African Union
African payments system PAPSS plans to launch FX market platform this year
A pan-African payments infrastructure provider designed to facilitate trade on the continent is piloting an African currency market platform to...
Read moreDetailsDjibouti’s foreign minister elected to top African Union post
African leaders chose Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to chair the African Union commission on Saturday at a summit...
Read moreDetailsAfrican leaders to push for slavery reparations despite resistance
African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can...
Read moreDetailsGerman project reinvents 1884 Berlin Conference to mull legacy of colonialism
Activists, artists and academics brought together by German cultural project Dekoloniale gathered in Berlin on Friday, 140 years after European...
Read moreDetailsKenya’s Raila Odinga launches candidature for AU’s top job
Veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga has stood for president five times and failed to win. Now, the 79-year-old opposition leader...
Read moreDetailsEU pledges to support African Continental Free Trade Area
The European Union (EU) has pledged €1.1 billion as part of the Team Europe initiative to support the African Continental...
Read moreDetailsPermanent seats for African countries: just one of many reforms that are required at UN Security Council
Recently, the US ambassador to the United Nations announced America’s support for the creation of two new permanent UN security council seats...
Read moreDetailsRussia says supports Africa’s Security Council seat bid
Russia will back Africa's bid for a United Nations security Council seat. Speaking to Russian media on the eve of...
Read moreDetailsCAF president Motsepe says too many games ‘not good for football’
Top-level footballers playing too many games will have a damaging effect on the sport in future, the Confederation of African...
Read moreDetailsUS supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa
The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be...
Read moreDetailsTrending
