The World Bank (WB) on Wednesday tasked African leaders billed to attend the regional integration summit in Ethiopia to challenge the African Union (AU) to pursue changes to escape the current straight jacket of trade fragmentation.
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Police officer Hassan Ali told Reuters the attacker rammed his vehicle into a cafe outside the Muna Hotel, in the heart of areas controlled by government and African Union forces and not far from the presidential palace. Al Shabaab militants claimed ...
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China has built the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that was officially opened during the recent Heads of State Summit. Reports say it was a freebee from the Chinese. The main question that AU still has to answer is whether it ...
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Police and the spokesman for African Union troops in Somalia said initial reports showed that the attacker first opened fire on people sitting near the hotel before detonating the car. While al Shabaab pulled its forces out of the capital last year, ...
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The African Union has always stressed the importance of stability in Darfur and Sudan in general, and warned of the negative and serious implications that the continuation of the conflict would have on the region and the continent as a whole.
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South Sudan gives us more cause for concern, bodies are buried in northern Nigeria and the African Union meets in a brand-new Chinese gift of a building - where the leaders discuss how utterly bereft they have become as leaders and of leadership.
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February 7, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan has welcomed a tripartite initiative proposed by the African Union, Arab League and the United Nations to deliver humanitarian assistance to the needy civilians in the areas held by the rebel Sudan people's ...
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Similarly, during the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa this January, Marzouki reminded the audience that Tunisia had the ambition to work for the revitalisation and unity of the UMA. Nonetheless, in order to do so, leaders will need to overcome ...
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African Union heads of state summits were always going to be different without the late Libyan leader, Col Muamar Gaddafi. Neither was it going to be any easier without Egypt's Hosni Mubarak or Tunisia's Ben Ali. These three countries, together with ...
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African Union heads of state summits were always going to be different without the late Libyan leader, Col Muamar Gaddafi. Neither was it going to be any easier without Egypt's Hosni Mubarak or Tunisia's Ben Ali. These three countries, together with ...
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African Union heads of state summits were always going to be different without the late Libyan leader, Col Muamar Gaddafi. Neither was it going to be any easier without Egypt's Hosni Mubarak or Tunisia's Ben Ali. These three countries, together with ...
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African Union heads of state summits were always going to be different without the late Libyan leader, Col Muamar Gaddafi. Neither was it going to be any easier without Egypt's Hosni Mubarak or Tunisia's Ben Ali. These three countries, together with ...
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Mr Mugabe has just returned from an African Union summit where he failed to win support for plans to hold an election this year without implementing any of the reforms called for in the deal that set up Zimbabwe's power-sharing government.
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"It is easier for Africa to trade with the rest of the world than with itself," the World Bank said in releasing a new report that examines the barriers that stifle cross-border trade within Africa. The report comes on the heels of an African Union ...
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Mr Mugabe has just returned from an African Union summit where he failed to win support for plans to hold an election this year without implementing any of the reforms called for in the deal that set up Zimbabwe's power-sharing government.
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"It is easier for Africa to trade with the rest of the world than with itself," the World Bank said in releasing a new report that examines the barriers that stifle cross-border trade within Africa. The report comes on the heels of an African Union ...
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Mr Mugabe has just returned from an African Union summit where he failed to win support for plans to hold an election this year without implementing any of the reforms called for in the deal that set up Zimbabwe's power-sharing government.
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"It is easier for Africa to trade with the rest of the world than with itself," the World Bank said in releasing a new report that examines the barriers that stifle cross-border trade within Africa. The report comes on the heels of an African Union ...
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Mr Mugabe has just returned from an African Union summit where he failed to win support for plans to hold an election this year without implementing any of the reforms called for in the deal that set up Zimbabwe's power-sharing government.
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"It is easier for Africa to trade with the rest of the world than with itself," the World Bank said in releasing a new report that examines the barriers that stifle cross-border trade within Africa. The report comes on the heels of an African Union ...
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