Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) Tuesday announced an extension of the sanctions it imposed against the illegal authorities of the Comorian Island of Anjouan for an additional period of one month. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Placing the private sector at the fore of Africa' s industrial drive, the African Union (AU) is organizing a two-day forum here ne x t week to brainstorm on the role of the public-private partnerships towards achi e ving economic transformation of the continent. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- In a show of solidarity with forcefully displaced people in its member states, the African Union (AU) Friday said it has granted U S$ 600,000, through the UN Refugee Agency, towards the rehabilitation of such pe r sons, reports PANA from here. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has telephoned Colonel Mouammar Kadhafi, the Libyan leader and current chairman of the Community of Sahelo-Saharian States (CEN-SAD) as part of consultations between the two leaders, a Libyan source said on Tuesday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – As African leaders prepare f-or their next summit in Addis Ababa next month, the 13-member high-level panel they tasked at the July Accra Summit to carry out an audit of the African Union (AU) for purposes of facilitating political integration of the continent on Thursday presented its Report to President John Agyekum Kufuor at the Castle, Osu. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Panel of the Wise, a newly-created conflict prevention and mediation instrument of the African Union (AU), Tuesday took up its mission on a note of optimism that Africa was headed towards consistent peace and harmony. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President Thabo Mbeki has sent a congratulatory message to Kevin Rudd, head of the Australian Labour Party and Prime Minister-elect, following the party's majority win in the general election s Saturday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Secretary of the Libyan People's Committee for Industry and Mining, Ali Zikri, met here Thursday with the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary General, Habib Ben Yahia, on ways to forge cooperation am ong countries within the regional organisation on industry. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The planned deployment of the UN-AU hybrid force to Su dan’s western Darfur region may be delayed due to lack of offers by member state s for key military ground transport and aviation units, a senior UN official said Thursday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The AU and UN envoys to Darfur have hailed Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi for his role in restoring peace to Sudan's western Darfur region, wrecked by four years of conflict that has claimed an estimated 200,000 lives and displaced over 2 million people In a statement issued here at the weekend, Salim Ahmed Salim and Jan Eliason also reaffirmed the support of the AU and the UN for the efforts which, they said, proved Libya's commitment to peace in Darfur. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- International support for the African Union (AU) and its New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) programme is crucial, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said here Monday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) - – A Guinean journalist, Lanciné Camara announced on Friday in Paris that he would on 8 December launch the Movement for a New African Union (MNUA), as a radical transformation of the African Union (AU) is the only credible alternative to bad governance in Africa. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- The Pan African Parliament, an organ of the African Union (AU), has voted against a proposal to send a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe to probe the political crisis in the country. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco(PANA) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed the hope that the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco for Western Sahara could serve as the basis for a negotiated settlement of the lingering conflict. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Targeted sanctions taken by the African Union (AU) against the illegal leadership of Anjouan Island in the Comoros archipelago should not affect ordinary people, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU has affirmed. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The AU/UN hybrid force for Sudan's western Darfur region has "shortfalls in several key aviation and ground transport capacities'', according to UN Assistant Secretary-General Jane Lute. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Lack of political will and the failure of African states to honour their financial obligations are among obstacles holding back the continent's integration process, according to African Union's (AU) Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Maxwell Mkwezalamba. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Chairman of the African Union, Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor has condemned as "senseless" the killing of 10 African Union soldiers on peacekeeping duties in Sudan and expressed the Union's condolences to the bereaved families. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- African Union Chairman, Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor, left Accra on Wednesday for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for high level consultations with the African Union Commission on a number of urgent matters, including last weekend's attack on members of the African Union peacekeeping force in the Darfur region. Full text...

Bujumbura - Burundi (PANA) -- The Ministers of Integration of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya are expected in Bujumbura for discussions on the integration of the East Africa Community. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The UN Security Council Tuesday called for enhanced cooperation between the UN and the African Union (AU). Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Commission has strongly condemned the violence being perpetrated by the Ibrahim Bahanga-led armed groups in Kidal, northern Mali, where the government has been trying to restore peace for several years. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- UNESCO and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are organising a seminar for 24-26 September in Praia, Cape Verde on the theme "Nation-states and the challenges of regional integration in West Africa". Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Against all odds, underdog Zimbabwe Wednesday beat highly fancied Australia in a cricket World Cup tie in South Africa to send the southern African nation into wild celebration. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A workshop convened here to build and consolidate African union leaders' capacities recommended Tuesday evening the implementation of a practical work programme with a view to eradicate poverty as well as establish peace and social security on the African continent. Full text...

Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- At the end of their conference on "The African continent from the Organisation of the African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU)", African intellectuals from the continent and the Diaspora have issued the "Sirte Cultural Appeal for the establishment of the United States of Africa". Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African broadcasting chiefs ended their meeting in Nairobi Friday with the landmark transformation of the Union of National Radio and Television Organisation of Africa (URTNA) into the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB). Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) has deployed 10 election observers to Sierra Leone for the second round of the country's presidential election 8 Sept. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Friday called on rebel movements in the restive Darfur region to refrain from escalating violence when the international community was stepping up efforts for peace, security and stability in Sudan and the neighbouring countries. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Veteran of ecumenical work, Melaku Kifle, who works with the Nairobi-based All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), has been appointed as Ecumenical Envoy to the African Union representing the AACC and the World Council of Churches with effect 1 August. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Noting significant progress made by the Sudanese parties in the implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the African Union (AU) has urged donor countries to fulfill their pledges of supporting the country's post-conflict reconstruction. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- An expatriate Rwandan group has accused a senior peacekeeper in the UN-AU hybrid force in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region of being over war crimes committed in Rwanda in 1994. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The creation of an East African common market and free trade zone would facilitate the region's industrialisation ahead of a political federation, whose 2013 deadline has been lifted indefinitely, a senior Kenyan official said here Wednesday. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Monday to extend its authorisation of the African Union (AU) mission in Somalia by a further six months. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The national police of the Congo Democratic Republic has recruited into the force two pygmies as part of efforts to integrate the country's Pygmy community, the UN radio, Okapi, quoted the Commander of the Mambasa territorial police station, Kumaraki Mdjanju, as saying. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader, Col. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Expressing serious concern with the deteriorating political situation in Burundi, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has appealed to neighbouring countries to urgently examine the situation in the central African country with a view to addressing the challenges facing its peace process. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Harmonisation of higher education in Africa will be in focus at the third ordinary meeting of the continent's education ministers to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, this week, it was officially announced here Tuesday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) - – An autopsy performed on the remains of the late Deputy Editor of Nigerian newspaper ThisDay, Samuel Famakinwa, showed he died of cardiac arrest, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reported Monday. Full text...

Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Leader of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces in Guinea (UFDG), Mamadou Bah has expressed grave pessimism about the viability of the African Union government project. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – The Senegal River -Development Organisation (OMVS) is going through an internal reorganisation in order to facilitate the smooth integration of Guinea that recently joined this sub-regional organisation comprising Mali, Mauritania and Senegal, Senegalese senior minister Habib Sy, current chair of the cabinet meeting said Wednesday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, has said immediate unification is "the only way to set Africa once and for all on the right track to fulfil its historic destiny". Full text...

learning Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- An exhibition on teaching and learning materials and equipment in science and mathematics is scheduled to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 6 to 10 August, during the third Ordinary Session of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (AU). Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) – UNESCO will extend support -to regional integration in Africa, UNESCO Deputy Director General in charge of human and social sciences, Pierre Sané disclosed Tuesday in Paris. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The European Commission (EC) has approved 44. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togolese senior minister Edem Kodjo said Sunday the formation of an African unity government during the African Union (AU) summit in Accra, Ghana 1-3 July failed due to lack of a methodology. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – Moving toward a fe-deral government in Africa must first begin with the strengthening of existing regional and sub-regional economic blocs before eventually merging them into what would be the 'United States of Africa', Mauritania President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi has observed in Nouakchott. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) - – Gabonese Philibert Andzembe has been appointed governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), official sources told PANA here Thursday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) – The African Pe-er Review (APRM) Member States have strongly endorsed the process South Africa undertook in completing the Country Self-Assessment Report and agreed that its process was "inclusive, participatory and innovative," a government statement disclosed here Wednesday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Alpha Oumar Konare confirmed his mandate was extended up to next January "because the conditions for an election were not met" during the Accra summit. Full text...