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Africa: African Union 'Must Finance' Itself
DW, 4 July 2017
After its summit on Tuesday, the African Union wants to, among others, send a mission to calm growing tensions between Eritrea and Djibouti. But the donor-dependent body needs… Read more »
AU's Mission to 'Silence the Guns by 2020' Hamstrung by Funding
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is tasked with leading a team that is serious about reforming the continental body - more specifically - creating a sustainable funding model.
President Kagame with African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (L), and Strive Masiyiwa, a member of the Pan-African Advisory team and founder of Econet (R), at a consultative meeting on the African Union Reforms in Kigali.
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Kenya: Invest in Youth for Economic Growth, Amina Urges African Countries
Nation, 4 July 2017
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has called upon African countries to invest in the youth in order to realise the social and economic transformation of the… Read more »
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Africa: AU Pushes for Stronger Continental Collaboration
SAnews.gov.za, 5 July 2017
The 29th African Union (AU) summit concluded on Tuesday with calls for strong collaboration among African countries to tackle key regional and global issues. Read more »
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Africa: Rwanda Elected to Lead AU in 2018
New Times, 5 July 2017
The 29th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union that ended yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia elected Rwanda to lead the Union in 2018. Read more »
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Africa: AU Decisions Signal Growing Aspiration
Ethiopian Herald, 6 July 2017
The decisions passed by 29th AU ordinary summit to intensify its efforts of reforming the union and realizing some of the continent's pending agendas including youth benefit and… Read more »
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Liberia: President Sirleaf Delivers Final Address At 29th AU Summit - Appointed Member AU Panel of the Wise
Govt of Liberia, 5 July 2017
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has delivered her final address at the 29th African Union Assembly as Liberia heads for democratic elections in October. President Sirleaf described… Read more »
InFocus
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The AU has hailed the formation of a government of national unity and the ceasefire agreement signed in Darfur. Read more »
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African leaders at the 29th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have unanimously endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari tochampion the AU's theme for 2018. The ... Read more »
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One of the key issues on the agenda of the African Union summit starting in Addis Ababa today is using the continent's population growth. Many fear the rise in the continent's ... Read more »
