Leaders map out African Union overhaul
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Leaders of the African Union began mapping out plans to forge a closer federation of states at a summit in Ghana Sunday, acknowledging the continent&#39;s current system of governance had to improve.
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President Thabo Mbeki will today join several African leaders in Nairobi, Kenya to witness the final signing of a peace accord between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People&#39;s Liberation Movement.
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The African Union on Wednesday agreed to beef up its peacekeeping force in Sudan's western Darfur region and send hundreds of civilian police officers in an effort to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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ACCRA, Ghana -- African leaders argued fiercely yesterday over whether to rapidly create a single state stretching from the Cape to Cairo, and one small group threatened to break away and forge ahead with the project.
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With the United Nations headquarters scheduled for renovations, governments make plans of their own.
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The African Union chairman headed to  Kenya on Tuesday to help end turmoil that has killed almost 500  people, but hopes of a swift breakthrough seemed to falter.
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A new energy organisation for Africa tasked with coordinating policy for the resource-rich continent was set to be launched Sunday at a meeting of African Union energy ministers, organisers said.
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Elections in the next few weeks  will bring new faces and new hope to a clutch of African  countries, but many of the poor, war-damaged continent's  nascent democracies face major hurdles in the coming year.
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Major splits emerged on Monday at a summit of African leaders over how to forge a closer union, with some heads of state urging their peers not to move too fast and focus more on regional integration.
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African leaders were struggling Tuesday to nail down an agreement on a roadmap for a closer union at the end of a summit which exposed deep rifts over how fast they should move towards integration.
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ADDIS ABABA : British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to outline his personal vision for the future of Africa at a meeting of the organisation he set up to spur development efforts in the region.
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African Union leaders condemned the latest unrest in Chad and Kenya Saturday at the close of a summit overshadowed by new crises on the continent and which saw little headway achieved on older ones.
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Kenya's feuding president and opposition leader have agreed to work with a panel of African personalities to seek resolution to a dispute over the December 27 election, the head of the African Union said on Thursday.
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An African Union summit devoted to integration ended on Tuesday without agreement on a firm timetable on the establishment of a government for the continent after deep division emerged among leaders.
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An African summit went on into the night on Tuesday as the leaders struggled to forge a consensus and avoid a public split over moves to unite the continent under one federal government.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair moved from the crisis in Sudan to addressing the roots of conflict and poverty Africa
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Leaders of the African Union begin a three-day summit here Sunday focused on plans to forge a confederation of states that can help the world&#39;s poorest continent exercise greater clout on the world stage.