A group of international lawyers, researchers and activists today filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and People's Rights seeking the revocation of Israel's observer status at...

Last week marked 22 years since the African Union (AU) replaced the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) which was created in 1963 with only 32 members. The other 22...

Algeria's announcement that it is hosting a ministerial meeting in the presence of the foreign ministers of Libya's neighbouring countries at the end of the month has raised some...

The decision by the African Union Commission last month to grant Israel observer status membership in the AU was the culmination of years of relentless Israeli efforts aimed at...

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry yesterday welcomed a recent announcement by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) opposing the unilateral decision of the African Union to grant Israel observer status....

The Algerian Foreign Ministry accused Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita of wanting to drag his "new Middle Eastern ally into a dangerous adventure directed against Algeria." It was...

Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairman of the Commission of the African Union (AU), quietly and unceremoniously granted Israel observer status within the organisation on 22 July. The move surprised...

In the midst of a full-blown controversy sparked by a decision to allow Israel "observer status" at the African Union, it is crucial to note that the Zionist colonial...

Insistence on granting Israel observer status at the African Union (AU) could lead to its division, the Algerian Foreign Minister, Ramtane Lamamra, warned yesterday. On Tuesday, seven Arabic-speaking member...

Popular Conference of Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) yesterday condemned the African Union's decision to grant Israel observer status, calling for the decision to be rescinded, Quds Press reported. In a press release,...

Seven Arabic speaking countries told the African Union (AU) yesterday that they reject granting Israel observer status in the bloc, Anadolu reported. Israeli Ambassador to Addis Ababa Aleli Admasu presented credentials...

Israel's return to the African Union (AU) as an observer state has sparked a huge backlash in the continent with as many as 14 countries said to be ready...

The plans to sneak Israel quietly into the African Union as an observer state appear to have backfired spectacularly. Israeli celebrations may be premature as Algeria, one of Palestine's...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Sunday praised the Algerian stance on supporting the Palestinian issue and rejecting normalisation of ties with Israel, a statement announced. "We also...

Algeria has taken vigorous steps with several African countries to revoke Israel's observer status at the African Union (AU), local media reported on Sunday. Local El-Waq3 quoted official sources...

South Africa's government on Wednesday announced that it was "appalled" by the African Union (AU) Commission's decision last week to grant Israel observer status at the African bloc. "Israel...

Hamas has condemned the African Union (AU)'s decision to grant Israel observer status, calling the move "shocking and reprehensible." In a statement released on Saturday, Hamas criticised the decision...

Algerian Foreign Ministry has said that accepting Israel as an observer state of the African Union will not affect the organisation's support for Palestine. In a statement, the ministry...

After nearly two decades of trying, Israel has finally been granted observer status at the African Union, the Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday. The colonial state was a member of...

This came during Hamdok's meeting with the President of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, in the capital, Abidjan, on the sidelines of the meetings of the International Development Agency...

An Egyptian official revealed that his country was not waiting for the UN Security Council to find solutions to the Renaissance Dam crisis, stressing that the international body did...

"Failure" or "stumble" are the two words most frequently associated with the Renaissance Dam when you Google the issue. The failure of negotiations and stalled round of talks between...

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that the United Nations (UN) Security Council's support for African mediation in resolving the Renaissance Dam crisis backs the tripartite negotiations that...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said during a UN Security Council session yesterday that the efforts led by the African Union (AU) to resolve the crisis surrounding the Grand Ethiopian...

A United Nations committee, on Friday, called on African countries to exchange experiences to strengthen the response to irregular migration and good management of migration policies. This came in...

Sudan has asked the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency session to discuss the dispute over Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, the official Sudanese News Agency (SNA) reported. Foreign Minister, Mariam...

Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed readiness to support mediation efforts in the stalled Renaissance Dam negotiations. This came during a meeting held between Faki and Sudanese Prime...

African journalists have called on the African Union and governments to condemn Israel's deliberate targeting of journalists and news media organisations and hold Israel legally accountable for crimes committed...

The founding forum of Libya's National Reconciliation Commission began its meetings in the capital, Tripoli, yesterday, Anadolu news agency reported. The Libyan Presidential Council said in a statement that the meeting...

Ethiopia is threatening Sudan's national security with its intention to begin filling the Renaissance Dam's reservoir in July, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, said in a statement...

A water war is about to take place if the international community does not intervene, the senior advisor to the chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council warned yesterday. This...

The latest round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has led to no progress because Ethiopia refused a proposal which would have seen the formation of an...