AUMONITOR

Leaders Strike Deal on AU Commission Transformation

2009-07-03T13:59:00+00:00

(PANA)--African leaders have agreed on the creation of the African Union (AU) Authority, headed by a President and possessing an enhanced role to coordinate foreign affairs, trade and defence policies within the continent.

Council Invited to Write Text on AU Authority

2009-07-03T13:53:00+00:00

Ousseynou Guèye (PANA)--The heads of State and government of the African Union Thursday in Sirte, Libya, asked the executive council to meet in emergency to adopt only one text on the transformation of the Commission into an Authority, AU Commission President Jean Ping disclosed to PANA.

Council Stalemated over AU Commission Transformation

2009-07-03T12:38:00+00:00

(PANA)--Disagreement over the transformation of the African Union (AU) Commission into an Authority has stalled the work of the AU executive council, even though the heads of state and government summit entered the second day in Sirte, Libya, Thursday.

Report Says Several AU Decisions Shelved

2009-07-03T12:32:00+00:00

(PANA)--A total of 264 measures recommended by the executive board or the conference of AU heads of state and government in several sessions, have either not been implemented or were only partially implemented, according to a report from the executive board that PANA obtained on Wednesday at the on-going AU summit in the Libyan city of Sirte.

Helping Small Farmers Feed a Continent

2009-07-03T12:20:00+00:00

(IRIN)--As an African Union summit on agricultural investments opens in Libya, donors and non-profits are calling participants’ attention to the role smallholder farmers – mostly women – can have in feeding their communities.

AU to Step up Fight against International Crimes

2009-07-03T12:10:00+00:00

(PANA)--The African Union (AU) will focus its attention in the fight against piracy, terrorism, money laundering and other international crimes while also developing the capacity of its proposed regional armies over the next five years, senior officials of the pan African body said in Sirte on Wednesday.

Traditional Rulers Urge AU Leaders to Aim at Unity

2009-07-03T12:05:00+00:00

(PANA)--African traditional rulers, attending the AU summit in Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday appealed to African leaders to direct their energies to consolidating the continent’s political unity.

AU Summit to focus on Agricultural Investment, Food Security

2009-07-02T14:26:00+00:00

(Xinhua)--Agricultural investment, food security, as well as the state of peace and security in Africa are likely to top the agenda of the upcoming 13th African Union (AU) summit, which will open Wednesday in Sirte, Libya’s port city.

AU Leaders Should Tackle Agriculture

2009-07-02T14:17:00+00:00

Richard Cornwel (Institute for Security Studies)--The ICC indictment of Sudan’s President Omar el Bashir, Zimbabwe’s troubled transitional unity government, and Madagascar’s recent coup may well take most of the headlines at next month’s African Union (AU) summit in Sirte, Libya.

AU Summit must Act to Combat Food Crisis

2009-07-02T14:09:00+00:00

Oxfam (Press Release)--This week’s African Union Summit must produce urgent and radical steps to reform agricultural policy on the continent, with food crises and hunger in Africa set to increase in the face of the global economic and climate change crises, international agency Oxfam said at the launch of a new report today. More and wiser investment in small-scale agriculture is needed, the agency said.