Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The current chairman of the African Union (AU), Benin's president Boni Yayi, on Monday reaffirmed the continental organization's support to countries being destabilised by conflicts. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The resettlement and reintegration of ECOWAS citizens displaced by conflicts is a priority critical to the region’s people-centred integration and development objective, ECOWAS Commission Vice President.Toga McIntosh said. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) -The African Union (AU) Adhoc Committee of Heads of State and Government would meet on Monday in Cotonou, Benin, to examine the election of the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and members of the AU Commission. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A delegation from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has arrived in Brazzaville to seek the support of Congolese President Denis Sassou N’Guesso for the candidature of South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the post of African Union Commission Chairperson. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has condemned Sunday's terrorist attacks in Nairobi, Kenya, and Kano, Nigeria, which targeted Christian worshippers. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Elated at the key roles played by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the successes it has achieved in the sub-region, three parties from the ruling majority coalition in Mauritania on Thursday urged their government to re-join the 15-member regional bloc. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Tuesday suspended Guinea Bissau from the 54-member bloc with immediate effect, a senior AU official said. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council kicked off a crisis meeting to discuss the coup-plagued Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday, AU Commission chief Jean Ping has warned the military against “window-dressing” a coup d’état through the introduction of a so-called “new political architecture.” Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ethiopia's long distance running legend Haile Gabreselassie on Sunday beat British runner Paula Radcliffe in the much-anticipated OMV Champions Race, at the 29th edition of the Vienna City Marathon in the Austrian capital, according to the online 'RaceNewsService', Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has welcomed Japanese car maker Toyota's plan to set up its regional headquarters in Kenya, noting that it would boost trade ties with Japan, a statement from his office said Friday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Friday condemned the coup attempt in the West African state of Guinea Bissau, saying it will not accept any unconstitutional change of government. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Defending champion John Kiprotich of Kenya will lead the pack of elite African runners who are expected to feature in Sunday’s Vienna City Marathon, according to the online RaceNewsService. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has welcomed the deal between ECOWAS and the putschists in Mali, which paves the way for the restoration of constitutional rule in the West African state, the continental body said in a statement. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Dismissing the declaration of independence of Azawad by Malian rebels, the African Union (AU) Friday said the action was an “inconsequential” decision by a terrorist group and called on the international community to rally behind it. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Angola has assumed the rotating presidency of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) for the month of April. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the annual observance of World Autism Awareness Day should spur global action to combat the "unacceptable discrimination, abuse and isolation" that people with the disorder and their loved ones face. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Finance ministers Tuesday rose from their two-day meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, adopting a ministerial statement to commit to address the gap in financing Africa’s development by refocusing efforts on domestic resource mobilization. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) election observer team, headed by Dr. Samuel Azu’u Fonkam, President of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM), has arrived in the Gambia to observe the country's fourth parliamentary polls holding on Thursday, PANA reported Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has expressed its determination to restore law and order to Mali, the Chairman of the AU Commission, Jean Ping, indicated on Monday at a meeting of the African Ministers of Finance, Economy and Planning in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Monday hailed outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal for conceding defeat in the country's presidential runoff on Sunday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries have made progress in school enrolment, but struggle to get quality education, according to a paper on the continent’s economic and social situation for 2011, conducted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Commission of the African Union (AU). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Friday suspended Mali from the 54-member bloc, following the military coup that brought renegade soldiers to power on Thursday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has asked mutinous soldiers in Mali to surrender and restore President Amadou Toumani Toure to power, while promising an effective continental action against the coup they spearheaded. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A ministerial meeting of the peace and security council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), designed to tackle terrorism and trans-border crime in the Sahel, opens Tuesday in Bamako, the Malian capital, official sources told PANA. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – As African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development gather in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, next week, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, and the UN Under Secretary General and executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdoulie Janneh, have said that Africa should be seen as a pole of global growth. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has launched a comprehensive staff audit, in line with the mandate given by regional leaders to the Commission to work with the best hands to deliver on the Organization’s objective of developing the region through a people-centred strategic approach, the Commission said in a statement obtained by PANA here. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Chairman, Beninese President Boni Yayi, arrived in Abuja Monday afternoon on a brief visit to Nigeria, PANA reported. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is due to host a meeting of experts from the Sahel region at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week to intensify efforts to address the worsening humanitarian situation in the Sahel region, the AU Commission said in a statement obtained by PANA here Monday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Welcoming the outcome of the recent London conference on Somalia, the African Union Peace and Security Council on Friday stressed the need to maintain the current international momentum towards the peace and reconciliation process in Somalia.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Monday called on the international community, including the UN and bilateral partners, to continue to support the African Union High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) in its efforts to resolve outstanding issues between Sudan and South Sudan, according to an AU press statement received here by PANA.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Monday appealed to the international community to help families of the Congolese killed or injured in an arms depot explosion, expressing sadness over the fatal incident. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday urged Nigeria to exert its influence and leadership to see through the integration of West African countries. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Election Observer Mission Tuesday urged all political parties, coalitions and their candidates to respect the outcome of Sunday's presidential election in Senegal. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Ahead of Sunday's presidential elections in Senegal, the Joint African Union/ECOWAS High-Level Mission to Senegal was continuing its meetings with key stakeholders in the country on Friday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - East African Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and financial markets executives will discuss recent developments in the financial markets in Europe as well as the regional economy at a meeting in Tanzania next week, the Arusha-based East African Community (EAC) secretariat said Thursday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's opposition candidate Idrissa Seck has expressed the hope that the Joint African Union/ECOWAS High-Level Mission to Senegal will help end the political crisis that has plagued the country ahead of Sunday's presidential poll. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Despite a common approach by countries of the Great Lakes region in the search for durable peace and security, the populations are not yet well sensitized on the importance of regional integration, former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa said. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has welcomed the entry into force of the African Union’s Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, which requires free and fair polls and abhors unconstitutional takeover of power in Africa. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has welcomed the signing of an agreement for the delimitation of the maritime borders of Seychelles, the Union of Comoros and Tanzania on the Indian Ocean triple-point. Full text...

Durban, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Development Community (SADC) has endorsed South African Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma as the region’s sole candidate for the post of AU Commission Chairperson ahead of the elections in June, the South African foreign ministry said in a statement. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has welcomed the framework agreement signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday on security cooperation between Juba and Khartoum -- a move seen by observers as a timely step in quelling rising tension over oil transit fees.Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance has been ratified by 15 member states of the African Union (AU), a pre-requisite for its entry into force as from15 February, according to the African Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian newspaper on Friday described as a 'shame to Africa' the donation of the African Union headquarters building to the continent by China. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has described as an ''embarrassing situation'' the failure of the last African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to elect a new Chair for the AU Commission. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders have resolved to pursue banking reforms, a Free Trade Area for the entire continent in five years (2017), and the modernization of rail, air and road transport to boost trade. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 18th African Union (AU) Summit has renamed the African Environment Day as Wangari Maathai Day, in honour of the late Kenyan Environmentalist, in addition to creating a continental prize in her honour. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will run again for the position of African Union (AU) Commission chairperson at the next AU Summit in Malawi in June. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Following the failure of AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping to win a second term after four rounds of voting at the ongoing AU Summit here Monday, indications are that the leaders will make another attempt to elect the chairperson in the next six months. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian presidency on Monday described as false and sensational some media reports that President Goodluck Jonathan was defeated by President Yayi Boni of Benin Republic in the contest to elect a new African Union (AU) Chairman at the current AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is disappointed at Monday's election of a new Chairperson of the African Union Commission, which ended inconclusive. Full text...