Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders have agreed on the creation of the African Union (AU) Authority, headed by a President and possessing an enhanced role to coordinate foreign affairs, trade and defence pol icies within the continent
©- - 03 july 2009 - 13:41:00 - thread African Union (385 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has declared that Africa ha s the potential to produce enough food to feed its estimated population of over 900 million people and have surplus for export, according to the Presidential Press Service (PPS)
©- - 03 july 2009 - 13:28:00 - thread African Union (692 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Africa must move urgently to enhance agricultural efficien cy and reduce external dependence on food aid and imports through increased inve s tments in irrigation and proper land management policies, Namibian President Hif i kepunye Pohamba said here Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 17:39:00 - thread African Union (712 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Ghanaian President John Atta Mills, supports the transform ation of the African Union Commission (AUC) into an Authority and hopes that a c o nsensus agreement will be reached on the issue during the heads of state meeting in Sirte, Libya, Foreign Minister Muhammad Mumuni, said here Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 16:12:00 - thread African Union (531 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Disagreement over the transformation of the African Union (AU) Commission into an Authority has stalled the work of the AU Executive Council, even though the Heads of state and government summit entered the second day in Sirte, Libya, Thursday
©- - 02 july 2009 - 13:14:00 - thread African Union (270 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – A total of 10 cand-idates have filed their papers to contest the 18 July Mauritanian presidential election
©- - 01 july 2009 - 23:26:00 - thread African Union (176 words)


Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President Jacob Zuma is attending the 21st Summit of NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC) which kicked off in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 19:37:00 - thread African Union (150 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African countries must capitalize on the ongoing discussio ns on a new climate change agreement to negotiate for new funding commitments to fight climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said in a mes s age to the opening session of the African Union (AU) Summit here on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 16:36:00 - thread African Union (601 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Brazil, one of South America’s expanding economies, is pla nning to spread its growing industrial influence across Africa with projects ran g ing from industrial plants which will produce ethanol, motor-vehicle assembly pl a nts (in Mozambique) and a drug-manufacturing plant in Africa
©- - 01 july 2009 - 14:14:00 - thread African Union (434 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The upsurge in violent conflicts in Africa over the last s ix months, culminating in the assassination of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernado 'Nino' Vieira, the killings in Somalia and the increased insecurity in Darfur, Sudan, dominated the opening session of the African Union (AU) talks in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday
©- - 01 july 2009 - 14:11:00 - thread African Union (485 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) h as lifted the sanctions it slammed on Mauritania in the aftermath of the 6 Aug
©- - 01 july 2009 - 12:28:00 - thread African Union (192 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has expressed d eep shock and sadness at Tuesday morning's crash of a Yemeni Airline's A310 plan e
©- - 30 june 2009 - 20:59:00 - thread African Union (136 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Two opposition leaders, who are presidential can didates for Mauritania's forthcoming polls, say they will go into a coalition sh o uld one of them be eliminated at the the first ballot, PANA reported from here
©- - 30 june 2009 - 19:08:00 - thread African Union (125 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah, told Par liament on Tuesday that appropriate surveillance had been mounted at the ports ( b oth sea and air) in the Island following the outbreak of the influenza A (H1N1), or the Swine Flu, in the world
©- - 30 june 2009 - 18:12:00 - thread African Union (246 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, will addres s the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU), scheduled for 1-3 July, in Sirte, Libya
©- - 30 june 2009 - 15:25:00 - thread African Union (180 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam told Par liament Tuesday that the problem of alcohol consumption among students had becom e a cause for concern in the country
©- - 30 june 2009 - 14:50:00 - thread African Union (244 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian post office has for the first time in history recruited four mail women, Minister in charge of Information and Communication Technologies and Postal Services Asraf Dulull said, describing it as 'a major breakthrough'
©- - 30 june 2009 - 11:17:00 - thread African Union (146 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Central Statistics Office (CSO) rev ealed Tuesday that 44,900 people or 8 percent of the total working population of the i sland were unemployed during the first quarter of 2009, compared to 6
©- - 30 june 2009 - 10:09:00 - thread African Union (112 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) --­ Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here by the Mauritian commercial bank Tue sday
©- - 30 june 2009 - 09:18:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian opposition political forces under th e umbrella National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) announced on Monday that they have resolved to take part in the 18 July presidential elect ion
©- - 29 june 2009 - 22:48:00 - thread African Union (194 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The High Council for National Defence (CSDN), Ma uritania's the former ruling junta, has hailed “the positive evolution” of the p o litical climate in Mauritania, which resulted in the agreement for an inclusive r eturn to constitutional order and the setting up of a National-Union Transition g overnment (GTUN)
©- - 29 june 2009 - 22:18:00 - thread African Union (202 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The issue of the transformation of the African Union (AU) into an Authority is expected to be top of the agenda at the proceedings of the A U Executive Board, which opened on Sunday in Sirte, Libya, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 21:16:00 - thread African Union (482 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The issue of the transformation of the African Union (AU) into an Authority is expected to be top of the agenda at the proceedings of the A U Executive Board, which opened on Sunday in Sirte, Libya, official sources told PANA on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 21:14:00 - thread African Union (483 words)


Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will Tuesday depart for Sir te, Libya, for the 13th session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State Assembl y , slated for 1-3 July, during which he is expected to appeal for Africa's interv e ntion in Somalia to save the interim government there, officials said on Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 20:08:00 - thread African Union (429 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders are expected to make a final commitment on the status of agricultural production and work towards the creation of an Afric a n food market to tap the US$ 33 billion spent annually on food imports, a senior African Union (AU) official said here Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 19:13:00 - thread African Union (462 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) ­-- Following are the latest exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee against some major foreign currencies, as published here by the M auritian commercial bank Monday
©- - 29 june 2009 - 09:34:00 - thread African Union (114 words)


Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Health officials in Mauritius announced Sunday th e detection of the first case of AH1N1 swine flu involving a 25-year-old French t ourist, who arrived in the island Wednesday
©- - 28 june 2009 - 18:48:00 - thread African Union (85 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The International Contact Group on Guinea (GICG) has expressed its concern over the lack of progress towards the restoration of constitutional order and the holding of elections in Guinea in 2009, according to a GICG statement made available to PANA here Sunday
©- - 28 june 2009 - 18:43:00 - thread African Union (450 words)


New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of a decree setting up a transitional government in Mauritania, which he hopes w i ll pave the way for the holding of free and fair presidential elections next mon t h
©- - 28 june 2009 - 16:08:00 - thread African Union (211 words)


Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- At least 600,000 Bissau Guinean citizens were vot ing Sunday to elect a new leader, after the assassination of President Joao Bern a rdo Nino Vieira earlier this year
©- - 28 june 2009 - 14:30:00 - thread African Union (262 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi opened the 15th session of t he African foreign ministers meeting here Sunday with an explosive speech, calli n g for a radical transformation of the African Union (AU) key organs in an effort to achieve the desired dream of an African government
©- - 28 june 2009 - 13:49:00 - thread African Union (566 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) sub-committees have prepared a repo rt that paints an alarming picture of the state of subscriptions of member state s with debts in excess of US$120 million over the past two years
©- - 27 june 2009 - 16:08:00 - thread African Union (422 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A national union transition government was announced on Friday in Nouakchott, as agreed under the Dakar Framework Agreement (DFA) for an inclusive return to constitutional order signed by various parties to end the political crisis in Mauritania triggered by the 6 August, 2008 coup
©- - 27 june 2009 - 14:15:00 - thread African Union (319 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – Ousted Mauritanian- President Sidi Mohamed Ould C heikh Abdallahi briefly returned to power on Friday, this time to sign a decree w hich ordered a National Union Transition Government (GTUN), before resigning as t he country took another step towards the resolution of the crisis triggered by t h e 6 August, 2008 military coup
©- - 27 june 2009 - 13:41:00 - thread African Union (296 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) – Libya is asking the African -Union (AU) Assembly to include the establishment of an African Defence Council in the agenda of next month’s 1 3 th ordinary session, according to an official document of the AU obtained by PAN A on Saturday
©- - 27 june 2009 - 11:30:00 - thread African Union (199 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Three Mauritanian presidential candidates on Fri day claimed they were being “marginalized” in the framework of efforts made by t h e international community for an inclusive return to constitutional order
©- - 26 june 2009 - 21:21:00 - thread African Union (233 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The three parties to the Mauritanian crisis have reached a "consensus" on the fate of the High State Council (HCE), the junta th a t has been ruling the country since the 6 August 2008 coup, authoritative source s told PANA here on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 20:14:00 - thread African Union (207 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The three parties to the Mauritanian crisis have reached a "consensus" on the fate of the High State Council (HCE), the junta th a t has been ruling the country since the 6 August 2008 coup, authoritative source s told PANA here on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 20:11:00 - thread African Union (207 words)


Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The African Union should urge the United Nations Securit y Council to set up a commission of inquiry to document the worst human rights a b uses in Somalia, an essential first step in creating justice and accountability, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said
©- - 26 june 2009 - 13:20:00 - thread African Union (537 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Friday conti nued consultations with the Mauritanian parties in a bid to break the stalemate o ver the implementation of the peace pact they signed 2 June
©- - 26 june 2009 - 12:59:00 - thread African Union (233 words)


Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African envoys meeting to discuss the political and econom ic climate in the continent were due to end three days of discussions on the effects of transforming the African Union Commission into an Authority on Friday
©- - 26 june 2009 - 12:33:00 - thread African Union (363 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian journalist Hannefi Ould Deha, who ru ns the online information site "Taqadoumy", is being held in a prison in the nor t hern suburbs of the capital city of Nouakchott, pending his trial, judicial sour c es told PANA here Thursday
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:34:00 - thread African Union (101 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian Police arrested two young men here Thursday as part of the investigation into the murder of an American ai d worker, who has been living in Mauritania for many years, judicial sources told PANA
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:16:00 - thread African Union (135 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Constitutional Council has rejected the decr ee issued by Mauritania's acting President Ba Amadou to meet with the electoral c ollege ahead of the presidential elections slated for 18 July, official sources told PANA here on Thursday
©- - 25 june 2009 - 13:04:00 - thread African Union (149 words)


Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- An American, Christophe Languet, who was working with a NGO, was Tuesday shot dead in Ksar, a suburb in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, by three unidentified men, security sources disclosed to PANA here
©- - 23 june 2009 - 19:34:00 - thread African Union (94 words)