Charter on Democracy, Election and Governance after inclusion of its fundamental provisions in the country’s constitution, Attorney General Fredrick Werema has told the ongoing session of the National Assembly
©- - 03 june 2014 - 08:04:19 - thread União Africana (334 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Violence in camps for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is intensifying in the Central African Republic (CAR) along religious lines, the African Union (AU) Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security Bineta Diop warned Monday
©- - 02 june 2014 - 12:42:20 - thread União Africana (297 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries with troops who have sexual violence records will be blacklisted from future African Union (AU) peacekeeping missions, the AU Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security said Monday
©- - 02 june 2014 - 12:34:08 - thread União Africana (271 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has congratulated the people of Malawi for holding peaceful and successful elections and reinforcing the country’s democratic maturity
©- - 02 june 2014 - 08:50:55 - thread União Africana (269 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has expressed its determination to cooperate with the Arab League and Libya's neighbours to help resolve the political crisis in this North African country
©- - 29 may 2014 - 10:20:11 - thread União Africana (256 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania will host a regional meeting of the Advisory Committee of Experts on the AIDS observatory in Africa (Awa), PANA learnt Monday from official sources
©- - 26 may 2014 - 18:14:39 - thread União Africana (229 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) on Sunday hosted a luncheon at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of the closing events of the year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the OAU/AU
©- - 26 may 2014 - 13:40:27 - thread União Africana (179 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is also Chairman of the African Union (AU), has made a plea for African integration, in a message broadcast on Saturday, ahead of celebrations marking the African unity day on Sunday
©- - 25 may 2014 - 14:17:25 - thread União Africana (223 words)


Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The African Union (AU) senior representative for Mali and the Sahel, Pierre Buyoya, on Thursday called for unconditional and immediate ceasefire from the outbreak of new violence in the Malian northern city of Kidal
©- - 22 may 2014 - 16:31:31 - thread União Africana (170 words)


Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have strongly condemned the violent incidents that led to many deaths in Kidal on Saturday
©- - 19 may 2014 - 11:58:49 - thread União Africana (306 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A joint meeting of the Political and Security Committee of the European Union (EU) and the Peace and Security Commission of the African Union (AU), opened Thursday in Brussels, PANA learnt from official sources
©- - 15 may 2014 - 17:31:02 - thread União Africana (234 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Nine African Heads of State, who are members of the African Union (AU) committee of 10 states in charge of the UN security council reform, were due in Oyo, 500km northern of Congo's capital, Brazzaville, Thursday to attend in a meeting scheduled for Friday, the government announced in a statement
©- - 15 may 2014 - 09:49:37 - thread União Africana (159 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Following the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls by the Islamist sect Boko Haram in Nigeria, the Malian women's organizations Tuesday handed over to the African Union Mission for Mali and the Sahel (MISAHEL) a statement condemning the incident
©- - 14 may 2014 - 13:55:58 - thread União Africana (194 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Monday congratulated the people of South Africa for the successful and peaceful elections of 7 May
©- - 12 may 2014 - 18:26:20 - thread União Africana (172 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is to deploy 40 Observers, led by former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, to Guinea Bissau for the country's presidential runoff scheduled for 18 May 2014, the AU Commission (AUC) said Friday
©- - 09 may 2014 - 09:36:19 - thread União Africana (231 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has totally condemned the abduction of over 200 schools girls in Nigeria by the Boko Haram terrorist group
©- - 07 may 2014 - 14:48:42 - thread União Africana (211 words)


Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Discussions on ways of strengthening cooperation between Tunisia and Australia in the field of natural resources and mining were held here Monday between the Tunisian Foreign Minister, Mongi Hamdi, and the president of the Australian House of Representatives, Mrs
©- - 05 may 2014 - 17:38:55 - thread União Africana (122 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The African Union mission for Mali and Sahel (MISAHEL), the department of Development and Swiss cooperation (DDC) and the Radio Kledu, on Saturday signed a tripartite agreement marking the beginning of the programme -- Anka Ben! or Let’s make peace, reliable sources told PANA
©- - 03 may 2014 - 17:38:25 - thread União Africana (229 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian National Assembly on Monday adopted a bill authorizing the government to ratify the Protocol to the Convention of the African Union (AU) on the prevention and fight against terrorism, approved at the continental level 8 July, 2004, and signed by Mauritania 27 January, 2013, PANA learnt from official sources
©- - 29 april 2014 - 16:52:37 - thread União Africana (237 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Toyota vehicles have remained the most preferred vehicle brand in Botswana, the diamond-rich southern Africa nation, according to statistics released by the country’s data authority, Statistics Botswana (SB), Tuesday on transport and infrastructure
©- - 29 april 2014 - 12:04:20 - thread União Africana (207 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's popular radio personality Redi Tlhabi is at the centre of a storm of controversy following revelations that the events in her best selling book, “Endings and Beginnings: A Story of Healing”, may have been made up
©- - 24 april 2014 - 08:44:49 - thread União Africana (297 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Troops of the African Union-led Regional Task Force (AU-RTF) in Central African Republic (CAR) have captured a commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Lt
©- - 23 april 2014 - 15:45:40 - thread União Africana (215 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese media have expressed pessimism about the success of the sixth round of talks between the government of Sudan and the rebel groups, which resume in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Tuesday
©- - 22 april 2014 - 13:19:38 - thread União Africana (279 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The high level African Union (AU) Inquiry panel on South Sudan, led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, is on a 10-day mission to probe the country which has been wracked by internecine fighting since last year, the AU said Tuesday
©- - 22 april 2014 - 12:33:20 - thread União Africana (283 words)


Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The African Union Election Observation Mission (AU EOM) has arrived in Guinea-Bissau to observe the country's presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Sunday, the AU Commission said
©- - 11 april 2014 - 08:55:15 - thread União Africana (280 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Embassy of Rwanda in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will on Friday jointly commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, in which over 800,000 people were killed within 100 days in 1994
©- - 10 april 2014 - 13:45:33 - thread União Africana (257 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council has asked Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to urgently replace the departing Chadian troops in the Central African Republic (CAR)
©- - 10 april 2014 - 11:37:21 - thread União Africana (338 words)


Nouadhibou Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is also the chairman of the African Union (AU), has expressed deep concern about the security crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR)
©- - 08 april 2014 - 12:30:28 - thread União Africana (204 words)


Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - Senior officials and experts from ministries and agencies responsible for transportation from African Union (AU) member states are meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in preparation for the Third Session of the African Union Conference of African Ministers of Transport (CAMT), scheduled for 10-11 April
©- - 08 april 2014 - 09:00:31 - thread União Africana (416 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The panel set up by the African Union (AU) to probe war atrocities in South Sudan has kicked off its work by interviewing experts and will meet East African leaders involved in the search for peace in the country
©- - 03 april 2014 - 12:18:38 - thread União Africana (335 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar has threatened to seize the nation's capital, Juba, if ongoing talks to end the current crisis there fails
©- - 01 april 2014 - 15:43:44 - thread União Africana (407 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has granted 2 million Euros to the African Union (AU) to support the regional initiative on the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), an armed group causing havoc in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central Africa Republic (CAR)
©- - 31 march 2014 - 17:40:20 - thread União Africana (212 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been designated by the African Union Commission (AUC) as a pilot country for a project aimed at increasing the participation of women in political and electoral processes
©- - 31 march 2014 - 15:28:50 - thread União Africana (521 words)