AU commissioner calls for urgent action to address structural deficits in education funding
Addis Ababa, Feb 16 (IANS) African Union (AU) Commissioner for Education, Sciences, Technology and Innovation Mohammed Belhocine has called for urgent action to address structural funding deficits in education and eradicate learning poverty in Africa. Briefing journalists on the margins of the AU summit on Friday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Belhocine said […]
African, AU officials call for actions to realise continental reparations agenda
Addis Ababa, Feb 16 (IANS) Officials and experts from African countries and the African Union (AU) reaffirmed their commitment to advancing the continent’s reparatory justice agenda, urging concrete steps to ensure full accountability for historical injustices against Africans and people of African descent. They made the call during a high-level pre-launch meeting of the AU’s […]
African-led peace efforts in Congo crucial to reducing regional conflict
Kinshasa, Feb 8 (IANS) As hostilities escalate in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), African regional blocs are urgently pursuing African-led solutions to prevent a wider regional crisis. At least 2,900 people were killed during the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels’ capture of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, according to the United […]
African leaders call for AU reforms to improve efficiency
Nairobi, Jan 28 (IANS) Five African leaders called for reforms of the African Union (AU), focusing on peace and stability, funding, the Pan-African Parliament, and the African Court of Justice, to make it efficient and responsive to effectively serve its members and the people of Africa. The leaders, who attended a retreat in the Kenyan […]
