(FOCAC) Full text: Keynote address by Chinese President Xi Jinping at opening ceremony of 2024 FOCAC summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech titled “Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a Community with a Shared Future” while attending the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday delivered […]
Sixth African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting opens in Accra; Governments urged to invest in STEM education and digital learning platforms
By Doreen Ampofo The sixth African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meetings has opened in Accra with a call on African governments to invest in STEM education and digital learning platforms. The meetings will end on July 21, with the 45th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Unions, where leaders will discuss critical issues affecting the […]
AU meetings start in Accra today
Delegates from across the African continent are in Accra for the 45th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council and the 6th mid-year coordination meetings of the AU regional economic communities. The two events will respectively take place at the Accra International Conference Center from July 18 to July 21, 2024. The African […]
US Ambassador to UN reiterates need to finance and empower AU Mission to address coup d’états
By Hannah Dadzie US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has reiterated the need to finance and empower African Union Missions to address threats of coups in the sub-region. She said the coups and instability in the sub-region are hampering development, as the resources meant for development are wasted on these life-threatening phenomena. Speaking ahead […]
AU Anti-Corruption Day: GACC takes anti-corruption campaign to pupils
The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has taken its anti-corruption campaign to some basic schools as part of activities to mark the 2023 Africa Union (AU) Anti-Corruption Day. The day is marked across the Continent on July 11, to reflect on anti-corruption progress in communities, and to take stock of what is working, what is not […]
AU & Open Foundation West Africa launch African Day Campaign to promote African content online
By Hannah Dadzie Open Foundation West Africa, an educational NGO, has advocated for the need to promote African content online for the global community. Speaking to GBCNEWS as part of the commemoration of African Union Day, the Communication Officer of the Foundation, Eugene Masiku said Africa is a continent filled with incredible people, fascinating culture, […]
AU aborts non-consensual document on partnerships
The Executive Council of the African Union (AU), meeting within the framework of its 42nd ordinary session, in Addis Ababa, refused, on Thursday, to adopt the draft “strategy and political framework for the African Union” and postponed consideration for lack of consensus. This decision was taken while Algeria and its allies had moved to adopt […]
AU Forum ends with firm commitments to business and human rights
By: Gloria A.Anderson The African Union Forum on Business and Human Rights has ended with firm commitments of participants to push for an implementable policy framework on business and human rights. The stakeholders were drawn from Civil Society Organizations, Media, and Human Rights institutions. They discussed issues bordering on how African states can firm up […]
Need to develop remedies for abuse within Corporate environment
By: Gloria Angmorkie Anderson Mercy Obonyo, the Programme Officer, Business and Human Rights, Network of African, National Human Rights Institutions says there is a need for countries to develop a National Action Plan (NAP) that seeks to surmount structural and procedural barriers to accessing remedies for corporate abuses. This calls for policy actions focused on […]
AfCFTA designed to lift Africa’s people out of poverty – AU Commissioner
SOURCE: GNA Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson, African Union (AU) Commission, says the design of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would offer Africans an enabling environment to raise revenues and access resources in an economically integrated continent. This, she said, would lift Africans out of poverty. The AfCFTA, which is a flagship project […]
