Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The African Union Commission President, Jean Ping and President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire have discussed the crises that hit the West African region. “I came late to thank him for the support Cote d’Ivoire had brought to my application and then tried to discuss the sub-regional issues as a whole”, Ping said after meeting President [...]
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday
Germany has announced €30 million to support the African Union (AU) activities in the continent for the next two years. The announcement was made during a negotiation on Development Cooperation between the AU and the Government of Germany held late on Wednesday in the presence of officials from both sides at the AU headquarters in [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government. Her success sprang from the government's renewed commitment to agriculture, sealed when it recently signed a compact known as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Worried by the recent attacks on Nigerians in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroonian gendarmes, the House of Representatives Thursday advised the federal government to formally report to the United Nations Organization (UN), the African Union (AU) and other relevant bodies in a bid to compel Cameroon to abide by the Green Tree Agreement (GTA).
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to formally report the recent attacks on Nigerians living in the Bakassi Peninsula to the United Nations and the African Union (AU) to ensure that the Cameroonian government abides by the provisions of the Green Tree Agreement.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government. Her success sprang from the government's renewed commitment to agriculture, sealed when it recently signed a compact known as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Parliament yesterday gave a nod to the ratification of the African Union protocol on prevention and combating of terrorism which was adopted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in July 2004.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Two journalists have been shot at and wounded in the last two days in Somalia. On Tuesday, Voice of America reporter Mohammed Yasin Isak was shot in the shoulder by a police officer just after being stopped at a police checkpoint. And yesterday, Abdirahman Warsame of Xinhua news agency was hit by a stray bullet while standing outside a hospital in Mogadishu. He was covering the fighting that continues...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Chairman of the African Union Commission Jean Ping said here Wednesday the civil society in Sudan's Darfur region should play an active role in the regional peace process. Addressing a meeting of representatives of civil society from Darfur, Ping said the civil society should confront the challenges through a unified position to help move forward the reconciliation process. He urged the civil society...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Signing of MoU between African Union (AU) and the government of Germany ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 18, 2009/APO Invitation to a press conference for the Signing of MoU between African Union (AU) and the government of Germany Where: AU headquarters, Media Center When: Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at 3:30pm Why: The AU will hold a meeting and signs an agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Transparency International yesterday released its annual report, which ranks 180 countries on a corruption perception index (hat tip: CaribWorldNews.com ). The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived level of public-sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world. The CPI is based on 13 different expert and business surveys. The CPI goes from O (most corrupt) to...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
At least 4 people are reportedly killed and 5 others including a journalist are injured in heavy clashes between insurgents and Somali government forces backed by African Union troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The top United Nations-African Union official for Darfur has highlighted the role of civil society groups in the search for a solution to the strife that has plagued the Sudanese region, encouraging their full participation in the peace talks that resumed in Doha today.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A meeting of the African Union Ministers responsible for Women affairs and gender at the Jerma Beach Hotel ended yesterday. The two day meeting attracted over 53 African countries to discuss issues affecting women in Africa. However, the Beijing +15 review coincides with the 2nd AU meeting of ministers of gender and women affairs.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday called for a common position for Africa in the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks. "It is high time that the group of ten, mandated by the African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government to speak on behalf of Africa during the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change, work out a common position for Africa," Meles said in a declaration. On Tuesday,...
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