WTO: European Parliament Backs Okonjo-Iweala       The European Parliament (EP) has endorsed Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The parliament said it screened the two remaining candidates in the WTO DG race, Okonjo-Iweala and Ms. Yoo...

AfCFTA: AU,AfDB Sign $4.8m Grant The African Development Bank Group has signed a $4.8m institutional support grant to the African Union for implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. The grant, approved by the Group’s Board of Directors in April, forms part of a...

ARC and UN Partner to Increase Insurance Coverage in Africa The African Risk Capacity (ARC), an agency of the African Union, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has announced a new synergy which will see the two organisations work together to increase...

AU Inaugurates Single African air transport market The African Union (AU) has just inaugurated the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) in the framework of the ongoing 30th AU summit in Ethiopia’s Capital Addis Ababa. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, who is the current chair of...

The African Union (AU) has been commended for adopting the Great Green Wall (GGW) programme. The commendation was made by Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, senate Committee chairman, Ecology and climate change during the committee's visit to the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW). The...

Nigeria and other member-states of the African Union have signed an African Charter on Maritime Security, Safety and Development in Lome, Togo where Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says without securing the Seas and Oceans, the continental 'blue economy,' would be jeopardised. After signing for Nigeria,...