African Union – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:39:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png African Union – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 AU Lifts Sanctions on Gabon Following Successful Transition Process https://www.theinfostride.com/au-lifts-sanctions-on-gabon-following-successful-transition-process/ https://www.theinfostride.com/au-lifts-sanctions-on-gabon-following-successful-transition-process/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:00:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=409532 The African Union (AU) has lifted its suspension of Gabon, months after the Central African country was ousted from the continental bloc following a military coup in August 2023. Brice Oligui Nguema, the leader of the coup, had pledged a return to civilian rule after a two-year transitional period. He was recently elected president with [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/au-lifts-sanctions-on-gabon-following-successful-transition-process/feed/ 0 Obasanjo Congratulates Rwandan President Kagame on Re-Election https://www.theinfostride.com/obasanjo-congratulates-rwandan-president-kagame-on-re-election/ https://www.theinfostride.com/obasanjo-congratulates-rwandan-president-kagame-on-re-election/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:00:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=383828 Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the re-election of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda as an affirmation of the trust and confidence reposed in him by the Rwandan people. Obasanjo made this known in a congratulatory message released by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, to newsmen on Friday. In the letter, Obasanjo, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/obasanjo-congratulates-rwandan-president-kagame-on-re-election/feed/ 0 African Union to deliberate on endorsed AI strategy for digital transformation in Nigeria, others https://www.theinfostride.com/african-union-to-deliberate-on-endorsed-ai-strategy-for-digital-transformation-in-nigeria-others/ https://www.theinfostride.com/african-union-to-deliberate-on-endorsed-ai-strategy-for-digital-transformation-in-nigeria-others/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:48:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=383648 The African Union(AU) Executive session is set to be held in Ghana between July 18 and 19, 2024, for deliberation on the “Continental Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy” and “African Digital Compact”. The strategy was unanimously endorsed by the African ICT and Communications Ministers of the  AU, last month, among others. This was disclosed by the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/african-union-to-deliberate-on-endorsed-ai-strategy-for-digital-transformation-in-nigeria-others/feed/ 0 Africa Union to become permanent member of G-20 https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-union-to-become-permanent-member-of-g-20/ https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-union-to-become-permanent-member-of-g-20/#respond Sat, 09 Sep 2023 11:52:41 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=354337 The African Union (AU) is now a full voting member of the Group of Twenty (G-20). The declaration was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India on Saturday, as he opened a summit of the world’s wealthiest nations in New Delhi. In his inaugural remarks, India’s prime minister extended an invitation to Azali Assoumani, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-union-to-become-permanent-member-of-g-20/feed/ 0 African economies face prohibitively expensive bond market https://www.theinfostride.com/african-economies-face-prohibitively-expensive-bond-market/ https://www.theinfostride.com/african-economies-face-prohibitively-expensive-bond-market/#respond Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:52:39 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=329215 The perfect storm of inflationary pressures, aggressive monetary tightening from central banks, combined with a deepening of the Russia/Ukraine crisis, have made capital raising via traditional bond markets, particularly, expensive for African countries whose governments have been forced to find innovative ways to raise capital, Co-Head of Loan Syndication at Rand Merchant Bank, Miranda Abraham, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/african-economies-face-prohibitively-expensive-bond-market/feed/ 0 African Parliament Election Suspended After Second Day Of Disorder https://www.theinfostride.com/african-parliament-election-suspended-after-second-day-of-disorder/ https://www.theinfostride.com/african-parliament-election-suspended-after-second-day-of-disorder/#respond Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:00:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=296897 For the second day in a row in Midrand, Johannesburg, Leadership elections for the Pan-African Parliament once again saw lawmakers butt heads over the approach to choosing the presidency i.e. whether the presidency should be rotated by region. In light of the unproductive disagreements, the sitting was suspended, lights were turned off, and the members [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/african-parliament-election-suspended-after-second-day-of-disorder/feed/ 0 AU Should Set Standards For Appointing Election Umpires – GEJ https://www.theinfostride.com/au-should-set-standards-for-appointing-election-umpires-gej/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 19:53:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=234266 Ex President, Goodluck Jonathan recently begged African Union to set minimum acceptable standards for choosing the leader of electoral commissions in member-countries. He disclosed that this will help build Nigerians’ confidence in how leaders are chosen and how credible elections are. In his keynote address titled “The need for good governance and peaceful electioneering process [...]

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]]> Ekiti State Guber Race: Democracy Under Seige; Fayose’s Life in Danger https://www.theinfostride.com/ekiti-state-guber-race-democracy-under-seige-fayoses-life-in-danger/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:27:42 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=210781 We are obliged to draw the attention of all the citizens of Nigeria, African Union, United Nations and democracy lovers throughout the world to the charade going on in Ekiti State where the Federal Government and Inspector General of Police are making frantic efforts systematically at the life of Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose. [...]

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]]> Nigeria Army Sets to Deploy 230 Troops to Liberia Again https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-army-sets-to-deploy-230-troops-to-liberia-again/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 15:55:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=175984 Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai disclosed that the Nigerian Army is to deploy 230 personnel, including 19 officers and 211 soldiers to Liberia. Buratai charged the officers to shun acts that could tarnished Nigeria’s image. He gave the advice while speaking in Kaduna at the end of a a four-week intensive training on [...]

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]]> There Is No Going Back On Policies For Made-In Nigeria Programmes – Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/there-is-no-going-back-on-policies-for-made-in-nigeria-programmes-lai-mohammed/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 16:25:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=175681 Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has disclosed that the Federal Government will not be stampeded into abandoning plans to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to ensure the production in Nigeria of ‘Nigerian content or local content’ programmes. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Friday when he received a delegation from the [...]

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]]> Speech By Mr Issa Hayatou at the CAF 39th Ordinary General Assembly https://www.theinfostride.com/speech-by-mr-issa-hayatou-at-the-caf-39th-ordinary-general-assembly/ Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:03:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=159538 39TH ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY: SPEECH BY MR ISSA HAYATOU/ 39E ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE ORDINAIRE DE LA CAF: DISCOURS DE M. ISSA HAYATOU –      Your Excellency, the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia –      Your Excellency the President of the African Union Commission –      The President of FIFA –      Your Excellencies, Ambassadors accredited to the [...]

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]]> Africa Day Is A Moment Of Reflection https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-day-is-a-moment-of-reflection/ Wed, 25 May 2016 19:10:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=129900 Africa Day is celebrated annually on 25 May within the African continent to mark the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May 1963 and the African Union in 2002 and the progress made by the continent since then to advance democracy, peace, stability and socio-economic development. As Nigeria joins other African [...]

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]]> Toyin Saraki Represents Wife of Nigeria’s President at African Union Summit, Advocates for Increased Funding for Pneumonia Interventions https://www.theinfostride.com/toyin-saraki-represents-wife-of-nigerias-president-at-african-union-summit-advocates-for-increased-funding-for-pneumonia-interventions/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 22:12:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=119947 Representing H.E. Mrs. Aisha Buhari, Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the General Assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA), the Wife of Nigeria’s Senate President, and Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called for increased funding of, and accessibility [...]

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]]> United Nations Struck By New Sex Abuse Allegations In Central African Republic https://www.theinfostride.com/united-nations-struck-by-new-sex-abuse-allegations-in-central-african-republic/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 09:14:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=117320 The United Nations (UN) has launched a fact finding mission into new allegations that its peacekeepers sexually abused four underage girls in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). The UN mission in CAR, known as MINUSCA, said in a statement on Tuesday that it was “investigating fresh allegations concerning both sexual exploitation [...]

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]]> Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza Threatens To Fight AU Peacekeepers https://www.theinfostride.com/burundis-president-pierre-nkurunziza-threatens-to-fight-au-peacekeepers/ Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:55:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116369 The President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, has threatened to fight African Union (AU) peacekeepers if they were deployed in the country to halt violence that has claimed hundreds of lives. Earlier this month, the AU said it was ready to send a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to protect civilians caught up in months of unrest, triggered [...]

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]]> Deadly Bomb Attack Targets Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu https://www.theinfostride.com/deadly-bomb-attack-targets-somalias-capital-mogadishu/ Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:09:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=113967 Somali police said several people have been killed after armed men detonated a car bomb and opened fire on a busy road in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Reuters news agency said that at least three people were killed and eight others were wounded in Saturday’s attack, with the toll likely to rise. The explosion occurred on [...]

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]]> Burundi To Prevent Foreign Troops From Entering Its Borders https://www.theinfostride.com/burundi-to-prevent-foreign-troops-from-entering-its-borders/ Sat, 19 Dec 2015 16:20:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=113931 The government of Burundi has reacted angrily to the African Union’s decision to deploy a 5,000 strong peacekeeping force to curb ongoing violence in the troubled country, saying it will prevent foreign troops from entering its borders. The African Union’s Peace and Security Council agreed on Friday night to deploy an African Prevention and Protection Mission [...]

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]]> US Citizen flees Al-Shabab after ISIL Allegiance Row https://www.theinfostride.com/us-citizen-flees-al-shabab-after-isil-allegiance-row/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 23:24:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=111046 A middle-aged American citizen who had been fighting for al-Shabab in Somalia has fled the group after angering its leadership with a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Abdul Malik Jones surrendered himself to an African Union military base in Barawe in southern Somalia on Monday morning, senior [...]

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]]> President Buhari’s Foreign Trips, pretty gratituitious to Nigeria – Garba Shehu https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buharis-foreign-trips-pretty-gratituitious-to-nigeria-garba-shehu/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:43:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109961 I have been amused by the number of jokes concerning the frequency of President Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign trips. Questions have been raised about why so many visits and what are we benefiting as Nigeria? I will make it clear from the beginning that the critic is entitled to his and her own opinion and nothing [...]

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]]> President Buhari challenges African Public Broadcasters to develop Rich Content https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-challenges-african-public-broadcasters-to-develop-rich-content/ Fri, 27 Nov 2015 23:03:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109276 President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) has challenged public broadcasters in Africa to pay attention to the creation of content, in order to take their rightful place and be catalysts for growth. While declaring open the 9th African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) General Assembly in Abuja on Thursday, 26th of November 2015, the President, who was represented [...]

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]]> Soldiers Visit Okuta To Confirm Alleged Annexation Of Nigerian Villages By Benin Republic https://www.theinfostride.com/soldiers-visit-okuta-to-confirm-alleged-annexation-of-nigerian-villages-by-benin-republic/ Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:05:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108066 Fully armed soldiers, yesterday afternoon, visited Okuta in Baruten Local Council of Kwara State to confirm alleged annexation of 16 villages in the area by the neighbouring Benin Republic. The soldiers, who arrived Okuta at about 3:00pm had a brief meeting with the Emir of Okuta and his traditional chiefs and went to visit the [...]

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]]> OBJ Visits President Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/obj-visits-president-buhari/ Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:27:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106806 Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (OBJ), today, met President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) yesterday in Abuja, behind closed doors. Although neither Buhari nor Obasanjo spoke to the media at the end of the meeting, it is believed that the former president was at the presidential villa to discuss recent assignments. He has been President Buhari’s special envoy [...]

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]]> UN Envoy Advises President Buhari To Create ‘Smart Missions’ Rather Than Reduce Foreign Missions https://www.theinfostride.com/un-envoy-advises-president-buhari-to-create-smart-missions-rather-than-reduce-foreign-missions/ Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:54:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=104342 The United Nations (UN) Joint Special Representative for Darfur Hybrid Operation Ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) not to reduce the number of Nigeria’s foreign missions. Uhomoibhi, who heads the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, said reducing the number of missions would have negative effect on Nigeria’s foreign policies [...]

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]]> Military Coup: African Union suspends Burkina Faso, to sanctions Coup Leaders https://www.theinfostride.com/military-coup-african-union-suspends-burkina-faso-to-sanctions-coup-leaders/ Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:22:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=99947 The African Union (AU) says it has suspended Burkina Faso and set to impose sanctions on coup leaders if they do not release the country’s senior officials and restore the interim government. The AU statement, issued on Friday, followed a meeting of the Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Soldiers from the elite presidential guard [...]

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]]> #Africa > Al-Shabab Group takes control of two Somali Towns https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-al-shabab-takes-control-of-two-somali-towns/ Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:33:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/africa-al-shabab-takes-control-of-two-somali-towns/ The al-Shabab group has taken control of two towns in two days in southwestern Somalia, an official and the group have confirmed, just days after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area. A spokesperson for al-Shabab told Reuters that the group had seized two small towns in the Lower Shabelle region; [...]

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]]> Al-Shabab claims ‘scores’ killed in attack on AU troops https://www.theinfostride.com/al-shabab-claims-scores-killed-in-attack-on-au-troops/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 04:55:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/al-shabab-claims-scores-killed-in-attack-on-au-troops/ Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have killed “scores” of African Union troops in an attack south of capital, Mogadishu, a spokesman for the armed group told Al Jazeera. The attack in Janaale, in the country’s Lower Shabelle province, early on Tuesday was confirmed by residents, but an exact casualty figure was not immediately available. The assault [...]

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]]> African Leaders Need To ‘Leapfrog The Shackles Of Convention’ Say Experts https://www.theinfostride.com/african-leaders-need-to-leapfrog-the-shackles-of-convention-say-experts/ Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:00:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=81050 International experts will call for African leaders to “leapfrog the shackles of convention” at a major education conference next month, in order to ensure that African economic growth is sustained by adequately trained young people. The programme for this year’s eLearning Africa, which is being co-organised by the African Union and co-hosted by the Government [...]

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]]> Progress report of the African Union High-Level Panel for Egypt https://www.theinfostride.com/progress-report-of-the-african-union-high-level-panel-for-egypt/ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:35:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/progress-report-of-the-african-union-high-level-panel-for-egypt/ ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 30, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — I. INTRODUCTION The African Union (AU) has, over the past three years, given sustained attention to the situation in Egypt. While significant progress was made following the 25 January 2011 Revolution, notably with the election, in June 2012, of the President of the Republic, Egypt [...]

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]]> D’banj and Obasanjo In Ethiopia For AU Summit 2014 https://www.theinfostride.com/dbanj-obasanjo-in-ethiopia-for-au-summit-2014/ Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:42:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=15178 Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and star singer D’banj just arrived Addis Ababa for the annual African Union, AU Summit that is scheduled to hold this week. . AU summit will begin on the January 30th, 2014. Obasanjo and Dbanj arrived early for the event. . Baba Iyabo na fine man oooo. Check out his [...]

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]]> Cobhams, D’banj Picked As Ambassadors For ONE Agriculture Campaign https://www.theinfostride.com/cobhams-dbanj-picked-as-ambassadors-for-one-agriculture-campaign/ https://www.theinfostride.com/cobhams-dbanj-picked-as-ambassadors-for-one-agriculture-campaign/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=14634 African Union has declared 2014 the year of Agriculture and D’banj & music producer Cobhams Asuquo have been picked as ambassadors by ONE organization to champion the movement in Africa. Congrats to them.

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/cobhams-dbanj-picked-as-ambassadors-for-one-agriculture-campaign/feed/ 1 African Union troops fire on protesters in C. Africa capital, one dead https://www.theinfostride.com/african-union-troops-fire-on-protesters-in-c-africa-capital-one-dead/ Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:26:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6171 African Union troops early on Monday fired on demonstrators protesting against the president of the strife-torn Central African Republic, killing at least one person, according to AFP reporters on the scene. Several hundred Christian demonstrators crowded…

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