African Union Boss Urges Guinean Authorities to Assist Election Observer Missions

The African Union (AU) Commission chairman, Jean Ping, has called on the authorities in Guinea to assist election observer missions during Sunday’s presidential run-off in the country.

African Union Pledges to Intensify Campaign Against Human Trafficking in Africa

The African Union (AU) Commission says it is ready to intensify its campaign against human trafficking in the continent in a bid to curb the menace. The Coordinator of the Department of Social Affairs in the AU Commission, Ms Mariama Cisse said in Abuja...

Canada Pledges to Double Development Aid to Africa

Canada has pledged to double its development aid to Africa and strengthen its cooperation with the continent. The Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Joseph Harper, who attended the NEPAD summit in Addis Ababa, told the leaders at the summit that his country...

African Union to Erect Monument in Tribute to Peacekeepers Killed in Action

The Commission of the African Union intends to hold a commemorative event, on a date yet to be disclosed, in honour of African peacekeepers, especially those who fell on the battle field to serve the African Union, APA learned in Addis Ababa on the sidelines...

African Union to Open Account for Haiti with African Development Bank

The chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Jean Ping, has announced the opening of an account with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to collect the contributions of member states to support the Haitian people who recently suffered from a...

11 African Countries Sign CAADP Compacts

In spite of the involvement of African countries in the establishment of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) to promote agriculture and reduce poverty, only 11 countries have signed the CAADP Compacts. The countries mostly...

United Nations Launches $300m Peace Building Initiative for Africa

The United Nations Peace Building Commission (UN PBC) is undertaking peace building initiatives worth $350 million in four post-conflict African countries, UN officials said on Monday. Officials of the UN commission and the AU Peace and Security Council...

African Agriculture Development Meeting Opens in Abuja

The 5th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform Meeting opened on Monday in Abuja with more than 50 African countries and donor agencies in attendance. The meeting is being held in preparation of the three-day...

G-8 Summit Calls for a Partnership with Africa on Water And Sanitation

Concerned by a growing scarcity of water resources and by the dramatic lack of sustainable access to water and sanitation in many African countries, which is considered major impediments to sustainable development, wealth creation and the eradication...