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Communiqué of the AU on Côte d’Ivoire

2011-03-11T08:04:00+00:00

(Press Release)-- Communiqué of the 265th meeting of the peace and security council on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire.

‘Time to make the promise of equality a reality’

2011-03-08T08:24:00+00:00

(UNWomen)-- International Women’s Day, 2011:Time to make the promise of equality a reality. Message by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women.

AU to deploy fact-finding mission to Libya

2011-02-25T13:46:00+00:00

(PANA)-- The African Union (AU) is to deploy a fact finding mission to Libya to assess the situation in the North African state.

African governments must protect the people of Libya

2011-02-25T13:17:00+00:00

CIVICUS (Press Release)— We, civil society organisations from all over Africa, urge our governments to protect the people of Libya against whom crimes against humanity are being committed by a vicious regime.

AU lagging in defense of press freedom

2011-02-21T06:54:00+00:00

(AfricaFiles)-- Global and regional institutions with a responsibility to guard press freedom are largely failing to fulfill their mandate as journalists worldwide continue to face threats, imprisonment, intimidation, and killings, according to Attacks on the Press, a yearly survey released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Africa warned against pushing off small-holder farmers

2011-02-11T09:44:00+00:00

Mildred Mulenga (PANA)-- A leading nutrition expert from Cornell University in the United States has warned that African governments ceding large parcels of land normally cultivated by small-holder farmers to multi-nationals and middle-income countries risk exacerbating food insecurity in their countries.

‘Ivorian crisis threatens regional security’

2011-02-11T09:26:00+00:00

(Reed Kramer)-- With the African Union (AU) intensifying efforts to resolve the ongoing political stalemate in Cote d’Ivoire, concern is growing about the widening impact of the crisis.

February month of action by African Union

2011-02-03T13:04:00+00:00

(IPS)-- A high level panel has been set up by the African Union to send a team of experts to Côte d’Ivoire and come up with a solution to the political impasse that would be binding on both incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and his rival for the presidency, Alassane Ouattara.

Summary of key decisions of the assembly of the union

2011-02-02T06:02:00+00:00

(Desire Assogbavi)-- Summary of the key decisions taken by the African Union’s heads of State and government at their sixteenth ordinary session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

AU struggles in implementing its decisions

2011-02-01T10:34:00+00:00

(APA)-- Many decisions taken during the various sessions of the African Union (AU) have not been implemented, says a report by the AU copied to APA on Monday in Addis Ababa, on the sidelines of the 16th Summit of the Pan-African organisation that continues its two-day session behind closed doors, focusing on the topic : ‘Shared values for greater unity and integration.’