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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...

The leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, arrived in Brussels on an Algerian plane on Wednesday to attend the sixth Summit of the Heads of State and Government...

African Heads of States and governments meeting at the African Union's Summit (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 5 February decided to revoke Israel's observer status to the continental...

The current split in the African Union (AU) over Israel's observer status within the organisation is emblematic of a larger conflict that has the potential to split the continent's...

Human Rights Watch has called on European leaders to address the human rights crisis under Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's rule ahead of a summit between the European Union...

The Pan African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) has accused the African Union (AU) of flouting its foundational values by upholding Apartheid Israel's observer status. In a statement issued yesterday the...

The African Union summit has cancelled a decision to grant Israel an observer status in the pan-African organisation

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has denounced an African Union (AU) decision to grant Israel observer status as a "double mistake", Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday. "We were not...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Friday urged member states attending the African Union (AU) Summit, slated for 5 and 6 February, to reject granting observer status to...

African leaders will discuss revoking Israel's Observer Status at the African Union (AU) during the bloc's upcoming summit on 5 February. An Algerian diplomatic source said his country's efforts...

Though Turkey may be a new entrant in Africa, it is winning hearts and minds in many countries on the continent because of its sincere approach based on trust,...

The decision by several governments across the globe to institute travel bans on seven African countries, starting on 27 November, due to the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant,...

Ethiopia needs no foreign interference to resolve its internal conflict, said China's Foreign Minister on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. Wang Yi made the remarks during his meeting with...

Somalia's international partners, on Friday, called for the ongoing elections for the Lower House of Parliament to be completed in a transparent, inclusive, and credible manner before the set...

Somalia, on Thursday, asked the African Union Commission (AUC) representative in the country to leave within a week, after declaring him persona non grata. Simon Mulongo, the AUC's deputy...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's tour to Angola, Togo and Nigeria last month attracted a lot of attention on more than one level. The tour concluded just days before...

The African Union on Wednesday suspended Sudan from all its activities, Anadolu News Agency reports. The decision will remain in effect until the reinstatement of the Sudan Transitional Government...

Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Sunday welcomed a decision to postpone the approval of Israel's observer status in the African Union (AU), Anadolu reports. "The decision by the AU...

Sudan's Sovereign Council chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, yesterday called for the inclusion of "new political factions" in the county's transitional government. Speaking in his meeting with the ambassadors and...

The African Union is to discuss granting Israel observer status during its meeting starting today, a step condemned by Palestine along with many member states. The Palestinian Authority (PA)...

Africa is a symbol of the future and Africa stands with us," declared Yasser Arafat, then chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) at a meeting of the Organisation...

The mere thought of having a colonial enterprise enjoying red carpet treatment within an anticolonial setting beggars belief. Even more so when that setting is the African Union, because...

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...