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Michael Tome Business Reporter AFRICAN Risk Capacity(ARC) Limited intends to invest US$100 million towards agriculture insurance in Zimbabwe, as it broadens its African footprint and interventions to improve the strategically key sector’s resilience in the face of climate change. ARC is a specialised agency of the African Union (AU) established to help African Governments to […]

The European Union (EU) has come under fire for trying to discredit the widely hailed July 30 harmonised elections in its final report released on Wednesday.

The European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) on Wednesday in the Executive Summary of its election report on the Zimbabwe polls did not veer off the trodden path. We would have been surprised if it had behaved otherwise.

President Mnangagwa yesterday met visiting African Union Commission chairperson Mr Moussa Faki and apprised him of measures being taken by Government to ensure free and fair elections.

Happiness Zengeni in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia— The European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) have both pledged unwavering support to President Mnangagwa’s Government in its efforts to reintegrate Zimbabwe into the international community and reforms to place the economy on a growth trajectory. AU chairperson Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat will visit Zimbabwe soon to assess […]

From Paidamoyo Chipunza in Victoria Falls President Mugabe has said African governments need to collaborate in finding solutions to the continent’s common and emerging health challenges, as only a few countries are managing to invest the recommended 15 percent of their national budgets towards the health sector.

Liesl Louw-Vaudran Correspondent But objections to how the reforms have been agreed on could stall the process.

Chigumbu Warikandwa Correspondent The first quarter of 2017 saw President Mugabe, former chair of the African Union, meeting his length of the bargain following his 300 strong head of cattle donation to the continental body.

PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday handed over a $1 million cheque to the African Union Foundation to fulfil the pledge he made when he chaired the continental organisation whose budget is largely donor-driven.

Correspondent While the situations in South Sudan, Somalia and the Lake Chad Basin dominate the agenda of the African Union (AU), other crises seem to have been forgotten by the AU. In fact, no one seems willing to label them as such.

Nduduzo Tshuma in ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia President Mugabe yesterday presented a $1 million cheque in proceeds from the 2015 cattle donation he pledged towards capacitation of the African Union Foundation as he pressed the call for the AU to be self-financing. The President made the donation during the official opening of the 29th Ordinary Session […]

Nduduzo Tshuma in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia President Mugabe’s pledge of cattle to the African Union Foundation expanded from 300 to thousands following overwhelming support from local farmers, Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi told journalists here yesterday.

Correspondent The African Union and its partners are a vital part in combating the continent’s crises.

KAMPALA. – African leaders will next month gather at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Ethiopia to adopt proposals that the continent gets two permanent seats at the UN Security Council.

Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Africa has been called upon to develop new and innovative approaches to fund activities of the African Union (AU) to ensure its independence and effectiveness.