The current initiative follows an effort earlier this month by Kenya's Ambassador to the United Nations for the UN Security Council to terminate the cases against Kenyan President Kenyatta and Vice-President Ruto.

Thirty African leaders have pledged to commit at least 10% of their budget to raise agricultural productivity under the AU’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.

Riot police arrested five human rights activists yesterday for protesting against the closure of the Daily Monitor, the Kampala-based newspaper that first published the story earlier in May.

Several people have reportedly been killed and hundreds arrested since a state of emergency was declared in the northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe on 14 May.

In his remarks during the event which was under the theme; Pan‐Africanism and African Renaissance, the President of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the event was an opportunity for Somalia to be at the centre of fifty years of African Renaissance and provides an opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved since the formation of the OAU.

A round up news,compiled by Newsfromafrica's Staff Writers.

According to Jeanine Cooper, Chairperson of the UN Liaison Team with the African Union in Addis Ababa, African women in government, private corporations, civil society and inter-governmental institutions are the new partnership for action.

Africa has played a large role in Ericsson reaching these impressive growth records, with the phenomenal ICT explosion we are seeing across the continent, the company manages networks that serve more than 50 million subscribers and over the past 3 years has produced 3 of the largest deals covering 24 countries.

This ground breaking event will be the first of its kind to bring together key policy makers from the Government of Somalia and Somaliland, top decision makers from international and regional development organizations, and participants from public and private sector.

The Global Hack for Good will galvanize the talent and skill of the developer community toward a solution for separated families.

The wide-ranging discussion, hosted by the Center for Global Health and Diplomacy, covered issues including universal health coverage, the role of partnerships and civil society, accountability for delivering results, women and childrens’ health and human rights.

The initiative forms the seventh ‘pillar’ of the MDG Health Alliance’s strategy and will be spearheaded by Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) with support from GBCHealth and the Stop TB Partnership.

According to the report, which profiles the top 5 telecom operations management market share vendors, Ericsson ranked first worldwide for OSS (Operations Support Systems), BSS (Business Support Systems) and Next-Generation Service Delivery and Provisioning solutions and services.

Over 800 delegates are expected to attend this international investment Forum for Africa’s power industry.