John Mbaria (The Nation)—Civil society groups in Africa have called for the suspension of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries for at least three years to allow African governments to critically look through other regional initiatives they are already engaged in.
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The President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), Hon. Dr. Gertrude Mongella, and the Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Dr. Soumana Sako, signed a Grant Agreement, according to which ACBF will make available to PAP the sum of two million US dollars over a period of four years to support the institutional capacity building of PAP.
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PANA—Enraged by the intransigence of the de facto authorities of Anjouan and their lack of cooperation with the regional initiative to resolve Comoros’ political crisis, African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) has warned it may impose targeted sanctions against some authority figures on the island.
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PANA—The Deputy Secretary of the Libyan General People’s Committee for External Relations and International Cooperation, Mohamed Tahar Siala, had talks Thursday in Tripoli with the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Economic Relations, Maxwell Mkwzalamba.
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