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President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, the incoming chairman of the African Union, has on Saturday also taken over the chairpersonship of the African Peer Review Forum of Heads of State and Government Participating in the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).     President Ramaphosa took over leadership of the…

Ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the  African Union and in support of the AU’s theme for the year 2020: “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conductive Conditions for Africa’s development,” Africa Peace Zones, a youth-led campaign has been launched to sensitise…

Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa of  the Republic of South Africa (RSA), addressed a gathering of his country’s ambassadors and heads of mission accredited to African countries, cabinet ministers and members of the diplomatic corps, in Tshwane, Pretoria; as South Africa assumes the one-year rotational chairship of the African Union…

On the margins of the ongoing 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Union Member States Thursday deliberated on the First Continental Report on the Implementation of Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want.     Agenda…

The 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council officially opened Thursday, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting is being held under the AU Theme of the Year 2020, “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development”.     The Silencing the Guns in…

In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) recently held a two-day experts’ meeting which discussed  the possibilities of implementing the Buenos Aires Plan of Action BAPA+40 outcome document to promote South-South Cooperation (SSC)…

The world will on Wednesday commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) for 2020, an annual awareness day commemorated every February 6, as part of the UN’s efforts to eradicate FGM from the world.  The 2020 commemoration theme is: “Unleashing Youth Power: One decade of…

The global community will Tuesday commemorate the 2020 World Cancer Day, under the theme: ‘I Am and I Will.’ The day is an annual international day dedicated to preventing millions of preventable deaths, by raising awareness about cancer, and pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action against…

It’s time to change the way we talk and think about Africa     Africa is poor, but we can try to help its people. It’s a simple statement, repeated through a thousand images, newspaper stories and charity appeals each year, so that it takes on the weight of truth.…

A fundamental affirmation of the OAU/AU 50th Anniversary Solemn Declaration, adopted by the African Union Heads of State and Government on May 25, 2013, was achieving “a conflict-free Africa”.     Correspondingly, realizing “A peaceful and secure Africa” is number four of the seven aspirations of AU`s Agenda 2063: The…