President Bola Tinubu has touched down in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of...
Amnesty International has commended President Bola Tinubu for ratifying the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Rights of Older Persons,...
The African Union (AU) Commission has suspended Niger Republic from the bloc until the military junta restores constitutional order in the country. The AU said in...
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, is to lead a joint observer mission of the Africa Union (AU) and Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA)...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Wednesday, alleged that there was a conspiracy with the silence of the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU),...
The African Union and Economic Community of West African States Observation Missions on Monday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure the quick upload...
The African Union Commission on Tuesday, announced former Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta as the head of a 90-man observer mission to Nigeria for this month’s general...
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that the desire of African countries attaining goals the continent’s leaders have set for the region by 2063 may be derailed...
President Muhammadu Buhari says 70% of over five million people so far displaced in the Lake Chad Basin are Nigerians. Buhari made the disclosure while addressing...
Nigeria has been re-elected into the African Union Peace and Security Council for another three years. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President,...
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has announced the suspension of Burkina Faso from the Union’s activities following the military takeover of the...
The African Union (AU) has announced that it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule is restored in the country, saying it rejects the military takeover as...
The African Union (AU) has backed calls urging the military junta in Mali to quickly appoint civilian leaders to manage an 18-month transition towards elections following...
The African Union (AU) has demanded the immediate release of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and other top government executives who have all been detained following...
South Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has confirmed the country’s suspension from the African Union for failing to honour its financial obligations to the body over the...
The African Union and the United Nations have both raised concerns over rising incidents of clashes in Burundi between rival supporters during campaigns ahead of next...
According to the 2020 Appropriation bill draft released by the Budget Office of Nigeria, the amount budgeted for health and education in the proposed 2020 budget...
The African Union (AU) has cautioned against moves to curb travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid heightened fears over the recent outbreak...
Sudan’s ruling military council said on Sunday that Ethiopia and the African Union need to unify their efforts to mediate between the council and an opposition...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has petitioned the United Nations and the African Union Commission complaining about President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the Chief...
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, yesterday said the committee set up by the federal government to review the Africa Continental Free...
Leaders from 44 African countries on Wednesday sealed a historic agreement to create a $2.5 trillion continental free trade zone, with Nigeria and South Africa, the...
By Reuben Abati… President Muhammadu Buhari’s 12th hour decision to snub the African Union Extra-ordinary summit on the endorsement of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement...
The head of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has refuted reports that China was spying on the AU. He noted that the African body...
Gambian President Adama Barrow Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari was key to the ouster of Yahya Jammeh, former president of the country, during the political crisis...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has lamented the low levels of Africa’s trade integration, advocating for greater integration of African economies in order to foster accelerated development...
After photos of him made the rounds on Sunday, after a 77-day spell, President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have reached out to the President of Guinea...
Newly sworn-in President of the Gambia Adama Barrow has declared that his country will not quit the International Court of Justice (ICC) in a move which...
African countries, under the aegis of African Union (AU), have agreed to empanel a trade negotiation talk to promote multi lateral relations in line with demand...
Nigeria has been listed in the category A countries, alongside Ghana and Egypt that will tap from the European Union (EU) €44 billion soft loan aimed...
Member states of the African Union are backing a collective strategy to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) after a divisive debate at its annual heads...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday represented the country at the African Union Summit on Martime Security held in Lome, Togo. Speaking at the signing...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan will lead the African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM), to the Zambian general elections that will hold in October 11, 2016. This...
A renewed approach at improving the trade blocs in Africa has been presented with the adoption of the common passport in use among some countries in...
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said about 110 million Nigerians are living in poverty, adding that two-tenth of the 110 Nigerians are living in abject...
Some soldiers who fought in the AU Peace-keeping operation in Guinea Bissau in 2015, have protested none payment of six months’ allowances. The soldiers, numbering about...
South African President Jacob Zuma has informed that the African Union (AU) will send 200 human rights and military monitors to Burundi. Zuma made the comments...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Addis Ababa challenged fellow African leaders to engage decisively with the people and government of South Sudan and Burundi to...
The unrest in troubled Burundi which began in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a third term in office and which also saw...