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Ethiopian Vice-Chair of the Renaissance Dam Coordinating Council Faqrati Tamru announced on Friday that 90 per cent of the construction of the Renaissance Dam had been completed. Meanwhile, Egypt's...

The sight of Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li and other Israeli delegates being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 18 February...

The African Union has postponed a conference that was scheduled to take place in Tunisia this month amid mounting criticism of a government crackdown on migrants from sub-Saharan Africa,...

Tunisia, on Wednesday, called for Arab support amid tension with the African Union (AU) over the flow of irregular migrants into the North African country, Anadolu News Agency reports....

The African Regional Group of the International Union of Judges has denounced the violations committed against Tunisian judges and expressed full solidarity with them. This came during the group's...

The African Union is organising a national reconciliation conference for Libya, AU Commission Chief, Moussa Faki Mahamat, told AFP. According to a report published by AFP, the meeting will...

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Monday welcomed the decisions that came in the final statement of the 36th session of the African Union Summit, held...

Palestinian movements have welcomed the expulsion of the Israeli delegation to the African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and called on countries that have recently normalised...

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it would summon the South African ambassador for a reprimand after the ministry's Deputy Director of African Affairs, Sharon Bar...

African Union's political affairs, peace, and security commissioner on Friday urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to acknowledge and rectify the "historical injustices" that have affected the African...

A member of the Hamas Political Bureau and head of the International Relations Office, Dr. Musa Abu Marzouk, said that revoking Israel's observer status in the African Union should...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has concluded a two-day working visit to Sudan. On Monday, Faki participated in the meetings of the tripartite international...

When his name was circulating last summer as a candidate for the position of United Nations envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily was almost unknown except within the halls of...

The final stage of Sudan's political process is set to kick off today, according to the country's trilateral mechanism body, reports Anadolu Agency. In a statement, the Trilateral Mechanism...

The African Union (AU) said that the absence of political and partisan consensus in Tunisia is a crucial matter that led to the low turnout in the elections, and...

World leaders, policymakers and delegates from nearly 200 countries are at the COP27 UN Climate Summit in Egypt, where they hope to keep alive a goal to avert the worst...

Sudan's tripartite mechanism yesterday said it was hoping that the consultations between the country's army and civilians would end "within two weeks." The demands by the United Nations, the...

Peace talks between Ethiopia's government and Tigray rebels on Wednesday bore fruits as the two warring sides agreed to a new cease-fire deal, a diplomatic breakthrough two years into...

Peace talks between Ethiopia's government and Tigray rebels to end a devastating conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region began Tuesday in South Africa, according to a presidency spokesman, Anadolu...

Nine Western countries yesterday urged the Sudanese political parties to begin a political process with the goal of "restoring a civilian-led democratic transition, with the participation of everyone, including...

One of the unintended consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, now entering its seven months, is the emergence of new axes and allies rallying behind each other in...

Ethiopia said on Thursday that no "parallel" effort would be pursued for talks with Tigray rebels other than the mediation by the African Union with former Nigerian President Olusegun...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, yesterday criticised the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, saying that targeting civilians is a "stark violation of...

Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, yesterday called on Sudan and Ethiopia to engage in dialogue, exercise restraint and refrain from military escalation in the Al-Fashqa...

African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, called late Sunday for an "immediate investigation" after the deaths of dozens of migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the...

Sudan's former ruling coalition, the Forces of Freedom and Change, yesterday said it was "important to have the United Nations, the African Union, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development...

After years of absence from the international arena, Algeria has been exerting efforts to revive its international diplomatic presence, Rai Al-Youm reported yesterday. The online newspaper added that Israel is worried...

Sudan has been in turmoil since 25 October, 2021 when the military dismissed Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government and declared a state of emergency, a move decried by political forces as a “military coup”.

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has reiterated that the bloc does not recognise the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. "No member state of the European Union...

Egypt has submitted an urgent request to the African Union to call it to hold a negotiation session between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, following the official announcement by Addis...

Algeria, Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa last week announced the formation of Group of Four Nations (G4) aiming to deal with various issues confronting Africa. Leaders of the four nations, who met on the sidelines of the 6th...

South Africa is looking into taking stricter measures against Israel to express its "displeasure" with the "continuous racist Israeli practices" against Palestinians, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has warned. During a parliamentary meeting, Pandor...