AU member states urged to equip youth with skills for employment
African heads of state met on Friday at special session of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development. NEPAD is the
Vandalism of pipelines costing Nigeria up to $2.3 million a day
The recent vandalism of pipelines in the oil rich Delta state has left Nigeria counting its loses. So far two
EgyptAir mechanic suspected in Russian plane crash
An EgyptAir mechanic whose cousin joined Islamic State in Syria is suspected of planting a bomb on a Russian passenger
Why the African Union chose this year’s theme
2016: African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women”. This is the theme chosen for
Uganda brings back domestic workers from Saudi Arabia
At least 7 Ugandan women working as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia have been flown back home by the Ugandan
Kenya’s Bomb squad sent to detonate IEDs planted by Al-shabaab along border with Somalia
A bomb squad has been deployed along the roads in Kenya near the Somalia border to detonated IEDs (Improvised explosive devices)
UN accuses peacekeepers of sexually abusing children in C.A.R
Allegations against peacekeepers from Georgia, France and other unnamed European country for sexually abusing children while on deployment in Central
Agenda 2063: Need for Africa’s structural transformation
Africa faces an imperative for structural transformation and it needs to address the paradox of a rich continent with poor
British and French journalists arrested in Burundi police swoop
A British and a French journalist are among 17 people that were arrested in a police swoop in Burundi’s capital,
African Union Leadership Academy to promote good practices launched
The African Union Leadership Academy project was on Thursday 28th January, 2016 launched at the AU in Addis Ababa Ethiopia