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AU: Term of office of commission extended

Addis Ababa – The heads of state summit of the African Union (AU), unable to elect...

AU summit calls for continental free trade by 2017

Addis Ababa – The heads of state summit of the African Union (AU), which ended in...

African Union fails to elect new chairman

African leaders attending the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa were on Monday forced to...

Bill Gates to launch initiative against tropical diseases

The philanthropist Bill Gates, who founded the software giant Microsoft, will on Monday at the Royal...

AU commission without a chairperson

The African Union Commission, the continent organisation’s secretarial and executive body, is currently without a chairperson....

Fewer than half of AU members have ratified African court

Only 26 of the 54 member states of the African Union have so far ratified the...

Maurtian companies plan to invest in Mozambique

Two Mauritian companies have announced their intention to invest 1.45 billion rupees (about 50 million US...

Electricity network reaches Ibo Island

Ibo Island, off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, was on 28...

“African leaders want change” – South African foreign minister

The clear message from the deadlocked election for Chairperson of the African Union Commission is that...

Street vendors, cops clash

On Wednesday January 11, Police in Harare undertook an action to disrupt street vendors who they...

New African Union headquarters inaugurated

Heads of state and government from across the continent, including Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, on Saturday...

Africa at “make-it or break-it” over Aids

Africa is now at “a make-it or break-it moment” in the response to the HIV-AIDS epidemic,...

"The African Renaissance is beginning"- ZENAWI

Addis A“The African Renaissance that we all dreamed of is beginning to happen”, claimed Ethiopian Prime...

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