Africa’s response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak received a boost on Monday as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Government of Ethiopia received a consignment of medical equipment from the Jack Ma and Alibaba Foundations.
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A cross section of Nigerians and Ghanaian in Europe on Wednesday urged the African Union to intervene in the escalating xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
The organisation made the call in a statement by its communications Coordinator, Nihinlola Ayanda, in Abuja on Saturday.
President Buhari’s congratulatory message was communicated through a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday.
The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement in the forth coming African Union Summit in Niamey, Niger.
The officials of African Union Commission and members of the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards were hosted by the government and people of the Republic of Guinea during the African Union Stakeholders’ meeting held between June 13 and 15, 2019 in Conakry, the capital city, to propagate the idea and objectives of AFRIMA in line with the AU Agenda 2063, Charter for African Cultural Renaissance and the Plan of Action on Cultural and Creative Industries.
The African Union has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election in the February 23 presidential election.
Dr Eustaquilo Quibato, the Ambassador of Angola to Nigeria, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Bolaji, who stated this in his remarks at High-level Debate Marking the 15th Anniversary of Adoption of UN Convention Against Corruption in New York, regretted the impacts of corruption on Nigeria.
Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Mahamat, said at a news conference with visiting U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, at the Commission’s headquarters in Addis Ababa.
Dabiri-Erewa stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria after All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, UK, led by its Chair, Kate Osamor, visited her in Abuja.
The Chairperson of the African Union, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, visited the exhibition stands with great admiration for the exhibited fashion products locally produced from around the African continent
Maiyegun said the nomination, spread across West, East, North, South and Central Africa, would see the countries have a coordinating office inside the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
the Peace and Security Council ‘’has been AU’s lead response agency in tackling numerous conflicts and other security challenges in all respects, ranging from political crisis, armed conflicts to humanitarian crisis as exemplified in the Council’s handling of the recent Ebola Virus Disease in some of our countries.’’
Chief Dorothy Anyiam-Osigwe alongside President Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia, former President Joyce Banda of Malawi, African Union Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Winnie Mandela, anti-apartheid heroine and wife of former President Nelson Mandela, will be honoured with the award of ‘Living Legends’
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, saying discussions at the meetings focused on modalities to give effect to the Multi National Joint Task Force
This was contained in a statement from the Commission’s Information and Communication Directorate on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The United States of America Government on Tuesday said it has earmarked over $100 million in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
The 455th African Union Peace and Security Council meeting ended in Nairobi, Kenya, with African leaders including President Goodluck Jonathan, resolving to consider floating special fund to combat terrorism.
Maruping said that such positions were mainly caused by low export of commodities and high import volumes which exerted negative burden on currency stability