To many discerning adults, the recent African Union meeting in Accra (1st – 3rd July 2007) was a sullen splendour of sadness and another opportunity gone.
Long, long, long ago - long before Leonardo da Vinci of Italy flew the first air craft from a mountain top and crushed in a valley and got hurt badly, the legendary African Lizard had fallen off the tallest tree in the world and crushed on the ground without being hurt at all!
Current African Union (AU) Chairperson, H.E. President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana
At the 7th Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia, the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government reaffirmed its decision to hold its 9th Ordinary Session in Accra, Ghana. Accordingly, the 9th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government would be held from 1st to 3rd July 2007
THE second session of the African Union (AU) Sports Ministers Conference opens in Accra this morning with the agenda of formulating a draft policy to reshape sport to make it more beneficial to the continent.
African countries will require a whopping $72 billion in external financing each year to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the targeted year of 2015, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, said in New York yesterday.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the African Union chairperson Monday appointed an experienced official from Burkina Faso as the new joint AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur as they seek new momentum in their efforts to resolve the five-year conflict.
The African Union Commission’s Peace and Security Council on Tuesday demanded the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Djibouti territory.
The African Union Commission has extended the mandate of the African mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for an additional six months with effect from 17 July, APA learnt here on Tuesday.
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Speech Delivered By The President Of Liberia, Mrs Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf At The assembly Of The African Union
