Topic: Jean Ping
The ongoing 18th Summit of the African Union (AU) seeks to consider, as its main theme, the issues of regional trade and ways of enhancing regional...
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A much-delayed African Union summit held to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and drought in the Horn of Africa held Thursday raised $351 million officials said, but activists questioned the figure.Out of the $351 million announced ...
African leaders on Thursday called for an end to NATO airstrikes on Libya to pave the way for a political solution to the conflict.The leaders made the call after a summit dedicated to Libya held at the African Union headquarters here ...
African Union Commission chief Jean Ping held talks in Abidjan Saturday with strongman Laurent Gbagbo and rival Alassane Ouattara in a bid to end their three-month stand-off.Ping delivered a message from the five African heads of state tasked by the African ...
African Union chief Jean Ping has appointed former Ghanaian leader Jerry Rawlings as his special envoy to Somalia, the AU said on Saturday.The body said Ping had been asked by African leaders to appoint a "high-level personality" who could garner support ...
AU head: Guinea and Djibouti ready to send peacekeeping troops to SomaliaThe head of the African Union says two more countries will send troops to join a peacekeeping force protecting the embattled Somali government against Islamist insurgents.Jean Ping says that Djibouti ...
African Union (AU) chief Jean Ping voiced concern Tuesday about south Sudan voting for independence in a referendum due in January, saying it would be a "major problem" for other African nations."From the outset we've argued in favour one of ...
International mediators called Wednesday for elections in Madagascar to end a prolonged political crisis.The International Contact Group for Madagascar said resolving the Indian Ocean island's turmoil was by a " "The panel also said in a statement it backed an initiative ...
The leaders of Madagascar's four main political groupings kicked off a fresh round of internationally-sponsored talks aimed at finding a way out of the Indian Ocean island's months-old crisis.They were spurred on by African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping ...
The International Contact Group for Madagascar resumed talks on Tuesday to push for the implementation of agreements to end the island nation's political crisis.Madagascar's four main political groups signed a deal in August in the Mozambican capital Maputo to ...