Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -   The African Union extraordinary summit on the African continental free-trade area (AfCFTA) opened here Sunday, official sources said here Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  The chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez al-Sarraj, takes part in the proceedings of the 12th African Union extraordinary session that opens Sunday in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, an official source told PANA here Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA)    -   The extraordinary summit of the African Union for the launch of the African Economic Free Trade Area (AfEFTA) opened here Sunday graced by some 30  heads of  state and government Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Head of State, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Saturday on the sidelines of the AU Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government, officially launched the 2019 edition of the Forum of the Continental African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - An International Education and Training Fair (SIEFOR) focused on the role of civil society opened on Saturday in Niamey, under the chairmanship of the Nigerien Minister of Higher Education, Research and innovation, Yahouza Sadissou Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A ministerial forum for the elimination of malaria in Sahel countries opened on Friday in Niamey to review and approve the joint plan for the implementation of the initiative for 2019 and define the next steps Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger hosts the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit on Saturday and Sunday, which will focus on the official launch of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Friday congratulated the people and ruling Transitional Military Council in the Sudan for reaching a power sharing agreement, under the supervision of the African Union and Ethiopian facilitation Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Siala Friday called on the African Union (AU) to help Libya solve the problem of African migrants, an official source told PANA here Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré will on Sunday take part in the African Union extraordinary summit in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, sources at the presidency said here Thursday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The AU-EU-UN working group has strongly denounced the shelling of the Taouman Detention Center in Tripoli, Libya, warning that attacks against civilians, including refugees and migrants, are totally unacceptable Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Experts from the Committee of 15 African Union Finance Ministers (F15) met on Wednesday at the Niamey Congress Palace, chaired by AU Commission Vice-President, Kwessi Quartey, to discuss the recommendations of the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREP) on the AU's 2020 budget and prepare draft recommendations to be submitted to the Committee of 15 Finance Ministers Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   The next African Union summit and some issues of bilateral cooperation were at the center of talks on Tuesday in Kinshasa between President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo and his Togolese counterpart Faure Gnassingbé, a statement from the presidency said here Wednesday Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   The African mediation on Tuesday said the only hurdle separating the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) from reaching agreement was the sovereignty council or presidency Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - After the failure of the UN Security Council, European Union and the Arab League to find a political solution to the Libyan crisis, it is emerging that the African Union (AU) may be the appropriate framework for that task Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) on Sunday said it has finally replied to a joint African Union-Ethiopian initiative aimed to reconcile the military with the civilian opposition Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe government departments overspent by US$2 Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, Wednesday called on the African Union high level committee on Libya to review its position on the current Libyan crisis, an official statement issued here and received by PANA said Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) is holding its 12th retreat from June 24 to 26, 2019 in Skhirat, Morocco, said a statement issued by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The United Nations envoy in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on Thursday held talks in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, with the African Union peace and security Commissioner, Ismail Chargui, on the way forward to finding a durable solution to the crisis shaking the North African country Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has renounced the holding of a National Reconciliation Conference on Libya in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, saying the continued fighting around Tripoli has not created the right environment for the conference Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya is a “natural choice” to host the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) headquarters because of its advanced trade links with countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and the East African nation has embarked on plans to further promote regional trade, a top official said Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's public radio on Tuesday relayed large excerpts from a statement by the Association for Solidarity, Self-Development and Environmental Protection (ASAP), lambasting ''biased'' reports from the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, on the ''failed'' political dialogue in Burundi, and Human Rights Watch (HRW), on "serious violations" of human rights in this country Full text...

Paris, France (PANA)   -   French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said here Tuesday that France would support the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area project, an official statement reaching PANA said Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Thursday suspended Sudan from all its activities following last Monday's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum in which the opposition said about 100 people were killed and hundreds injured Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the entry into force on Thursday of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA), noting that its implementation will lead to increased trade between African countries and strengthen growth and job creation on the continent Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A memorial wall to honour African peacekeepers who have died in the line of duty in various peacekeeping operations around Africa has been opened at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the AU's Peace and Security department said on Thursday Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundi  President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday received Ghana's Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, who visited Burundi "on behalf of President Nana Akufo Addo", to seek support for Ghana's bid to host the permanent secretariat of the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Burundi’s public radio has reported Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)    -   The president of the Tunisian national anti-corruption institute, Chawki Tabib, said here Monday that Tunisia signed in 2003 the African Union Convention on the prevention and fight against corruption but its non-membership remained an issue with successive governments due to bureaucracy Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) de Mauritanie and BCM Internationale Groupe, an Australian company, signed an agreement this weekend to resume operating at an iron mine located in F'Derick (about 30 kilometres from Zouerate), PANA learned from local sources Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)    -  The African Union Commission held celebrations to mark the African Day on Saturday with a call to civil society organisations and states to keep populations informed about ongoing regional integration efforts Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Coalition of dialogue on Africa (CoDA) will on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, hold a dialogue between actors on the continental trade and the strengthening of the implementation of the African continent’s free-trade area Agreement (ACFTAA), official sources said here Saturday Full text...

Rome, Italy (PANA) – The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Agency, an African Union-mandated climate insurance firm, and the World Food Programme (WFP) have signed an agreement to continue extending financial services and technical support to victims of climate disasters, the agency said on Friday Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the domestication of the African Union (AU) Resolution providing for a new import levy of 0 Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA)   -   Egyptian Prime Minister Mustapha Medloubi Monday reaffirmed the importance his country attached to the African free-trade area deal in strengthening cooperation and integration among African countries Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA)   -   Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi on Tuesday received former South African President Thabo Mbeki, who is also chairman of the AU high level implementation Group for Sudan, South Sudan and the Horn of Africa, the Egyptian presidency said Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The former Malian minister of foreign affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, was on Saturday appointed chief of staff of the African Union Commission (AUC) chairman Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will from 29-30 April host an African Union (AU) meeting on preparation of the first coordination Summit between the AU and  eight regional economic communities, including UMA, ECOWAS, COMESA, SADC and IGAD, planned for Niamey in July Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  Niamey city authorities, in preparations to host the African Union summit in July 2019,  Thursday launched a large sanitation and cleaning campaign in the Nigerien capital, official sources told PANA here Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - An African Union (AU) mission, coordinated by Mr Guy Cyrille Tapoko, is presently staying in Benin within the framework of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, a press release issued by the institution said on Tuesday Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairman, Musa Faki, on Saturday conferred with the head of the political committee of the Transitional Military Council in the Sudan, Lt Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the United States of America have agreed to forge closer collaboration on women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurship, the AU and the US announced Monday Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council met on the situation in Sudan on Monday following the ouster of President Omar El-Bashir and issued a 15-day deadline for the ruling military council to hand over power to a temporary civilian government or face consequences Full text...

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - There is need for stronger state control over the private sector in the implementation of strategies geared towards kick-starting the industrialisation process in Africa, officials of an African Union specialised agency tasked with providing advisory services have affirmed Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Commission chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Tuesday visited the Tripoli branch of the Libyan detention centre for illegal immigrants, where he sought to know how immigrants, stranded in Libya, are being treated Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Solution of the Libyan crisis will be found by the Libyans themselves without foreign interference, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has said Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Monday presented the AU initiative on a reconciliation conference in Libya to Fayez al-Sarraj, chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, official sources told PANA here Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  -  Burundi says it expects compensation from Egypt, as chairman of the African Union (AU), for alleged injustices under the presidency of neighbouring Rwanda, official sources told PANA here Monday Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern about the deteriorating  political and security situation in the Union of the Comoros Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Algerian deputy Prime Minister, also minister of foreign affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, and the chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday held an extended working session, where they discussed ’peace and security issues in Africa’’, as well as ‘’the latest developments of the regional and international situation’’, particularly the meeting on Libya Full text...