At least 48 rights and press freedom organisations have petitioned the United Nations and the African Union over the detention of Omoyele Sowore.The activist, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 elections, was arrested over his planned nationwide #RevolutionNow protest.He was subsequently accused by the secret police of threatening public peace and safety [...]
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President Muhammad Buhari has finally signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The president signed it at the 12th extraordinary session of the assembly of the union on AfCFTA and the first mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union (AU) and the regional economic communities (RECs) in Niamey, Niger Republic.Buhari had delayed signing the agreement, explaining that he needed [...]
President Muhammad Buhari has finally signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.AfCFTA is a trade agreement between AU member states with the goal of creating a single market followed by free movement and a single-currency union.The president signed it at the 12th extraordinary session of the assembly of the union on AfCFTA and the first mid-year coordination meeting [...]
The African Union (AU), on Thursday, said it had suspended Sudan until a civilian government was formed, intensifying international pressure on the country’s new military rulers to give up power.“Ethiopia meanwhile will launch a mediation effort on Friday,’’ diplomatic sources in Khartoum said.The moves took place after security forces cleared protesters from a sit-in camp in central Khartoum on Monday.Security [...]
Solomon Dalung, minister of youths and sports, says efforts towards sustainable peace and security in Nigeria will remain a mirage if the youthful population is still perceived as perpetrators of violence.He spoke in Abuja at a continental study on "The Roles and Contributions of Youth to Peace and Security in Africa", organized by the African Union (AU) and supported by [...]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, has backed Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, on the need to rectify issues with the African Union passport.Okonjo-Iweala, showing appreciation to some African countries, explained that the unifying passport did not guarantee her visa-free entry into all African countries.Speaking in Abidjan over the weekend, Dangote said he, and a few other people, have got the African [...]
Hamzat Lawal, founder, Follow The Money, one of the largest citizen's movements on anti-corruption, is billed to speak to presidents and heads of states at the African Union high-level dialogue. Earlier this year, the African Union during its 30th assembly of heads of state and government held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, declared 2018 as the African Anti-Corruption year. This recognized the need [...]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says Nigeria must be cautious before rushing into a free trade agreement with other African countries.Frank Jacob, president of MAN, urged the federal government to renegotiate trade conditions that will impede economic growth in its review of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.He said MAN is apprehensive that the rules of origin (ROO) [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari will be departing the country on Tuesday for the 5th European Union-African Union (EU-AU) summit in Abidjan, capital of Cote d'Ivoire.Two governors - Udom Emmanuel Akwa Ibom and Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi) - are among those who would accompany the president.Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement."The president will [...]
The African Union says the situation in Zimbabwe "seems like a coup" despite the military's insistence that the action was targeted at "criminals" around President Robert Mugabe.SB Moyo, a major general, had said: "We are only targeting criminals around him (Mugabe) who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them [...]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is representing Nigeria at the 29th ordinary session of the assembly of the African Union.Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the vice president on media and publicity, confirmed the development on his Twitter handle on Monday.The summit is themed "Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in the Youth".Akande said the acting president is expected back in Abuja later [...]
Geoffrey Onyeama, the foreign affairs minister, says the African Union (AU) has resolved that the European Union (EU) will henceforth negotiate with AU as a body rather than with individual African countries.The minister disclosed this on Friday, in Abuja, at a press conference of the post-28th AU summit of head of states and government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.“AU is saying [...]
Alfa Conde, chairperson of the African Union (AU), has banned ministers from addressing the assembly of heads of states and governments at the union's summit.Speaking at the 28th AU summit in Addis Ababa, capital Ethiopia, Conde said the measure was part of the recommendations made at the previous AU summit in Kigali.He said ministers should be at the level of [...]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the N500 billion social investment scheme of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is the largest social protection programme in the history of Nigeria.According to Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the vice-president on media and publicity, Osinbajo said this on Saturday at a breakfast event attended by some presidents and heads of delegations to the [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented over the violence in South Sudan, describing the ongoing crisis in the country "as extremely disturbing".About 100 Nigerians are currently trapped in the country as a result of fighting which broke out between government and opposition forces during preparations for South Sudan's fifth independence celebration.Speaking in Abuja while receiving Donald Kaberuka, an envoy of the [...]
President Barrack Obama of the United States (US) says corruption is affecting the economic potentials of Africa, urging continental leaders to look within to end the vice.Obama noted that graft is not peculiar to the continent alone, saying issues of corruption arise in the US and other parts of the world.Describing his father’s continent as one of the best in [...]
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