Paris, France (PANA) - A major exhibition was inaugurated Tuesday in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, as part of the Africa Week events organized to celebrate the establishment in May 1963 of the Organization of African Unity (OAU, now African Union). Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The special envoy of the Prime Minister of Australia, Neil Mules, on Monday expressed confidence in the growth of cooperation between Angola and his country in all sectors, with emphasis on political and commercial sectors. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama will attend the extra-ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week, according to an official statement issued in Accra on Tuesday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The current NATO military strikes in Libya is neither a "humanitarian" war nor a knee-jerk reaction to events that occurred in that African country, according to popular Belgian journalist-writer Michel Collon. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda's Health minister, Dr Richard Sezibera, has been appointed secretary-general of the East African Community (EAC) for a five-year term, replacing Tanzanian Juma Volter Mwapachu, official sources told PANA on Tuesday in Kigali. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two African marathoners, Kenya's Eliud Kiptanui and Ethiopia’s superstar Haile Gebrselassie are to participate in the 2011 Vienna City Marathon in Austria.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A group of strong Kenyans, among them the former IAAF World Half Marathon Champion Paul Kirui, have entered for the 28th edition of the Vienna City Marathon, holding on 17 April, the course organizers said in press release. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, announced Thursday at the Council of Ministers meeting that he had submitted to his peers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) proposals to transform the regional organisation into a confederation. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Margot Wallstrom, has welcomed the commitment of the African Union (AU) to combat sexual violence on the continent. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Vice President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Jean de Dieu Somba, on the sidelines of the meeting of the experts' committee of the African Union (AU) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said here Sunday that aid must only be a support for development in Africa. Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The world-acclaimed Ivorian president-elect, Alassane Ouattara has rejected the designation of Cape Verdian José Brito as the high representative of the African Union (AU) in charge of implementing the overall policy as decided by the Peace and Security Council (CPS). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The prospects of improvement of the economic performance in Africa is favourable in 2011, according to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdoulie Janneh. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, here on Tuesday reiterated the determination of the AU to bring its support to Tunisia in its democratic transition process.Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has expressed worry over the issue of the Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Mbororo nomads in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the special representative of the president of the AU Commission, Emmanuel Mendoume Nze disclosed here Monday.Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – A member of the African Diaspora in France, Sidi Tidiane Guèye, on Wednesday called for the immediate setting up of the United States of Africa because it is the only way the continent can confront its challenges.Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Presidents of Chad, Idriss Deby, and his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, have arrived in Nouakchott to attend Friday's meeting of the African Union High Level Panel on Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission says it will rely on Non-State Actors (NSA) to execute its community integration programmes, Adrienne Yande Diop, the ECOWAS Commissioner for human development and gender, announced Monday in Dakar, the Senegalese capital.Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A three-day conference of the African Union (AU) and African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) opened in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, on Monday with a call for peace in the war-ravaged country. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The African Union (AU) panel on the Ivorian crisis is scheduled to meet again in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, Friday, PANA learnt here Monday from reliable sources. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has lost about 12 million euros in tax revenues since joining the East African Community (EAC) free trade zone in 2007, according to the Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Sindiso Ngwenya.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi and the President of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) in Niger, General Djibo Salou, Wednesday in Tripoli, discussed African issues of common interest, including the activities of the African Union (AU) and the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD).Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Tuesday applauded the success of the referendum in southern Sudan in which southerners voted for separation, and the federal government approving the results. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The failed attack on Tuesday night near Nouakchott and the African Union's efforts to resolve the post-election political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire dominated Mauritanian press this past week. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The newly-created UN agency for gender and women affairs (UN Women) is ready to work on policies required to help implement various African Union (AU) decisions to help improve the quality of life of women and children in Africa, the agency's head said. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A top-level joint UN-African Union (AU) task force has agreed to form a joint commission to coordinate military strategies in Somalia and work alongside the country’s interim government. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Friday called for ''appropriate reforms” in Egypt, where protesters have been pushing for President Hosni Mubarak's exit from power. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 16th session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) has postponed debate on the Transformation of the AU Commission into an Authority, effectively delaying a fresh attempt to have a more permanent African President. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the cooperation between the African Union (AU) and the UN on peace and security issues in Sudan, Somalia and Cote d’Ivoire. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Summit has demanded that the position of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) be reserved for an African candidate when elections are held in December, PANA reported Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African leaders have approved the formation of a Standby Force for the Indian Ocean, to step up the fight against piracy along the coast of Somalia, which is now threatening the movement of international shipping liners there. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - On 29 January, 2011, Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika launched his sixth book, titled "The African Dream: from Poverty to Posterity" at the Sheraton in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union’s incoming President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, unveiled his vision for Africa late Monday, saying issues of youth unemployment, women and ending conflicts would mark his one-year reign.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union’s incoming Chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema, said Monday he was not in power permanently, noting that regular elections held in his country had always been won by the ruling party. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Incumbent President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, has welcomed the creation of the African Union (AU) High-Level Panel to end the presidential power-struggle in the country, warning that the panel would be “useless” unless it complied with the Ivorian constitution. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union high-level panel on Cote d'Ivoire is not wasting any time in swinging into action to help end the post-electoral stalemate in the West African nation, where is a double claim to its presidency. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The US has dedicated its new embassy compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg called an important symbol of America’s commitment to an enduring friendship with Ethiopia. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The next African Union summit will be held from 29 to 30 June in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, African heads of State and government said on Monday in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African heads of State and government on Monday decided to ask Senegal to extradite the former Chadian president Hissène Habré to N’Djamena if the Senegalese authorities do not set up a special court to begin his trial in four months. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The international community in general and men in particular must understand that sexual violence against women is a crime and that everybody has the responsibility to fight it wherever it takes place, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Monday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African heads of state and government have committed themselves to reinforcing a deeper understanding and popularisation of shared values among African peoples, as a means of shaping the continent's future. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The European Union (EU) will resume its aid to Cote d’Ivoire only when Alassane Ouattara fully assumes presidency, the European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, said Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is considering reinforcing its aid to the countries of the Sahel in order to enable them reduce poverty and fight against terrorist threats, notably that of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI). Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Building a sustainable and lasting peace for the Sudanese people remains the top priority of the parties to the January 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the First Vice President of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, stated here Monday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos Monday met with his Namibian counterpart, Lucas Pohamba, on the sidelines of the 16th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Though the revolution that swept long-time Tunisian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali out of power is not on the agenda of the ongoing African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the organization has hailed the ''political maturity'' of Tunisians in the expression of their aspirations for freedom, democracy and justice.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation on Monday joined the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) to urge leaders from the continent to make regional economic integration a priority in 2011. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As some member countries of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) get ready to embark on the second generation assessment, the chair of the peer review panel, Prof. Mohamed-Seghir Babes, has challenged the continent's media to step up their reporting on the peoples' perceptions of good and bad governance. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The 16th African Union (AU) summit, which opened on Sunday in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, will look into a proposal to set up a special judicial chamber in Senegal to try former Chadian president Hissène Habré, according to official sources.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African rights body Sunday expressed indignation after Equatorial Guinea President Theodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo assumed the Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) at the 16th ordinary summit of the continental organisation. Full text...