The President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), H. E. Chief Fortune Zephaniah Charumbira, has called on the President-Elect of the Republic of Kenya, H. E. William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto, to keep the country together in peace and harmony even after a protracted election dispute as promised. He assured him of the full support […]
Members of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) team, joined other members of the Citizens’ Coalition to picket at the office of the Auditor General. PNAfrica is part of a number of civil society organizations and individuals who have come together to form a non-partisan coalition/movement which seeks to make use of the democratic processes of […]
This September, 85 young men and women selected from all walks of Benin will take over the law-making house to deliberate on issues of great concerns to the country. These youth will be looking into issues from gender, conditions of women, youth, economy and security, Master Abdou Fard Badarou Vice-president of the Youth Parliament, Benin […]
The President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), H. E. Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira, has challenged the media in Africa to be alive to its duties and to become partners in the transformation of the continent. He urged them to move beyond reporting on issues of what is wrong with the continent and to begin […]
Democracies and democratic institutions in Africa are confronted with various challenges, including the opacity of many of these institutions and the resultant decline in public trust in these bodies. National and Regional legislatures on the Continent, including the Pan-African Parliament – which are supposed to be the ‘Houses of the African People’ – do not […]
A delegation of the leadership and secretariat of the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN), has paid a working visit to the APPN Caucus in the mountain Kingdom of Lesotho in the Southern African region. The delegation is made up of Mr. Clement Akoloh, a member of the Steering Committee (SC) of the APPN Continental […]
The Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) has urged the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to consider setting up a benchmark for Parliamentary Openness as a model framework to be adopted by African Parliaments towards an Open Parliament Agenda. This was one of the three recommendations made by the Executive Director of PNAfrica, Sammy Obeng, when he presented a […]
