Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The African Union Election Observation Mission (AU EOM) has arrived in Guinea-Bissau to observe the country's presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Sunday, the AU Commission said. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is moving to advance peace mediation and conflict prevention efforts by working with relevant organisations to create regular points of contact. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Embassy of Rwanda in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will on Friday jointly commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, in which over 800,000 people were killed within 100 days in 1994. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council has asked Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to urgently replace the departing Chadian troops in the Central African Republic (CAR). Full text...

Nouadhibou Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is also the chairman of the African Union (AU), has expressed deep concern about the security crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR). Full text...

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - Senior officials and experts from ministries and agencies responsible for transportation from African Union (AU) member states are meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in preparation for the Third Session of the African Union Conference of African Ministers of Transport (CAMT), scheduled for 10-11 April. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The panel set up by the African Union (AU) to probe war atrocities in South Sudan has kicked off its work by interviewing experts and will meet East African leaders involved in the search for peace in the country. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar has threatened to seize the nation's capital, Juba, if ongoing talks to end the current crisis there fails. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has granted 2 million Euros to the African Union (AU) to support the regional initiative on the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), an armed group causing havoc in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central Africa Republic (CAR).Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been designated by the African Union Commission (AUC) as a pilot country for a project aimed at increasing the participation of women in political and electoral processes. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The permanent Council (PCF) of the International Organization of the Francophonie (IOF) has re-admitted Madagascar, PANA learnt from officials sources here.Full text...

Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Union's High Representative for Mali and the Sahel, Mr. Pierre Buyoya, has called on the Malian authorities to launch all-inclusive talks to help achieve permanent peace and stability in the West African nation. Full text...

Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 15-member regional bloc ECOWAS has made a ''quantum leap'' in the advancement of its economic integration, with the adoption of Common External Tariff (CET), efforts to relaunch monetary integration and the conclusion of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the EU, a top ECOWAS official said Friday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Senegalese-Mauritanian ministerial consultation commission on transport ended its proceedings on Tuesday with a series of recommendations including the decision to build a bridge on the Senegal River at the Rosso border. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Noting that there were “major challenges” impeding the effectiveness of the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in implementing its core mandate, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has called on the Sudanese government to enhance dialogue and cooperation with the peacekeeping force.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Calling for renewed efforts to ensure that logistical support provided to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) meets its needs on the ground, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU has urged member states and international partners to speed up operationalisation of the Trust Fund set up for joint operations of the Somali National Army (SNA) and AMISOM.Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Several experts from members States of the African Union (AU) on Monday began the 6th workshop of the African Union Technical working group (GTT) in Dakar, Senegal, to look into the establishment of the rules of origin for the continental free trade zone (ZCLE) towards the creation of an African common market by 2017.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 21,126 African troops deployed to Somalia by early January 2014 have launched the most ambitious military assault ever against the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, UN and African Envoys said here Monday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - African ministers will gather in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, from 28-30 March, to discuss the creation of a continental pharmaceutical factory, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, revealed Friday in Nouakchott. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Mr. Michel Sidibé, arrived in Nouakchott on Wednesday evening for one-day working visit to Mauritania. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Equatorial Guinea and the African Union Commission (AUC) have signed an agreement paving the way for the former to host the third session of the Conference of African Ministers of Transport in April, AUC said. Full text...

Durban, South Africa (PANA) - The 10th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform opened in Durban, South Africa, on Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Improvement in the security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) has prompted authorities of the transitional administration to reduce the daily curfew across the country to six hours from 11:00 pm to 05:00 am, the Peace and Security Department of the African Union Commission (AUC) said Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has stressed the need for Africa to act as one on issues around mining and commodities. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has said it is irrevocably committed to facilitating regional integration through effective implementation of its flagship free movement protocol and programmes, which promote unfettered circulation of persons, goods and services. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Japan’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU), Kazuhiro Suzuki, on Friday handed over US$ 5 million to the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui, to support various African peace and stability initiatives on the continent. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said Friday that she received with great sadness news of the death of Sierra Leone's former President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, who died Thursday in Freetown, his country’s capital. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Responding to the African Union’s appeal for support to the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA), Namibia has contributed US$500,000 to the AU Peace Fund, it was learnt here Friday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has appealed to all Libyan stakeholders to resolutely commit themselves to settling their differences by peaceful means and to work toward national dialogue and reconciliation. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has urged political parties, civil society and armed opposition in Sudan to engage in dialogue that will address the challenges of peace and security in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states. Full text...

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has launched the Internet Exchange Point in Namibia to contribute to bringing efficiency in the routing of intra-country internet traffic. Full text...

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The African Union (AU) representative to the second international support conference for Libya, held in Rome, Italy, Thursday, has proposed the establishment of a special commission to support Libya.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Belarus Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) Dimitry Kuptel Thursday presented his Letter of Credence to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Full text...

Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has marked this year's Africa Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in Maseru, Lesotho, the AU Commission said. Full text...

Ouidah, Benin (PANA) - The Minister for Economy and Finance in Benin, Mr. Jonas Gbian, has commended the collaborative efforts of the ECOWAS Commission and its Member States in promoting the integration process, saying that this had created, among others, a better understanding of the regional Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and Goods. Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Security ministers from ECOWAS member states met here Wednesday to discuss the entry into circulation of the biometric national identity card in the Community. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will Thursday attend Nigeria’s centenary celebrations in the capital city of Abuja, where she will deliver a goodwill message on behalf of the African Union, the Commission announced here Wednesday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is the current chairman of the African Union (AU), left Nouakchott Tuesday for Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, where he is due to attend a meeting on the post-2015 development agenda, official sources said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission and the Government of Benin Republic will use the 9th Benin National Caravan, which opened Monday, as a collaborative platform to sensitise the citizens on the ECOWAS-led regional integration process, the Commission said Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As Libya prepares for an international support meeting on dealing with its internal security challenges, a ministerial meeting of the Sahelo-Saharan region has called for an increased engagement of Africa “to help this brotherly country overcome the challenges facing it, in a spirit of African solidarity.” Full text...

Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Constituent National Assembly on Monday called on various identifiable groups in the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) to help find solutions to economic and social challenges that were hindering its integration.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Second High Level Meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP), held here Thursday, called for continued cooperation by stakeholders Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government is to hire independent forensic auditors to examine the books of the state-owned oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to unravel whether or not it failed to remit oil revenues to the Federation Account, Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has warned that criminal acts committed by armed groups against innocent civilians belonging to Muslim community as well as against Chadian nationals in Central African Republic (CAR) “will only contribute to the worsening of community and religious divisions in the country”. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Pan African University (PAU), a continental academic network of higher education institutions of excellence for postgraduate studies and advanced research, is currently recruiting staff in various senior positions. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has expressed shock and sorrow at Tuesday's crash of an Algerian military plane that left 77 people dead. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has condoled with Burundi over the flood disaster that left 60 dead and over 80 wounded, in addition to destroying houses and rendering 10,000 homeless. Full text...

Daadab, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Commission has formally inaugurated the Kenya Red Cross Hospital in Daadab Camp to provide services to the Daadab refugee population and the host community. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Innovation Summit, which was recently held in Cabo Verde, focused on the African Strategy on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Director for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union (AU) Commission Abebe Haile Gabriel has said the development of the Implementation Plan for the integrated African strategy on meteorology is 'cardinal' as it would improve the generation of climate information on the African continent. Full text...