November 23

• Africa: AU, FAO and LULA Institute Join Efforts to Fight Hunger [press release]

  The African Union Commission (AUC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the Instituto Lula of Brazil announced today they were joining efforts to... Read more »

November 20

• Sierra Leone: African Union Observer Mission to the General Elections [press release]

  At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has deployed an African Union... Read more »

November 16

• Africa: Third Pan-African Forum On Children [press release]

  African Union (AU) Member States have long recognised that "children hold a unique and privileged position in an African society," and even though efforts and progress has been... Read more »

November 13

• Africa: AU Member States Called Upon to Priotise Energy in Development Strategies [press release]

  As Africa’s increasingly strong economic performance continues, the continent needs to generate enough energy to power the development. Read more »

November 9

• Africa: AU Congratulates Obama on Presidential Win [press release]

  Distinguished President Barack Obama, Read more »

November 5

• Africa: African Union Commission Says Establishment of Peace and Security Must Go Hand in Hand With Development [press release]

  A meeting between Commission Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and the African Union Partners Group (AUPG) today Friday 2 November 2012, in the AU headquarters, Addis Ababa,... Read more »

• Ghana: African Union Commission Ready to Send African Election Observer Mission to Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Ghana [press release]

  The Chairperson of the African Union Commission has yesterday 1st of November 2012, approved the deployment of the African Union Election Observers Mission (AUEOM) to observe... Read more »

October 31

• Somalia: AU Calls On the UN Security Council to Strengthen Its Support to the AU Mission in Somalia [press release]

  The Commission of the African Union (AU) looks forward to the adoption, by the United Nations Security Council, of a resolution authorizing the technical roll over of the current... Read more »

October 27

• Mali: AU's Peace and Security Council Tackles Situations in Mali - Sudan and South Sudan [press release]

  On the situation in Darfur, the Chairperson said "There remain ... critical outstanding matters relating to the determination of the final status of Abyei; the resolution of the... Read more »

• Africa: Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to AUC Staff Members - We Will Be Fair and Firm

  Focusing on the necessity to work for the improved communication, the Chairperson said that the AU does a lot, but there is ignorance about the good work that is being done. Read more »

October 25

• Africa: AU Tackles Situations in Mali, Sudan and South Sudan [press release]

  The African Union (AU) will continue to do everything in its power to resolve the situation between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as that in Mali. African Union Commission... Read more »

October 22

• Mali: Dlamini Zuma Leads African Union Delegation to Bamako [press release]

  Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr.Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will on Friday, 19 October 2012, lead an African Union Commission delegation to the meeting of the Support... Read more »

October 19

• Mali: African Union Chief in Crisis Talks [press release]

  The African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is in Mali for a meeting aimed at resolving the Malian crisis. Read more »

October 15

• Africa: Handing Over Ceremony Between the Outgoing and Incoming Chairpersons and Commissioners of the African Union Commission [press release]

  Representatives of the media are invited to attend and cover the official handover ceremony on Monday 15 October 2012 between the outgoing and incoming Chairpersons and... Read more »

• Africa: Parliamentarians in Charge of Science, Technology and Innovation to Convene in Cairo to Discuss Ways of Empowering the Legislators Through Common African Dialogue [press release]

  Following the African Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (AIPF-STI) initiative launched in May 2011 by UNECA; African Parliamentarians in Charge of... Read more »

July 26

• Africa: Second Meeting of AFCONE - Opening Remarks by Mr Ghassim Wane, Director, Peace and Security [document]

  Distinguished Members of AFCONE, Read more »

• Africa: The African Commission on Nuclear Energy Convenes its Second Meeting [press release]

  The African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE), established within the framework of the African Nuclear Weapon?Free?Zone Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Pelindaba, held... Read more »

July 19

• Mali: Solemn Declaration On the Situation in Mali [document]

  Solemn declaration on the situation in Mali adopted by the 19th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,... Read more »

July 18

• Africa: Chairperson Receives His Newly Elected Successor, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma

  The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Jean Ping, received in his office at the AU Headquarters on Monday, 16 July 2012, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, who was... Read more »

July 11

• Africa: Outraged Ping Will Run for Office to 'Very End' [press release]

  Press Statement by Dr. Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, in response to an article titled, "At Last, SA may get its woman into AU post," published in The... Read more »

April 25

• South Sudan: AU Urges Leaders to Move Towards Peace [document]

  A report of the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Jean Ping, on the Situations in Guinea Bissau, Mali and between the Sudan and South Sudan, delivered to the AU Peace and Security... Read more »

April 17

• Africa: African Union Suspends Guinea Bissau [document]

  The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 318th meeting held on 17 April 2012, adopted the following decision on the situation in Guinea Bissau: Read more »

March 29

• Africa: Africa-EU infrastructure and energy partnership [press release]

  The Fourth Meeting of the Steering Committee of the EU-Africa Partnership for Infrastructure has been held today, 28 March 2012. The objective of the meeting was to assess the... Read more »

• Africa: EU and AU strengthen their cooperation on earth observation applications [press release]

  Today, a Financing Agreement was signed between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Commission to facilitate sustainable access to Africa-wide environmental... Read more »

March 27

• Africa: African Experts Meet To Discuss Rights And Welfare Of The Child [press release]

  The nineteenth session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) kicked off Monday 26 March 2012 at the headquarters of the African... Read more »