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AU Commission chief concerned by crisis in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has said he is deeply concerned by the serious crisis prevailing in Mali since the popular demonstrations on June 5 Full text...
2023 FIFA WWC: Japan pulls out of race, Australia/New Zealand now hot favourites to host tournament
Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - Australia and New Zealand will be hot favourites to win the hosting rights for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with Japan reportedly pulling out of contention to stage the event Full text...
South Africa opposition urges Ramaphosa to get tough on ZImbabwe
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union (AU) Chairman, to demand that the Zimbabwean government stops the harassment of members of the opposition and the immediate release of three female opposition leaders who were arrested earlier this month Full text...
AU Peace and Security Council deplores the continuing crisis in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council has expressed serious concern over the continuing crisis in Libya, denouncing outside interference in the affairs of the country Full text...
AU Virtual Summit: President Issoufou calls for condemnation of George Floyd assassination
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou has called on the AU Virtual Conference on COVID held on Thursday to "unreservedly condemn without reservation" the assassination of George Flyod in the United States on 25 May, calling it a "heinous crime" Full text...
COVID-19: Kenyatta urges African counterparts to bank on innovative youth in combating pandemic
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged his African counterparts to tap into the innovative abilities of the continent’s youth in combating Covid-19 Full text...
Coronavirus: Africa CDC deploys 28 frontline responders to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Niger
Addis Ababa, Ryhiopia (PANA) - For the first time, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has successfully deployed 28 frontline responders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Niger through the activation of the African Union Strategic Lift Capability Full text...
AU Chief slams US govt. following the murder of blackman George Floyd
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday strongly condemned the murder of George Floyd that occurred in the United States at the hands of law enforcement officers Full text...
UN Human Rights , AU Commission chiefs urge “serious action” to halt US police killings of unarmed African Americans
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mic Commhelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned the killing of George Floyd, an African American man whose death in police custody on Monday was captured on video and has led to serious ongoing protests in Minneapolis, in the United States Full text...
Coronavirus: Africa CDC decries effect of lockdowns on delivery of pandemic aid
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The delivery life-saving medical supplies needed to support the treatment of coronavirus patients was done successfully in all African countries except Egypt and Morocco, where supplies were interrupted due to airspace lockdown, a senior African Union official said on Thursday Full text...
Rights groups say reparations yet to be paid to ex-Chadian dictator Habré’s victims
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The victims of the former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre have yet to receive any reparations four years after his historic atrocity conviction in Senegal, human rights advocates said today Full text...
AU warns states militarising lockdowns threatens ‘silencing the gun’ initiative
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The use of lethal force and the militarisation of the state to enforce measures aimed at slowing down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa is a major threat to the achievement of the silencing of the gun initiative, which aims to eradicate conflicts in Africa Full text...
Algeria deplores "proxy" war in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Algeria has expressed regret over the conflicting international and regional agendas in Libya, saying that the conflicts have kept Libya in a state of anarchy and makes it the scene of a proxy war and an arena for settling accounts at the expense of Libyans Full text...
Guinea welcomes AU's commitment to building a stable and prosperous Africa
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In a statement issued on Monday, the anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner of the African Union (AU), Guinean Foreign Minister, Mamady Touré, said that this 57th anniversary is "an opportune moment" to assess the progress made since 1963 towards the effective realization of the integration of our continent Full text...
COVID-19: Mahamat tells Africa 'stop dependency on outside, live on own resources'
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has brutally reminded African nations of the imperative need to put a stop to dependency on the exterior, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Monday Full text...
‘Half a century on, Africa’s scorecard is doubtful’ – AU Commission chief
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Africa’s scorecard after s half a century of independence and freedom leaves people in doubt, despite the huge economic potential, its rich, young and dynamic human capital, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Monday Full text...
UN chief urges African countries where conflict prevails to heed ceasefire call on Africa Day
New York, US (PANA) - African countries have “demonstrated commendable leadership” battling the COVID-19 pandemic, but more nations across the continent where conflict prevails, should heed the UN call for a global ceasefire to push back the deadly virus, said the Secretary-General on Monday Full text...
Coronavirus: Africa CDC revises mass testing target for coronavirus in Africa to 10-15 million
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Africa Union (AU) has revised its rapid mass testing target to 10-15 million people to accelerate the fight against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic Full text...
AU contact group on Libya calls on Libyan actors to observe ceasefire
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) contact group on Libya Wednesday reaffirmed its appeal to “Libyan actors to put the interest of their country over all other considerations and observe immediate and unconditional ceasefire, an official source told PANA here Full text...
Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC
Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread disruption of trafficking routes for illegal drugs, mainly by air and on land, upping some prices, according to a new UN report published on Thursday Full text...
Coronavirus: Pandemic putting human trafficking victims at risk of further exploitation, experts warn
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Lockdowns, travel restrictions, resource cutbacks and other measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus are putting victims of human trafficking at risk of further exploitation, while organised crime networks could further profit from the pandemic, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Full text...
AU high-level meeting notes Somalia’s commitment to build political consensus
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A High-Level Meeting on Somalia, organized by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union, has encouraged the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and its Federal Member States (FMS) to continue engaging in regular political dialogue at all levels and strengthen technical level engagement on security cooperation and development Full text...
Coronavirus: AU moves to raise US$420 million to increase rapid pandemic fight in Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Thursday that the continental organization is using economic, humanitarian and health dimensions to get through the global coronavirus pandemic Full text...
Coronavirus: African leaders discuss role of regional blocs in pandemic response
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union's executive branch has convened its fourth Summit on Wednesday to discuss the management of the coronavirus pandemic seeking to encourage the deepening of relations between the states and the regional economic blocs Full text...
Coronavirus: Africa CDC issues guidelines for vaccine trials in Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a four-point guideline for the conduct of vaccine trials in Africa as the globe scrambles to find solutions to the coronavirus outbreak Full text...
AU pursues debt forgiveness to address coronavirus impact
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Union's top organ, the Bureau of Heads of State, has called for a global debt relief for African countries to help address the adverse effects of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic Full text...
Coronavirus: Cases hit 529 across Africa, 14 dead - Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 14 people have died from the coronavirus outbreak in 31 countries in Africa, with confirmed cases rising to 529 cases on Wednesday Full text...
. Libyan media focus on Contact Group meeting in Congo, France's attempts to resume mediation
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on France's attempts to fill the void in United Nations-supervised mediation after the resignation of its envoy, Ghassan Salamé, by returning as mediator in the Libyan crisis Full text...
Intra-Libyan national conference scheduled for July in Addis Ababa
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The members of the Contact Group of the High Level Committee of the African Union (AU) on Libya, who met on Thursday in Oyo, about 400 km from Brazzaville, have decided to hold the Intra-Libyan national conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next July Full text...
Guinean Sunday's elections postponed
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - President Alpha Condé Friday evening announced a “slight postponement” of the double referendum and parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday and boycotted by several opposition parties, an official source told PANA here Full text...
African countries warned of attempts to scuttle their contribution to settlement of Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan prime minister, Fayez Al-Sarraj, on Tuesday expressed his desire to see the African Union play a central role in finding a solution to the Libyan crisis Full text...
AU Council accuses Amnesty International of being sponsored to destabilize Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) on Wednesday in Abuja, accused the global human rights body, Amnesty International, of being sponsored to destabilise Nigeria Full text...
AU plans to send health volunteers to strengthen coronavirus readiness
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has prepared a health task force made of 50 personnel to be deployed to its member states to bolster efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), its Centre for Disease Control said on Tuesday Full text...
AU intensifies infection prevention in Egypt after confirmed coronavirus spread
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union will intensify the training of healthcare workers and the availability of testing kits for the effective handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) following the confirmation of the first case of the virus in Egypt, a senior health official said on Saturday Full text...
Can the AU help Mozambique combat terrorism? - Analysis
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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - For the first time the escalating terrorist threat in Mozambique has been discussed by African leaders, at the 33rd African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week – more than two years after the insurgency started in the northern Cabo Delgado province Full text...
AU supports reconciliation conference in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 33rd summit of the African Union (AU), held on 9 and 10 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, affirmed the African Organization's support for the holding of a Reconciliation Conference among Libyans to strengthen the ceasefire and start a political dialogue Full text...
Rights group urges new AU chairperson Ramaphosa to hinge ‘Silencing the Guns’ goal on justice, accountability
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – As South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa begins his term of office as the chairperson of the African Union (AU), a human rights watchdog is asking him to use his leadership to promote human rights and justice for violations across the continent Full text...
President Felix Tshisekedi describes election as AU vice-president as DRC’s return to African scene
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said here Monday that his election as vice-president of the African Union (AU) for 2020 and chairman for 2021 marked the return of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the African scene, a presidential press release copied to PANA said Full text...
Tunisia submits ratification of AU convention on fighting corruption
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Acting Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sabri Bachtobji has submitted the instruments of ratification of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption to AU legal counsel Nemira Najm Full text...
AU Summit: Sudanese prime minister confers with UN Secretary General
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has met with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdouk on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the two are present Full text...
AU Summit: AU Peace and Security Council proposes measures to end Libyan fighting
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The African Union Peace and Security Council, which met the day before the summit of African Union summit opened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday, has proposed three concrete measures to be examine immediately to end the fighting in Libya and help end the crisis Full text...
AU Summit: UN chief calls for ‘collective, comprehensive, coordinated’ response to challenges facing Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The challenges facing African nations are “complex, multi-faceted and far-reaching" but a “collective, comprehensive and coordinated” response by the global community will build on the momentum that already exists to help the continent thrive, the UN secretary-General told the African Union Summit on Sunday Full text...
AU Summit: African leaders meet against background of huge challenges
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – African leaders on Sunday began their 33rd Summit in Addis Ababa under the theme: “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa's Development Full text...
AU Summit: AU inaugurates headquarters of Committee on Intelligence, Security Services
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) on Sunday inaugurated the headquarters of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services (CISSA) in Addis Ababa to intensify security cooperation Full text...
AU Summit: Nigeria's President says ECOWAS mobilising funds to combat terrorism
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said that member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are mobilising with “renewed vigour,” their own resources to combat Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorism Full text...
AU Summit: AU, UN launch book on outstanding African women, women-led organisations
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on Saturday joined dignitaries attending the AU Summit for the launch of a book jointly produced by the two organizations called "She Stands for Peace: 20 years, 20 journeys Full text...
AU Summit: UN chief urges South Sudanese president, rival to agree on unity gov't
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday urged leaders of war-torn South Sudan, where a deadline is fast approaching for President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar, to agree terms for a new unity government Full text...
AU Summit: Guterres addresses AU High Level Meeting on Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Addressing a High Level Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment at the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, UN Secretatry General has said that the reality in Africa, and the rest of the world, is that poverty “still has a woman’s face” Full text...
AU Summit: Guterres hails ‘shared values, mutual respect and common interests’ of AU-UN partnership
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN chief on Saturday called on the international community to recognise the need for African counter-terrorism operations, backed by the UN Security Council, to tackle the growing threat of extremist violence across the continent, and “predictable funding, guaranteed by compulsory contributions” Full text...