Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - With nearly a quarter of Africa’s population still undernourished, the African Union (AU) will, from 30 June, host a two-day high-level international meeting here to focus on renewing partnership for a unified approach to end hunger in the continent. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS, will organise a two-day workshop on ''common migration policy'' for the sub-region, AfDB said in a statement Thursday, obtained here by PANA. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) and the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee (EUPSC) have called for full implementation of the Framework Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in DR Congo and the Great Lakes region, signed here on 24 February 2013. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Avoiding a shutdown on landlocked South Sudan’s oil pipeline that runs through Sudan to the sea is currently the focus of the African Union (AU) efforts to ease tension between the two countries, AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said here Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Sudan and South Sudan have been urged to address the issue of disputed and claimed border areas, recognising that their agreement could provide an important platform for cross-border cooperation in the framework of regional cooperation and integration. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Organisation of free, fair, transparent and inclusive elections could normalise situations in Mali and Guinea Bissau, according to a statement issued here at the end of a one-day joint annual consultation between the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council and the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Initiatives being taken by the African Union (AU) in countering terrorism and the trafficking of narcotics and human beings also benefit Europe in confronting the same crimes, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said here Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has sent former South African President Nelson Mandela a “get-well-soon” message, as he undergoes treatment in a hospital in Pretoria. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Belgian Foreign Affairs minister, Didier Reynders, on Monday lauded the African Union (AU) for the key role it has played in the resolution of conflicts on the continent. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The 20th ordinary session of the Conference of the African Union Ministers of Industry (CAMI) is due to take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 10-14 June, it was officially announced here Friday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes, is among the five Africans to be honoured at a ceremony in New York, US, next week for his visionary and exemplary leadership and for playing an integral role in Africa’s development and progress over the last decade. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) member states should enable their borderland populations to be architects and privileged beneficiaries of African integration, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra, said here Friday as the organisation observed the African Border Day. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - After the recent celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU), the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, talked about the legacy of the OAU and what Africans should expect in the next half century in the following interview with PANAPRESS in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN and the African Union (AU) have announced the appointment of Tanzanian Lt.-Gen. Paul Ignace Mella as the new Force Commander of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), a UN statement said on Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The lasting solution to the disputed sovereignty of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is to provide the people of Western Sahara the right to self-determination, as envisaged by the UN Declaration on Human Rights and the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU), according to AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has projected a total transformation of Africa in the next 50 years, to build on the achievements of the founding fathers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the AU. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian newspaper has sharply criticised African leaders over their recent celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the Africa Union (AU), saying the celebration was lacking ''in highlight of accomplishments on social, political and economic fronts''. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - For the first time, the African Union Commission (AUC) is co-organising the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), the fifth edition of which opens Saturday in Yokohama, Japan. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) says the Court acknowledges and respects the African Union’s role as the continent’s main regional organization, reiterating its commitment to cooperate with the African Union (AU). Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has expressed his satisfaction with the recently-concluded African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The proceedings at the 21st AU summit ended on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with a strong criticism by the heads of State and government against the International Criminal Court (ICC), sources told PANA.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders Monday adopted and committed themselves to implementation of ‘The Proclamation on the 50th Anniversary of the OAU/AU’, which spells out the continent’s development path for the next 50 years. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was Monday elected head of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the 21st African Union (AU) summit wound up, PANA reported from here. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa will not wait for handouts from outside to help it carry out its development programmes, the continent's leaders decided as they concluded the 21st ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Assembly here Monday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has rejected, after a summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, any postponement of the general elections scheduled for July in Madagascar. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 21st Summit of the African Union (AU), which rounds off Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has decided to establish an African rapid reaction force to respond immediately to terrorist actions like that perpetrated in Niger last week, according to AU's Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - There’s a compelling need for the African leadership to inject into the African Union (AU) a dose of dynamism as populations of the member states focus on Africa’s prospects beyond 50 years, a private Tanzanian daily said Monday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 21st African Union (AU) summit is due to close here Monday with a release of its milestone proclamation on the Golden Jubilee of the Organisation of African Unity(OAU)/AU, the AU Commission (AUC) has announced. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A mini-summit on the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was held on Sunday on the sidelines of the African Union’s 21st summit here. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister Olugbenga Ashiru on Sunday in Addis Ababa expressed his country’s willingness to reinforce trans-border cooperation with its neighbours to effectively deal with the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Somalia has been urged to resume its financial contribution to the African Union (AU). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has for the first time presented its Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award to two top scientists from Egypt and South Africa, at the ongoing 21st Ordinary Summit of African Heads of State and Government. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday that Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As a result of strong continental and national leadership, Africa has achieved significant gains in reducing the burden of AIDS, TB and Malaria as well as the social impact of the three diseases, the African Union (AU) Commission said in a report issued here Sunday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the collective efforts of African leaders in fighting communicable diseases, affirming support from the global organisation and its agencies to provide better health to the continent’s population. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has said the founding fathers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner of the African Union (AU), have largely achieved the objectives they set for themselves, but that the continent faces new challenges which must be overcome for the continent to achieve its destiny. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Finding lasting solutions to the conflict in the Great Lakes region is part of the first steps the African Union (AU) is taking in its re-dedication to the future of the continent, AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said here Sunday. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Africa will be the worlds' economic power house in the next 50 years if its leaders can get their acts together and push for a strong continent, a top Gambian government official predicted here Saturday on the occasion of celebrations marking the golden jubilee of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now renamed the African Unity (AU). Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The 50th anniversary of the setting up of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now renamed the African Union (AU), was celebrated Friday evening in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, with a rally attended by senior government officials. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A web-based portal, called Virtual PIDA Information Centre (VPiC), was launched here Saturday as an innovative approach to storing and disseminating information about the African Union’s regional infrastructure programmes. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Though Africa’s economic growth is generally strong, economic transformation remains a challenge across the continent, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, said at a Special African Union (AU) Summit holding here Saturday to commemorate the organisation’s golden jubilee.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ideals of pan-Africanism and African Renaissance took centre stage as the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and the African Union (AU) opened here Saturday with leaders expressing optimism over the continent’s confidence in itself, its ability and obligation to be drivers of its destiny. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ideals of pan-Africanism and African Renaissance took centre stage as the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and the African Union (AU) opened here Saturday with leaders expressing optimism over the continent’s confidence in itself, its ability and obligation to be drivers of its destiny. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As the African Union (AU) celebrates its Golden Jubilee on Saturday, a Ghanaian writer has said there is virtually nothing to celebrate. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Peace and Security Commissioner, Ramtane Lamamra, on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pressed for the transitional Guinea Bissauan authorities to quickly form an all-inclusive government in a bid to involve all the political class in the management of the country’s affairs. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The 21st Summit of the African Union (AU), due to open here Saturday, will show solidarity with Niger, hit early Thursday by two terrorist attacks, the AU Peace and Security Commissioner, Ramtane Lamamra, has pledged. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Africa's umbrella workers union, the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU), has commended the continent's founding fathers and other leaders for their vision, sacrifice and contributions towards Africa's socio-political and economic emancipation. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali’s Foreign Affairs and African Integration ministry will organize what it calls "the week of African integration", from 25 to 30 May, PANA reported here Friday, quoting official sources.Full text...

Nairobi, kenya (PANA) - As the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU) is being observed across the continent, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has welcomed the organisation’s renewed commitment to the transformation of Africa’s agricultural sector. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian and Sudan were selected to play a commemorative friendly here Saturday - to mark the 50th year of the founding of the Organisation of the African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU) - because they were among the four founding members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Full text...