Gaborone, Botswana | Xinhua | Botswana has deposited its instrument ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, local media reported. The southern African country becomes the 45th African Union (AU) member to ratify the AfCFTA. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi presented the …
Read More »AU official urges turning difficulties into opportunities to transform Africa’s energy sector
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Amani Abou-Zeid on Sunday urged African countries to turn difficulties into opportunities to transform Africa’s energy sector. “The last three years have been difficult years in the whole world with a series of crises that have …
Read More »Comorian president takes over rotating chair of AU
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Comorian President Azali Assoumani on Saturday took over the rotating African Union (AU) chairmanship at the opening of the 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly. Assoumani replaces the outgoing chairman, also Senegalese President Macky Sall. In his acceptance speech, the Comorian president emphasized the need …
Read More »Alupo to represent Museveni at AU meet
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice President Jessica Alupo has arrived in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia ahead of the 42nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. The Vice President will represent President Yoweri Museveni at …
Read More »AU commission chairperson condemns abduction of over 50 women, girls in Burkina Faso
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has strongly condemned the abduction of more than 50 women and girls in Burkina Faso. The AU Commission chairperson “condemns in the strongest terms, the abduction of more than 50 women and girls on …
Read More »AU envoy calls for increased humanitarian support in eastern DRC
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s African Union (AU) peace envoy, has called for increased humanitarian support to the residents in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where fighting has led to the loss of lives and property as well as mass displacements. Kenyatta, the former Kenyan …
Read More »UN chief urges implementation of peace agreement in Ethiopia
United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged parties to the conflict in Ethiopia to take concrete steps to implement the recently signed peace agreement, his spokesman said on Sunday. The African Union (AU) announced Saturday that after a four-day meeting sponsored by the organization, senior commanders of …
Read More »Ethiopian gov’t, rebels agree to ceasefire
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Ethiopian government and the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on Wednesday announced an agreement to end a two-year-long conflict in Northern Ethiopia. The peace accord was signed in the South African capital Pretoria, days after an African Union (AU)-led negotiation, which was facilitated …
Read More »AUC chief calls for youth inclusion as Africa marks annual Youth Day
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Tuesday called for improved youth inclusion as the African continent marks the annual Youth Day. The celebration of the African Youth Day, which is annually commemorated on Nov. 1, is in line with the …
Read More »Uhuru Kenyatta calls for ceasefire in DRC
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s African Union (AU) peace envoy, Uhuru Kenyatta has called for a ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where fighting has led to the loss of lives and property as well as mass displacements. Kenyatta, the former Kenyan President who is …
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