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• Clinton Seeks Help Taking On Gadhafi -- U.S. Leaders to Sever Ties with Libyan Leader Despite Past Friendships

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed some of the world's last remaining friends of Moammar Gadhafi to abandon Libya's strongman and join the growing international demand for him to cede power. Culminating a volcano-shortened trip to the Gulf and three African nations, Clinton told diplomats at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital that they needed to recognize that Gadhafi forfeited his legitimacy to rule by attacking his own citizens, adding that their solidarity with the Libyan people could make the difference for a peaceful future.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• June 14, 2011

• Governmental Organizations in Africa Headquarters

Country's Effort toward Supporting the African Continent MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - - The government of Equatorial Guinea has signed an agreement to host the headquarters of the Confederation of National Non- Governmental Organizations in Africa as part of its growing leadership role on the African continent. President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo also officially offered to host the headquarters of the African Union voluntary Youth Corps in a speech at the recent African Union Summit held in Malabo June 23 - July 1, 2011.

• U.S. Newswire
• August 22, 2011

• Clinton Presses Africa to Sever Ties with Gadhafi

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed some of the world's last remaining friends of Moammar Gadhafi to abandon Libya's strongman and join the growing international demand for him to cede power. She told African nations that their solidarity with the Libyan people could make the difference for a peaceful future. Culminating a volcano-shortened trip to the Gulf and three African nations, Clinton told diplomats at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital that they needed to recognize that Gadhafi forfeited his legitimacy to rule by attacking his own citizens.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• June 14, 2011

• Headquarters

Proposal is part of AU chairman's push for Africa to provide the resources, talent, and commitment to resolve its problems. MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, July 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - - Equatorial Guinea's President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, made a push yesterday for his country to host the of the African Union (AU) Youth Corps, an institution the AU agreed to establish a year ago at its summit meeting in Abuja, Nigeria.

• U.S. Newswire
• July 01, 2011

• Shaping the African Standby Force: Developments, Challenges, and Prospects

In January 2004, African ministers of defense and security, meeting at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, adopted the "Draft Framework for a Common African Defence and Security Policy." Neethling details how the ministers reviewed the progress made in developing an African standby peacekeeping force and an early warning system to detect and prevent potential conflicts and to ensure rapid humanitarian relief during disasters. In July 2004, the AU Assembly (of heads of state or government), meeting in Addis Ababa, formally adopted the defense and security policy as Africa's "blueprint" in the search for peace, security, and stability on the continent.

• Military Review
• Vol. 85 Nbr. 3, May 2005

• United States of Africa Project Moves Forward: ; African Union Plan has Been Championed by Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi

JOHANNESBURG - As Libya's leader struggles to keep his grip on power, one of his pet projects appears to be moving ahead at the African Union, which took initial steps Tuesday toward creating his grand plan: the United States of Africa. AU officials met Monday and Tuesday at the organization's Ethiopia headquarters to discuss the formation of the African Union Authority, an institution that would replace the existing AU Commission with the aim of eventually bringing Africa's countries under a single unity government.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• March 16, 2011

• President Obiang Establishes Headquarters of African Center for Science, Technology and Innovation in Equatorial Guinea

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) signed an agreement with the Chairman of the Commission of the African Union, Jean Ping, to establish the headquarters of the first African Center for Science, Technology and Innovation in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. According to President Obiang, this center will enable the African continent to find solutions to its many problems. We need to end the injustice, such as that concerning the [UNESCO] prize, because many Africans are dying of AIDS and children are dying from malaria," said President Obiang during the signing ceremony. "We want to find ways to solve the problems affecting the continent, but we are noticing that some organizations ...

• U.S. Newswire
• July 07, 2010

• Spokesperson for the Secretary General Michele Montas Holds Office of the Spokesman for the U.N. Secretary General Regular News Briefing

...On Sudan, the UN and African Union Special Envoys for Darfur, Jan Eliasson and ... experts at the African Union headquarters to increase planning and implementation capacity f...

• Political Transcript Wire
• August 25, 2009

• Summit

African Union Village, Sipopo Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

... Guinea proposes the creation of a headquarters for the institution. As the city in which this sub...

• U.S. Newswire
• July 01, 2011

• Systemic disconnects: why regional organizations fail to use early warning and response mechanisms.

... and subregional organizations--the African Union, the Economic Community of West African Stat... ("the Situation Room") at the AU headquarters, which is responsible for data collection and anal...

• Global Governance
• Vol. 16 Nbr. 4, October 2010