As heads of state gather in Kampala this week for the African Union summit my mind wandered back to 1975 when heads of state also gathered in Kampala for the OAU (Organisation of African Unity as it was then known) Summit. This was by any measure a remarkable meeting, not least for the presence [...]
The ECOWAS council of ministers has adopted the West African Common Industrial Policy (WACIP), its action plan and supplementary acts and called on the Commission to take all necessary steps to ensure their speedy implementation.
WACIP, in particular, seeks to diversify and broaden the region’s industrial production base by progressively raising the local content of such [...]
Two Ugandan soldiers serving in the African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) died in fighting with rebels for control of north Mogadishu last week, an AMISOM spokesman said Saturday 5th June.
At least 11 people died when the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels and government forces shelled each other’s positions in the north of the [...]
At the commemoration of the World Environment Day on 2nd June at union headquarters in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, commissioner for rural economy and agriculture, Rhoda Peace Tumusiime spoke about how Africa is responding to the challenges of climate change.
She spoke about the substantial progress that has been made since the launching of the report of [...]
EAC:
Rwanda and Burundi have joined the East African community customs union, which should lead to lower prices, as goods from fellow members are now duty free.
The union is intended to boost economic cooperation between the newcomers and the EAC’s other members – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
It is also seen as another step towards a possible [...]
SADC:
Delegates at the 10th regional seminar of ACP-EU economic and social interest groups organised by the European economic and social committee (EESC) in Gaborone, Botswana, on June 28-30 debated the EPA negotiations with the SADC region. The seminar also debated the impact of the financial and economic crisis on Africa, food security and the [...]
AU:
Rights advocacy group amnesty international (AI) has decried the decision of the African Union not to cooperate with the international criminal court over the warrant of arrest issued for Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir.
Erwin van der Borght, AI Africa director said: ‘This decision by the African Union member states shows a disdain for those in Darfur [...]
