Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) has paid tribute to the heritage of former South African president Nelson Mandela, particularly his struggle for democracy, freedom and equality throughout the continent. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Senior officials from the African Union Commission (AUC), Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) are meeting in Nigeria's capital city, Abuja, on the effective implementation of legal and policy instruments towards the strengthening of their cooperation. Full text...

Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - African and Arab leaders adopted a wide-ranging plan to fight terrorism and illegal migration into their countries after both sides agreed to respect international laws in dealing with illegal immigrants. Full text...

Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - African and Arab leaders rose from a two-day Summit on boosting economic cooperation Wednesday, with a declaration to pump more funds into Arabian financial institutions to promote Africa’s development, fight hunger and food shortages in both regions.Full text...

Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) is ready to lay out detailed plans on how African countries could effectively tap the US$ 1 billion pledged for investments over the next five years, the AUC President, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, said here Wednesday.Full text...

Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has explained that the sanctions against Egypt were imposed following the illegal transfer of power in the North African nation, rather than for any extraneous reasons as being peddled in certain quarters. Full text...

Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - The Third Summit of African and Arab leaders which opened here Tuesday offers a new definition in the conduct of diplomatic relations between Africa and its international partners under the leadership of the African Union (AU). Full text...

Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - The poor treatment of migrant African workers in most Arab states was top on the agenda at the third African-Arab Summit which opened here Tuesday. Full text...

Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - African and Arab leaders kicked off two-days of talks in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Tuesday, hoping to hammer out a series of deals to boost trade, agriculture and joint investment projects. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Sunday expressed concern over the current violence in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which has claimed dozens of lives, an AU press release has said.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Following days of heavy storm and flooding this week in Somalia’s Puntland region, the Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif, said Friday that he was closely monitoring the situation in which at least 300 people are feared to have lost their lives. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has welcomed the adoption of resolution 2124 (2013) on Somalia by the UN Security Council authorising an increase in the strength of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has reiterated its concern about the serious situation prevailing in the Central African Republic (CAR), especially the persistence of insecurity, continued abuses against the civilian population by elements of the ex-Seleka and the emergence of self-defence groups, as well as the precarious humanitarian situation. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Stressing the need for continued efforts to resolve the final status of the disputed Abyei area between Sudan and South Sudan, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has reiterated its call to all stakeholders in the oil-rich area not to aggravate the already tense situation on the ground. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the organisation’s international partners Tuesday signed here two memoranda of understanding, marking the renewal of two joint financing arrangements for the AU peace and security programme and sustenance of liaison offices in conflict and post-conflict countries. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - ECOWAS leaders and Member States have been challenged to translate their various decisions and statements on regional integration into concrete actions. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has praised the resilience and courage of the women in Mali under very difficult conditions, as their country emerges from a trying moment in its history. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is due in Bamako where she will chair the sixth meeting of the International Support and Follow-Up Group on the situation in Mali on Saturday.Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – A three-day meeting of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) opened in Rabat on Monday to examine several issues related to security, governance and development in the region. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has passed a resolution in support of the position adopted by the African Union (AU) pressing for deferment of criminal charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Samoei Ruto at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Togolese president, Faure Gnassingbé, current chairman of the West African Economic and monetary Union (UEMOA), on Thursday opened the 17th ordinary session of the Conference of heads of state and government in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, with a call for the acceleration of integration in the zone.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) said it was appalled by the attempted assassination of a Somali journalist working for the London-based, Somali Channel Universal TV.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) headquarters will host a high-profile workshop to mobilise the private sector, governments, civil society, regional economic communities and pan-African stakeholders to ponder Africa as a company, it was announced here Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC)() Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has urged the authorities in DR Congo to persevere in their efforts at rebuilding the nation, while dealing with the restoration of peace and security, particularly in the eastern part of the country. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Ghanaian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will co-host a regional conference on 28 October, in Accra, on the opportunities and challenges of financial integration in West Africa, an IMF statement said on Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has once again made an urgent appeal to Sudan and South Sudan to refrain from any unilateral action and statement that may impede progress towards the search for a lasting solution to their dispute over the Abyei Area. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - African ambassadors at the United Nations (UN) have praised the efforts and commitments of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) for its numerous programmes aimed at improving the continent, particularly its rural transformation initiative through the Rural Futures Programme. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Touched by the drowning of African migrants off the coast of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on 3 Oct. 2013, African heads of state and government have declared 3 Nov. a continental day of mourning. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A top official of the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused African leaders of undermining the African Union (AU) Charter through their decision that no sitting African leader should be made to appear before any international court. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is in the process of expanding the mandate of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (AfCHPR) to try international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, according to decisions taken here Saturday by the AU Assembly. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nigeria has proposed that certain Articles of the Rome Statute, establishing the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), should be amended to bring them in conformity with the tenets of customary international law, conventions and norms. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A sitting head of state or government should not be prosecuted while in office, the 15th extraordinary meeting of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has said. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has elected Algerian diplomat Ismail Chergui as the new Commissioner for Peace and Security in the AU Commission. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Kenya’s security situation remains fragile and Africa should not let the East African country slide into instability, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, said here Saturday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders are not in a crusade against the International Criminal Court (ICC), but are making a solemn call for the organisation to take Africa’s concerns seriously, the African Union (AU) Chairperson, Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn of Ethiopia, said here Saturday. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – President Alassane Ouattara will lead the Ivorian team to the extraordinary summit of the African Union (AU), holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday at which relations between Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be discussed. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) should not be allowed to continue treating Africa and Africans in a condescending manner, the chair of the AU Executive Council, who is also Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said here Friday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma is leading a South African delegation to the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa on Saturday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Expressing relief over the release of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by kidnappers in the nation's capital, Tripoli, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has strongly condemned the action of forcefully holding the premier. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Foreign Affairs Ministers who constitute the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) converge on the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Friday for a one-day extraordinary session to discuss the continent’s relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is billed to leave for Addis Ababa Friday to attend the 11-12 Oct. African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit in the Ethiopian capital. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of Saturday's extraordinary summit of the African Union (AU) on the International Criminal Court (ICC), pressure is mounting on the continental body not to approve the withdrawal of the 34 AU members that have ratified the Rome Treaty that established the court. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) may have instructed President Jacob Zuma to back the clamour for the bloc withdrawal of African nations from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Determined to lay the foundation for strategic measures for prevention and response to sexual violence in Africa, the African Union (AU) is convening a three-day high-level consultation of experts here this week to work out a framework of action to allow victims to access justice and end impunity. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa’s relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be the theme of discussion at a one-day extraordinary summit of the African Union (AU) due to take place here on 12 Oct. 2013, the AU Commission has announced. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Seventh Joint Annual Consultative Meeting between the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is due to be held here 8 October, 2013, the AU Commission announced Friday. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated the need for East Africans to remove all hindrances in order to fast track the integration of the East African Community (EAC) member countries and enable citizens to enjoy its benefits. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Despite the continued efforts to devise innovative approaches taken by the African Union (AU) and the United Nations to address complex challenges to peace and security in Africa, their approaches are not underpinned by a shared strategic vision and remain ad hoc, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) said in a statement here Wednesday.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the African Union (AU) to lead a continental action to check the worsening cases of terrorism in the continent. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Sunday in New York discussed ways to further strengthen the relationship between the two organisations. Full text...