African Union (AU)

African Union Member States have been urged to ratify the 2014 Malabo Protocol of the African Union which extends the jurisdiction of the yet to be established African Court of Justice on Human Rights (ACJHR) to include crimes under…

The Chairman of the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), Mr. Thabo Mbeki has called for a United Nations Tax Convention to halt illicit financial flows from Africa and multinational and corporate tax abuse.…

Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Benson Bana, has said that the adoption of Kiswahili as Africa’s official language by the African Union (AU) will help unite, strengthen the continent and bridge diversities. READ ALSO: Tanzania…

The AU Political Affairs, Peace and Security department made the announcement on Friday, confirming the African Union would remove Guinea from official business until it returns to constitutional order. "Council, in accordance with…

Pfizer and BioNTech partners with South Africa-based company, Biovac for the production of COVID-19 vaccines for the African Union (AU). This was disclosed in  a statement published on Wednesday, the two companies said Cape Town-based…

The disease control agency of the African Union (AU) said on Thursday, India COVID-19 crisis is a wake-up call for Africa that its governments and citizens must not let their guard down. The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control…

The African Union has called for an end to military rule in Chad whose president was killed by rebels. The army immediately announced that Idriss Déby's son would head a military council for 18 months before elections were held. The…

The AU’s disease control body and World Health Organisation on has urged African countries not to destroy Covid-19 vaccines donated to them,  after Malawi and South Sudan announced that vaccines noted to them were expired and would now be…

The Nigerian Government have been urged to utilise satellite technology and other available technologies to harness natural disasters such as flooding to positive and economic uses. This was made known by the Executive…