Tag: African Union (AU)

The facility is backed by the AU.

The Peace and Security Council consistently failed to confront the governance deficits that underlie many of the continent’s conflicts.

The February African Union summit should tackle vaccines and travel bans, climate change misperceptions and AU financing.

To sustain momentum after the AfCFTA’s January launch, traders must be kept in the loop about why implementation is slow.

Ramaphosa’s trip to West Africa this week is an opportunity to fix SA’s image problem on the continent.

Picture credit: Theogony. ...the rallies were peaceful and carnival-like, and the elections so transparent that as I write, there have ...

The PDP described Mr Jonathan as an exceptionally patriotic leader and national icon.

The organisers said the webinar is designed to interrogate the role of ECOWAS in addressing the decline of democracy in ...

The Nigerian government is proposing just 1.8 per cent of the 2022 budget for agriculture, significantly short of the Maputo ...

The MoU is aimed at strengthening cooperation between AU and ALF to build on their comparative advantages.

US President Joe Biden’s proposal of a new global fund might just be the key to vaccine equity.

Despite joining forces and pooling funds to acquire doses, Africa’s 30 per cent vaccination goal by year-end seems unattainable.

Soldiers in the West African country of Guinea overthrew the civilian government, while the continent was still savouring its Zambian ...

Many African states are digging their heels in at Israel’s return to the African Union as an observer.

The Sahel has had the unfortunate task of shouldering the burden emanating from the repercussions of the civil strife in ...

This first book on Africa’s soft power, showing the author’s quest to Africanise the concept, is commendable in light of ...

I doff my hat to Jeffrey Sachs, even if he is more accommodative of Africa's bad leadership. After all, African ...

The vaccines will be strategically deployed to cover areas that have difficult terrains, the official said.

South Africa called the move "shocking" and said it was “appalled” by the AU Commission’s decision to grant Israel observer ...

In 2017, African leaders adopted the “AU Master Roadmap (AUMR) of Practical Steps to Silencing the Guns in Africa by ...

In Nigeria, WhatsApp users do not have a choice and have to comply with the new privacy policy. As such, ...

Thus far, there is a general apprehension that the private sector has not been adequately engaged in the AfCFTA to ...

In a statement issued in Lagos, the organisations condemned the government’s action as a violation of international norms and standards.

Adesina argues that there is no continent without its own peculiar problems and that anyone with an eye on the ...

The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll related to the pandemic ...