African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has intensified its campaign for opening up the African airspace by declaring support to the African Union’s (AU) initiative towards a single air transport market by 2017, AFRAA Secretary-General Elijah Chingosho said on Friday. Realization of … Read More
African Union (AU) member states on Sunday signed an African Charter on Maritime Security, Safety and Development in Lome, Togo, with the Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said that without securing the Oceans, the continental ‘blue economy,’ would be jeopardised. … Read More
China and the African Union (AU) have agreed to begin the implementation of a five-year plan, aiming to connect all economic and political capital cities in Africa with high-speed railway, industrial parks and regional aviation networks, the AU said on … Read More
The African Union (AU) has re-opened the race for the next Chairperson of the Commission, the deputy Chairperson and the Commissioners ahead of the polls in January 2017, the AU Commission announced on Friday. The elections were suspended in … Read More
The 27th African Union (AU) Heads of State summit officially opened in Kigali on Sunday with a call for leaders to identify the right priorities and outcomes, decide the best way to achieve them, and be ready to do just … Read More
African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Riek Machar on Sunday stressed the need for solidarity among African countries, urging them not to be bogged down into a counter-productive competition among each other. Speaking at the opening of two-day Ordinary Session of the … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The African Union (AU) is preparing an implementation plan for Agenda 2063, a long-term vision to ensure faster economic growth and industrialization. An expert meeting bringing together senior officials from regional economic blocs ended in Nairobi, with … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged African leaders to do everything possible to reverse the ‘ugly trend’ of African youths dying in droves while attempting to illegally migrate to Europe in search of ‘better life’. … Read More
Africa-Afrique / Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The issue of African leaders extending their terms in office is under the spotlight at the AU summit where several heads of state who are guilty of the so-called “third-termism” are attending. Ironically … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – In marking 2015 as the year of women’s empowerment and development, Africa should take its continental programme of gender equality and women’s empowerment to a higher level, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the decision of the African Union (AU) to join forces to stop the advancement of the “murderous campaigns” waged by Boko Haram, stressing the importance of the continent’s collaboration … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Member countries of the African Union (AU) must act now and collectively against the progressing threat of terrorism perpetrated by Boko Haram in West Africa, AU Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said Monday at … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – ARC Insurance Company Limited will pay US$ 25 million in drought insurance claims to three countries in the Sahel this month – Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. The three countries which paid a combined premium of … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries have taken the bold step to improve measurement and recording of remittances flow, reduce remittance transfer costs and enable beneficiaries to be included in the financial system. This follows the signing of Host Country … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Tuesday decried lack of funding as the main crisis facing the implementation of Africa’s development plans. Dlamini Zuma said Africa’s grand visions like the New Partnership for Africa’s … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – “Response to crisis in Africa must be global and based on the promotion of democratic governance as guaranteed by the African Charter outlined by the African Union,” the Chair of the African Union Commission, Mrs Nkosazana … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is deploying a team of election observers to the October 15 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Mozambique. The AU Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said on Monday that the AU approved the deployment … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said Monday that border closures and the suspension of flights to Ebola-affected countries in West Africa worsened the impact of the disease on the local populations than the … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations celebrated on May 23, 2014, in New York, Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the founding in 1963 of the Organization of African Unity, … Read More
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings has lashed out at the “hypocrisy and inconsistency” of some of the superpowers in the Ukrainian crisis, describing it as a serious insult to the intelligence of the world. In … Read More
