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This year’s celebration of Africa Day provides another opportunity to assess how far continental integration has progressed.     Integration would mean a truly united Africa – either a federalist “United States of Africa” or the African Union (AU) exercising binding powers over member states. At present the AU merely serves as a…

Dr Rhuks Ako is the coordinator of the African Union’s Youth for Peace (Y4P) Africa programme; it seeks to engage young people and youth groups in the promotion of peace and security on the continent. Newspage: How has the Youth for Peace (Y4P) Africa programme fared since it was launched in…

The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (the German Agency for International Cooperation) launched a series of regional civil society sensitization forums on the African Union Continental Free Movement Protocol (FMP).     By Adam Alqali The maiden Africa…

The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union has directed the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Platform to remodel the third edition of the biannual Africa Governance Report (AGR 23) to reflect issues related to unconstitutional changes of government on…

Ivan Atuyambe is the founder of YouLead Africa initiative, focused on bridging the gap between young people, civil society, governments and  private sector in Africa.     By Adam Alqali   Newspage: YouLead Africa is one of the continent’s leading initiatives fostering cooperation among Africa’s young leaders. How did it came…

Are you an African journalist, blogger, vlogger, content creator, or podcaster living and working in Africa or the diaspora? Are you passionate about promoting development-focused stories using emerging technologies, and through visual, written, oral and digital media? Apply for the inaugural African Union Media Fellowship.       DEADLINE: APRIL…

Despite its impact on people’s health and economic wellbeing, sanitation often comes at the tail end of discussions on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).       In Senegal’s new, lake-side city of Diamniadio, 40 kilometers outside of Dakar, global water and sanitation stakeholders were gathered at the 15,000-seater Dakar…

The African Union and the Government of the Republic of Niger on Saturday signed a host agreement on the forthcoming AU Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification, holding November 20 – 25, 2022, in Niamey, the Nigerien capital.     By Stephen Enoch The AU believes the forthcoming summit on…

Surge Africa, a non-profit promoting climate resilient policies and practices, Wednesday, hosted a capacity-building training for a select group of Nigerian journalists, civic activists, and photographers focused on the intrinsic linkages between journalism and activism. By Stephen Enoch The training, which took place in Kano, north-western Nigeria, acted as a…

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is one of the frameworks under the African Union’s Agenda 2063 supporting countries to boost agricultural investment and productivity to end hunger and poverty towards economic growth and  development.     Adam Alqali  & Muhammad Usman The CAADP framework is a major outcome…