For Immediate Release: The Leadership and Secretariat of the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) join the rest of the continent to commemorate the 2023 PAP Day celebration to mark 19 years of the establishment of the Pan-African Parliament as the first legislative body of the African Union. The commemorative event is marked every 17th March […]
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The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shura Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this month. Speaking during a courtesy call by the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to South Africa, His Excellence Ambassador Sultan Al Angari, the President of the PAP H.E. Chief Fortune Charumbira emphasized the […]
While offering her keynote address to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) on behalf of the President of South Africa, H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the official opening ceremony of Permanent Committees of the sixth Parliament of PAP in Midrand, South Africa (SA), Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Candice Mashego-Dlamini commended the African legislators for […]
PNAfrica Supports Six PMO Networks with $60, 000 Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) has issued sub-grants to networks of parliamentary monitoring organisations (PMOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) in six countries in West Africa. The subgrant follows the completion of the first phase of the Open Parliament Engagements and networking in West Africa (OPEN West Africa) […]
For the first time, Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) partnered the BussolaTech, a global organization that works in the promotion of institutional modernization and digital transformation in the legislative ecosystem, to organize the LegisTech Forum for Commonwealth Parliaments. The “LegisTech: Commonwealth” conference was held virtually, between January 23rd and 24th, and was divided between Case presentations […]
Former ECOWAS A-G calls for collaboration of Sub-regional Central Bank Former Auditor-General of ECOWAS Institutions, Dr Alfred Braimah has urged Central Bank of all member States to collaborate towards the efficient functioning of the ECOWAS Payment and Settlement System (EPSS) in the region. Dr Braimah made this known at his paper presentation, titled “The missing […]
Speaker of Community Parliament urges member states to institute measures to grow economy Speaker of the Community Parliament, Dr Sidie Mohamed Tunis has tasked member States to carry out policies that will kick start economic growth of the sub-region in order to reduce the economy dependency on the foreign countries. Dr Tunis made this known […]
ECOWAS Parliament in readiness ahead of Nigeria’s general election –Senator SnoweJr. Ahead of Nigeria’s general elections; Presidential and Parliamentary of February 25, 2023 the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament is ready to observe the election as preparation are far advanced. According to the Chairman of the Political Affairs, Peace, Security and African […]
Vlavonou re-elected Leader of the 9th Parliament of Benin Members of the 9th Legislature, on February 12, 2023, re-elected the immediate past Speaker of the 8th parliament Louis Gbehounou VLAVONOU as their leader. His re-election came following long hours of break after the installation of 109 parliamentarians through a secret vote held publicly in […]