Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo de Miranda has said Angola was opting for a Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission capable of solving conflicts, which continue to plague the continent. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor left here Monday to attend the African Union (AU) summit of heads of state in Maputo, Mozambique. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Conflict resolution was at centre stage Monday when African foreign ministers meeting here considered a report of the Interim Chairperson of the African Union (AU) on conflict situations on the continent. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Amara Essy, acting chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission, and candidate for the post, Monday denied rumours that he intended to withdraw from the race, Radio Cote d'Ivoire reported here. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Ivorian Amara Essy, who conducted the transformation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) into the African Union (AU) since the Lusaka summit of July 2001, has been taking stock of his performance over the nearly two year period. Full text...

N'djamena- Chad (PANA) -- En route to the African Union summit in Maputo, Mozambique, Libyan leader, Col. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The African Union (AU), which will need at least $65 million, a figure twice its current budget, to meet its operating costs, is seeking alternative sources of funding in order to prevent the unbearable pressure which insufficient funding could put on its future organs. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREP) of the African Union (AU), which launched the preparatory meetings to the second AU summit in Maptuo, has recommended that the organisation's leadership "gradually integrate NEPAD into the (AU) Commission's structures over a period of three years. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- One of the highlights of the second African Union Summit taking place in Maputo this week is three key elections that will determine the future direction of the AU. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- One of the cornerstones of the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)) is the proposed establishment of a Pan African Parliament and AU leaders are hoping that member countries will use this week's summit to help make this a reality. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Focusing on the two major events taking place this week -- the African Union Summit and the visit of US President George Bush to Africa -- the independent Sowetan newspaper expressed fears Monday that the visit might overshadow the important AU summit in Maputo, Mozambique. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- UNESCO is using the second summit of the African Union in Mozambique to highlight and showcase a number of the projects it has undertaken to help transform this battle-scared country. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Thirty-six African countries have joined the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), it was disclosed here Monday. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambican Prime Minister Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi has called on African nations to raise up an African society of peace, harmony and social justice. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The African Union has started a long march that requires a great deal of resources and commitment of its members to attain the economic integration and social development of the African people, AU Interim Chairperson Amara Essy said here Sunday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano held a telephone discussion on Sunday with his Libyan counterpart Mouammar Kadhafi on the forthcoming summit of African Union (AU) scheduled in a few days in Maputo, an official source in Tripoli said. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A delegation from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is currently touring several West African countries to garner support for a resolution by the African Union, which would make full cooperation with the court binding on all member states, a court official hinted in Dakar at the weekend. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- National interests should not be stumbling blocks in Africa's efforts to improve the lives of its people, South African Foreign minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said here late Sunday. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Sources close to the Arab League affirmed Sunday that the body plans to submit a project at the African Union summit to revive Afro-Arab cooperation. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- UNESCO assistant director general for Africa Noureini Tidjani Serpos has expressed the hope that the African Union (AU) Summit would adopt sustainable measures aimed at solving several problems impeding the development of Africa. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo intends to propose the signing of a "pan-African Pact against aggression" during the African Union (AU) summit in Maputo. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- African Union (AU) member states owed the continental organisation 39 million US dollars in contributions, a summit official said in Maputo, Mozambique. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The 3rd ordinary session of the Executive Council of the African Union opening here Sunday would have to choose 8 candidates from 23 fielded by 17 AU member States and short-listed by an independent committee. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Permanent representatives (ambassadors) to the African Union have recommended the integration of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) secretariat into the AU Commission. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The African Union has short-listed 23 candidates to contest the eight available posts for commissioners of the organisation during the summit in the Mozambican capital of Maputo, PANA learnt on Sunday. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The African Union was born with the specific goal of assisting a continent desperately needing to transform itself. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Maputo, home to this week's annual African Union summit, is a city that has been re-born. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has arrived in Maputo to attend the African Union (AU) Executive Council (ministers) meeting. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano on Saturday reiterated the necessity for Africans to be involved in the projects aimed at developing their continent. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Member countries of the African Union intend to improve their convention on combating all forms of terrorism, it was disclosed here Saturday. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisian Foreign Minister Habib Ben Yahia will represent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at the African Union (AU) summit scheduled to be held next week in Maputo, Mozambique, an AU official confirmed here. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- African Union Ambassadors have called for the convening of the inaugural session of the AU's economic, social and cultural council (Ecosocc) before the end of 2003. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Contribution arrears owed to the African Union dropped from $45. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The protocol on the establishment of the Peace and Security Council is most unlikely to enter into force during the Maputo summit, as wished during its adoption at the first African Union summit in Durban, South Africa one year ago. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- A major security operation is in place to ensure that the African Union Summit in Maputo goes off without a hitch. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- All eyes are on Maputo this week as the African Union Summit gets into full swing. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- 'Bem-vindo' reads the Portuguese sign welcoming arrivals at Maputo International Airport. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Kadhafi Friday held telephone discussions with Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria on the Liberian crisis. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Cape Verdean president Pedro Pires has said the smooth functioning of the African Union (AU) 4-12 July summit in Maputo, Mozambique largely depended on the conduct of African countries. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- A pre-referendum for the approval of the Constitution of the United States of Africa (African Union) will be organised 1 January, the office of the African Civil society Organisation (OSCA) said here Friday. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European commissioner in charge of development and humanitarian aid, Poul Nielson leaves here Sunday for Maputo, Mozambique to attend the African Union (AU) summit at the invitation of AU officials, official sources have announced. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Observers in Yaounde say the government and political pundits in Cameroon are still pondering about which of the candidates to vote for in the forthcoming chairmanship election of the African Union Commission. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- African diplomats and policy-makers are ready to put the last touches to the 26-month transition following which the African Union (AU) is expected to become operational. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The permanent representatives committee (PRC) of the African Union (AU) began meeting here Friday to lay the groundwork for the annual summit of the Union. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroonians generally favour the involvement of the African Diaspora in the programmes of the African Union (AU), a survey conducted here by PANA Thursday has revealed. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- At the end of the forthcoming Maputo summit of the African Union (AU), the continent should present a unanimous vision seeking to guarantee its stability and future economic development, according to some delegates interviewed on Thursday. Full text...

Saint Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- The Senegalese proposal to raise the African Diaspora to the status of 6th region of the African Union was welcomed with satisfaction in political and cultural circles in Reunion Island, essentially populated by Afro- Malagasies. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Ahead of the African Union (AU) summit in Maputo, Mozambique Burkinabes continue to query the relevance in pushing for representation of the Diaspora in the continental concert. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The civil society in Africa has called for a stronger political will to implement the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and other domestic laws intended to combat child abuse. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade wants African leaders address "thorny issues" confronting the continent expeditiously so that Africa leaves the African Union (AU) summit in Maputo more united than divided. Full text...