African Union

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...

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...