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Special call for scholarship applications for female applicants only for Masters and PhD Programmes in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Education Science (STEME). To encourage the participation of young African female students at postgraduate level, for Masters and PhD programmes in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Education Science (STEME), the Commission […]
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has condemned the African Union Commission for disregarding requirements of the Protocol in the consideration and approval of the African Union Budget. The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Erastus Mwencha, presented the African Union Agenda 2063 and the 2014 African Union Budget to the plenary […]
130 Groups Across Africa Call for Countries to Back international criminal court and African Union Should Support Court, Including Kenya Cases 130 groups from across Africa called on African members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a letter made public today to affirm their support for the court at an extraordinary summit of the […]
As NATO led bombing of Libya continues, African Union member states have come out openly disagreeing with the bombing campaign as a measure to solve the political issues in Libya. The African Union High Level Ad hoc Committee on Libya expressed their concerns during a meeting with the UN Security Council calling for the bombs […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is expected to attend the extra ordinary session of Heads of state and government of Africa Union in Addis Ababa Ethiopia this Wednesday on 25h May 2011. A statement issued by the African Union information department in Addis Ababa says the session will be devoted to the consideration on the state […]
African Union leaders have met embattled Libyan President Col. Muamar Gaddafi who reports say accepted their peace plan that calls for an immediate ceasefire. The AU team led by South African President Jacob Zuma told journalists after the meeting that the Libyan government had been positive to the AU proposal to stop all military activities […]
News Release: The 7th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform (PP) session was kick-started yesterday in Yaoundé, Cameroon under the theme “Mutual Accountability in the Formulation and Implementation of country CAADP investment plans.” The President of Cameroon, Mr. Paul Biya who was represented by the Special Duties Minister, Mr. Victor Mengot, who officially opened […]
The Chairman of the Uganda Human Rights Commission Med S.K. Kaggwa has expressed concern at the continued cases of human rights abuses in different African countries despite protocols and instruments signed by different governments against torture and other human rights abuses. He made the remarks during the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human […]
The Ambassador of Ugandan to the African Union, Mull Sebujja Katende has called for more measures for African countries to work together to curtail drug trafficking. Katende says Uganda like other African countries is facing a huge challenge of controlling drugs inflow in the country and working with fellow African countries will help curtail the […]
The African states under African Union (AU) have vowed to deploy more foreign troops in Somalia. But the Al Shabaab rebels fighting the foreign sponsored government of Somalia vows to ‘clash’ foreign troops. Currently it is only Uganda and Burundi that have deployed troops in Somalia. The African states say they want to deploy more […]