Tag: African Union (AU)

The forum is expected to endorse the Lake Chad Basin Regional Stabilisation, Recovery and Resilience Strategy.

Mr Buhari recently criticised the AfCFTA, and outlined his own vision of what African free trade should be.

They urge President Talon to release his immediate predecessor, Boni Yayi, who needs medical attention abroad.

AUDA-NEPAD has the mandate to coordinate regional integration and strengthen capacity of AU member states.

18 candidates are featuring in governorship election while 316 candidates are contesting for the House of Assembly seats.

The central theme of the conference is that food safety systems need to keep pace with the way food is ...

The 32nd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) is scheduled for February 10 and 11 in Ethiopia.

The appointment followed the resignation of Oluseyi Bickersteth, the immediate past Director/ Chairman of the board.

The north African country explains why it wants to join a west African bloc.

Various national institutions of government are expected to support the mandate.

Mr Gowon says he had nothing apart from his salaries as at the time he left office.

Nigeria too did not sign the treaty.

The agreement is expected to allow free trade among all countries that sign.

The AfCFTA is a negotiated rules-based system that sets trade standards.

"We are embarking on a completely new approach to reintegration and we believe in it."

Election observers called for free, fair elections.

The delegation is scheduled to hold talks with senior government, UN and AU mission officials

Corruption one of the greatest evils of our time, Buhari tells African leaders.

“The endorsement is very significant because it is the recognition of the negative role corruption and bad governance had played.”

Morocco left the organisation in 1984.

The AU calls on Burundi's feuding sides to cooperate with peace talks, scheduled to resume in Uganda on Dec. 28.

The Council commended the three most affected countries for their resilience and continued efforts to eradicate the EVD.

An anti-corruption expert says Buhari’s nomination has restored Nigeria’s primacy in Africa

Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin had earlier in the month requested the AU to seek U.N. Security Council mandate ...

Three soldiers were killed. Soldiers on patrol around Delwa, 35 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday, killed scores of ...