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Somalia’s lawmakers elected a new parliamentary speaker on Thursday following a tense standoff between African Union peacekeepers and police. The election underscores the bitter divisions within Somalia’s security forces exacerbated by…

The African Diaspora Congress (ADC) on Monday expressed mixed feelings on the re-election of Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, as African Union Commission Chairperson. Prof. Apollos Nwauwa, Secretary-General of ADC and Chairman of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a comprehensive reform of the structures and operations of the African Union to make it more functional in meeting targets. Buhari, in a statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, the…

African leaders on Saturday gathered virtually for an extra-ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) to discuss the pending entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Summit opened with a plea…

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed deep concern following the deterioration of the situation in Western Sahara, especially in the buffer zone of Guerguerat, and the serious…

The African Union (AU) says it is yet to agree on a consensus candidate for the position of Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). SEE ALSO: Ize-Iyamu reacts to Oshiomhole's 2016 allegation of pouring acid on student…

United Kingdom on Thursday said it would be investing up to 20 million Pounds in the African Union’s new ‘Africa anti-COVID-19 fund’ to slow down the spread coronavirus and save lives. SEE ALSO: 11% of German Coronavirus Cases Are Medical…

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and Horn of Africa on the control of swarms of desert locusts that are…

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it expects trade and investment deals totaling more than 40 billion dollars from over 1,100 exhibitors at the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2020) scheduled for Kigali. SEE ALSO:…

African leaders are gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday for the 33rd African Union (AU) summit focusing on security which is expected to discuss the Libyan crisis. SEE ALSO: European Union Michel travels to Turkey,…

The former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party in South Africa. In Obasanjo's letter, he admonished the African countries who were victims…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed that it has supported  370 transformative bank projects valued at $11.3bn between 2010 and 2017 across the continent. In 2018 alone, the pan-African bank approved innovative financial…

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said on Friday that it was spearheading an ambitious Police recruitment drive in Somalia’s HirShabelle State to help stabilise the Country. The AU mission said the first phase of recruitment…

Rwanda’s parliamentary elections were free and fair, the AU Election Observation Mission said on Thursday. The Mission Head, Aichatou Souleymane, told a news conference in the Rwandan capital, Kigali that the parliamentary elections were…

President Muhammadu Buhari says it is important to always authenticate the origin of people abroad in distress before evacuating them to Nigeria, saying “not every black man is a Nigerian.” Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the…

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has started a five-day training programme on how to counter violent extremism and reintegrating Al-Shabaab defectors. AMISOM said Tuesday that the training of 20 officials drawn from Defector…

African Union Commission says Africa must urgently confront structural root causes of instability in various parts of the continent to address the refugee crisis confronting many members states. Mrs Minata Cesssouma, the African Union…

The Gambian Foreign Minister Ousainou Darboe has called on the African Union and ECOWAS to persuade President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo to resign immediately. Darboe made the call in an interview with Reuters on Monday. His comments…