(Press Release) - Gabonese Foreign Affairs Minister, Jean Ping, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC). The election took place today, Friday 1st February 2008, during the 10th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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(Press Release) - Seven (07) Commissioners out of the eight portfolios of the African Union Commission were elected Friday 2nd February 2008, within the framework of the 10th Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government currently holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Anita Powell (Associated Press Writer)—The United States of Africa. It’s one of few concrete plans African leaders agreed on as they struggled with issues of peacekeeping and political disputes at this week’s continental summit.
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The Executive Council of the African Union has approved that no African region should be allowed to sign the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union "as long as the draft agreement is not submitted and discussed at the continental level." The council believes that the signing of any interim or complete EPAs will affect other regions in Africa, recommended "the need for a political intervention at the highest level to protect the interest of African countries." According to the council, Africa has the opportunity to explain to EU political leaders about its concerns over the partnership negotiation process during the scheduled meetings in Egypt and Portugal. African Heads of State are expected to decide on the council’s report at a continental summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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