The complaint was filed by IPOB through its lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor. The Nigerian government has been dragged before the African Union (AU) by the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) over the arrest of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group filed a complaint before the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR), a judicial body … Read more
Colonel Assimi Goita, who led the coup, was appointed transitional president by the country’s constitutional court four days ago. Mali has been suspended from the African Union following last week’s military coup – for the second time in nine months. The first was last August following a military coup – but the country was reinstated … Read more
The President had earlier congratulate the New Chairman of the African Union, President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a comprehensive reform of the structures and operations of the African Union, to make it more functional in meeting targets, warning that the organization would become stale, except it becomes more result-oriented. In an intervention at the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari attended the 34th ordinary session of the union virtually from the State House, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has attended the ordinary session of the African Union (AU), pledging support for the new Chairman, Felix Tshisekedi. Tshisekedi, who is the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, replaces South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa. This … Read more
Donald Trump was the first president since Ronald Reagan not to visit Africa during his tenure Trump notoriously was quoted as using an expletive to describe African nations United States President, Joe Biden on Friday promised a robust partnership with Africa and said he hoped to attend the next African Union summit, an about-face in … Read more
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the major challenge Africa faces is the threat of terrorist activities and other crimes. He said the continent must achieve a new trajectory of peace, security and stability. Buhari made the call at the 14th extra-ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) on ‘Silencing the Gun’, … Read more
The Nigerian government has fired back at the African Union over its rejection of the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to contest for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Recall AU’s office of legal counsel had rejected the former Minister’s nomination of grounds of coming after the November 30 deadline set by … Read more
The Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has finally accepted to spend a sum of $1billion to fight terrorism and also various other safety obstacles in the sub-region and the Sahel. President Muhammadu Buhari made this recognized throughout a top-level meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council on the … Read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the commission’s members requesting them: “to urgently submit a case on the escalating xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African citizens in South Africa to the African Court on … Read more
An estimated 91 million people fall ill each year in Africa due to the consumption of unsafe food, said Thomas Kwesi Quartey, the deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission. Quartey revealed this while speaking at a commemoration of the World Food Safety Day, on Friday, at the African Union headquarters. It is observed for … Read more