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The African Union (AU) on Friday said it was deeply concerned about “escalating tensions between local communities” in a disputed area of northern Ethiopia and asked all parties to “urgently halt hostilities”. According to the UN, over…

For ousting a democratically elected government through a military coup, the African Union (AU) Commission on Tuesday suspended Niger from the pan-African bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country. AU said in a…

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday in Nairobi, Kenya reaffirmed Africa's unity and strength, while strongly rejecting the notion of a new scramble for Africa. The President warned that past plundering and exploitation of the continent…

The African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (AU HLP on IFF) and the Working Group on the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR), composed of the African Union, the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA),…

The African Union has denied endorsing any candidate for the office of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Egypt’s candidate for the office Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh had earlier told members of the WTO that he…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is contained in a document signed by Mahamadou Issoufou, ECOWAS…

Chinese President Xi Jinping will preside over an extraordinary China-Africa summit on solidarity against Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Beijing on Wednesday. He will also deliver a keynote speech, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying…

OMOTAYO ARAOYE The World Trade Organization (WTO) has accepted the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala as one of the candidates for the position of the DG of the organization. On Tuesday, WTO tweeted the acceptance of Iweala on its…

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the National Action Committee (NAC) for implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. In July 2019, President Buhari approved the establishment of the committee…

World leaders on Tuesday at the First International Food Safety Conference in Addis Ababa called for greater international cooperation to prevent unsafe food from causing ill health and hampering the progress towards sustainable…