Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has sent representatives of 35 civil society organizations, known as the Sudan National Group on Human Rights, to take part in the events marking the 50th anniversary of the African Union (AU), apart from the official delegation that will be headed by the Head of state, General Omar Al Bashir.Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian interim president, Dioncounda Traoré, will leave Bamako on Friday for the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to attend the 21st Summit of African heads of State and government, holding 25-26 May, official sources told PANA here Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Sao Tome and Principe could be sanctioned by the African Union (AU) for failing to pay its annual contribution to the continental organization for two years running, if a proposal before the 26th executive council of the AU is anything to go by.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has only been able to mobilize to date US$ 77.3 million on a draft budget of approximately US$ 278.2 million for the financial year 2013, according to a report by its sub-committee on contributions from member states, obtained by PANA Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Wednesday called upon Africa’s leadership to provide a mission framework that will result in rapid change, sustained effort and united action by a united Africa. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa needs to review the nature of its relations with the international community in order to bring about its structural transformation, according to Carlos Lopes, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - There is a glimmer of hope for Africa’s rejuvenation as a result of the progress achieved over the last decade, Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, told his African counterparts meeting here Wednesday, on the eve of the golden jubilee of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union (OAU/AU). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ten years after its creation, the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has received acclaim for its contribution to sustainable growth and development in the continent. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) starts its 23rd ordinary session here Wednesday to deliberate on different reports of ministerial meetings organised by the AU Commission in the last six months. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Central African Republic, Guinea Bissau and Madagascar have been banned from attending the 21st summit of the African Union (AU), to be held from 25 to 27 May in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – As the African Union (AU) marks its 50th anniversary, there is no better opportunity for the continent to ensure that children’s rights are put at the centre of future development, former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano said here Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ongoing celebrations of 50 years of Pan Africanism will be incomplete without paying glowing tribute to the role played by our ‘foremothers’ and ‘foresisters’ in the liberation struggle, according to UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Member states of the African Union (AU) and political leaders must muster political will to surrender part of their sovereignty over trade, economic and financial issues to regional and continental supranational organisations because the continent must be fully integrated in the coming 50 years, a senior AU official said here Monday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has yet to deliver on the lofty promises of good governance, deepened democracy and the advancement of human rights in the continent, according to civil society organisations meeting here ahead of the African Union (AU) summit next week. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Though the last 50 years of Africa’s history have been fraught with so many challenges, Africans today are very proud of their achievements, according to Ethiopia’s Ambassador Kongit Sinegiorgis. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has on behalf of the Commission extended condolences to the family and friends of renowned South African Television anchor, Mr. Vuyo Mbuli, who died at the weekend. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has agreed to a request from Kenya to champion its quest for an expansion of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at this week's African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the African Union (AU) kick off in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday with a preparatory meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), according to the official schedule released on Saturday by the AU Commission.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Aesthetic exhibition opened Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, as one of the African Union’s signature events to express the spirit of Pan Africanism and African Renaissance, the theme of the continental organisation’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Monday described the killing of two former rebel leaders, who had joined the peace process in Darfur, as a “cowardly act” that seeks to dissuade other movements from joining the peace process.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha has challenged African communicators to tell the African story as it is, instead of the stereotype version being peddled by outsiders. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the African Union (AU) to champion the call for the release of all journalists imprisoned in Africa and appeal for justice in the murders of journalists killed in the line of duty. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the recent rebel attack on a central Sudanese town, at a time of ongoing direct talks between the government and the rebel group active in the area. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethioia (PANA) - International supporters of the Palestinian people's quest to achieve a sovereign and independent state need to do more, considering that an end to the Israeli occupation is not in sight, Abdou Salam Diallo, chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, said here Monday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is undertaking a working visit to Kenya during which she will meet and engage with President Uhuru Kenyatta, Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Wednesday commended Sudan and South Sudan for their agreement to open eight crossing points between the two countries immediately, saying this was an important step in the integration process between the two States.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Officials of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) will hold their sixth commission-to-commission meeting here this week to identify priority issues for discussion at the fourth Africa-EU Summit, scheduled for April 2014 in Brussels, Belgium, the AU Commission announced here Monday. Full text...

Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - The sixth Conference of African Ministers in charge of Integration (COMAI VI) opened Thursday at Balaclava, northern Mauritius, PANA reported from here.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At their meeting Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, representatives of the African Union (AU) and the UN expressed concern over reports of continuing armed clashes and inter-communal violence in Darfur, according to a press release, received here by PANA.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the African Union (AU) will be the opportunity for all Africans to take stock of what the continent has achieved, where it stands and what its goals are for the next half century, AU Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said here Monday.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has condemned the killing of five UN peacekeepers and a number of civilians in an ambush by unknown gunmen in South Sudan, describing it as a cowardly attack. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The first batch of a dozen human rights observers has been deployed in Mali in line with a decision by the African Union Peace and Security Council and ECOWAS to deploy some 50 observers under the banner the International Support Mission for Mali (AFISMA), official sources told PANA here Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The year-long 50th anniversary celebrations of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), were flagged off here Monday by Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the AU Commission, and Dr. Teodros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has warned those Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has summoned African foreign ministers to an emergency session to discuss the preparations for the 50th anniversary celebrations and its four-year industrialisation plan. Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - While hailing the progress made, African Ministers of Economy and Finance, Planning and Economic Development have expressed concern over the slow pace in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by Africa. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) said Tuesday Africa remained the most attractive destination for foreign investments in agriculture, which would further boost continental agricultural growth.Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Heads of State and Government of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), who ended their 15th general conference here Monday, have named Guinean Kabinet Komara head of the sub-regional organization. Full text...

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) – The situation remains confused on Monday in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), where sporadic gunshots could be heard in spite of the capture of Bangui over the weekend by the Seleka rebels under the leadership of the self-proclaimed president, Michel Djotodia.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has suspended the Central African Republic (CAR) after the Seleka rebels seized power following a blitz on the capital city of Bangui over the weekend, PANA reported Monday. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - African finance experts have urged the African Union Commission (AUC) to assess the impact of the Euro-zone crisis and the response of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to it in relation to the African Monetary Fund (AMF). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has rejected what it described as the 'coup' in Central African Republic (CAR), where the Seleka rebels have taken over power following a renewed onslaught on the capital, Bangui, over the weekend. Full text...

Abidjan, Côte-d’Ivoire (PANA) – High quality human resources are crucial for a successful industrialization of Africa, according to experts attending a meeting in the Ivorian city of Abidjan on the theme, “Industrialization in service of Africa’s emergence” . Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania will ratify the Protocol on the African Union (AU) Convention on the prevention and the fight against terrorism, according to an official statement issued in the capital city of Nouakchott Friday. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – “Morocco must find its way back to the African Union,” the Ivorian Foreign Affairs minister, Charles Koffi Diby, said on Thursday as the Moroccan King, Mohamed VI, continued his visit to Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – Experts, meeting here ahead of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development, Thursday painted a gloomy picture of the industrial policies in Africa, saying that since independence most African nations have been unable to take off. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has called on the UN Security Council to fully support the current peace process between Sudan and South Sudan, as the two countries have now managed to pull out forces from joint borderlines to their sides of the borders. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) says it has, for the first time, made information and communications one of its priority areas, urging the media in Africa to collaborate with it in the promotion of Africa's image.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The African Union Peace and Security Council on Wednesday expressed support for efforts being made to bring peace to Darfur region, and commended the role played by African peacekeepers in the region. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, is due in the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan, shortly to attend the sixth conference of African ministers of Economy, Finance and Planning, PANA reported from here. Full text...