Tag: AU
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AU suspends Niger until restoration of constitutional order
The African Union (AU) Commission has on Tuesday suspended Niger from the pan-African bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country following the latest military coup. The decision to suspend Niger from AU membership was
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Nigeria has paid AU 2023 financial obligations
Nigeria has fulfilled its financial obligations to the African Union (AU) by making full payment of its assessed contributions for the year 2023. The confirmation was made on Saturday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign
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African peacemakers: Rescuing Europeans from mutual slaughter – By Owei Lakemfa
Seven African leaders stunned the world on June 16 and 17, 2023 when they went on a peace mission to warring Ukraine and Russia.
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President Buhari travels to Niger Republic for AU Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari will embark on an official trip to Niamey, the Republic of Niger to attend the African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification.
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Tenure elongation disincentive to growth of democracy – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says the desire of some leaders to remain in power, after completion of their constitutional terms in office, easily results in violence, loss of lives and displacements across the continent.
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Africa’s choice of spoon when dining with the European Union – By Owei Lakemfa
Twenty seven European countries under their European Union, EU invited @ five African countries under the African Union, AU to a two-day feast to showcase their legendary ‘partnership’ which is the oldest in contemporary history.
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Where’s the Coup next? – By Azu Ishiekwene
Barely a month after this audacious proclamation, Murtala was brutally assassinated in a bloody coup on the streets of Lagos on February 13, 1976. Not a few, including yours sincerely, were convinced that Dimka’s aimless coup was a western conspiracy to get another revolutionary African leader out of the way.
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Moussa Faki as a fifth columnist in the AU – By Owei Lakemfa
The agenda of the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union, AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa was long. It included a new epidemic of coups, a resurgent Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, food insecurity and the plethora of wars ravaging the continent.
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Pope Francis appoints Nigerian Archbishop as Vatican’s Permanent Observer at UN, WTO, IOM
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu
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BREAKING: AU suspends Sudan
The African Union said on Wednesday it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power.