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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)...

There are those who believe that the African Union's decision to grant Israel observer member, in spite of its crimes against Palestinians, is a natural evolution of relations. This...

Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry yesterday renewed its adherence to the mediation of the African Union to resolve the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) conflict with Egypt and Sudan. "The tendency...

Sudan is the country most harmed from the controversial Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam, according to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a meeting between the officials from the foreign...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday ratified a decree under which Cairo would join an African Union (AU) agreement to combat corruption. The pact, dubbed AU's Convention on Combating...

African Union (AU) leaders must work together "in an integrated manner in preparation for an imminent storm of novel coronavirus infections on the continent," the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

The African Union's High-Level Committee is convening today in the Republic of the Congo to discuss the turbulent situation in Libya, the German news agency DPA reported. The meeting...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that he raised the cases of Canadians being detained in Egypt with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Reuters reports. "We always stand...

At the African Union (AU) summit today, in Addis Ababa, Chairman of the (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki, emphasised the "necessity of a political solution in Libya." Faki called on...

Addressing the annual summit of the African Union (AU) leaders, the chairman of the bloc heavily criticised the US' so-called peace plan in Middle East, Anadolu Agency reports. "We...

The African Union (AU)'s Special Envoy to Sudan, Mohamed El Hassan Ould Labbat, yesterday called on the Sudanese people to stay cautious of "possible counter-revolution and the unity of...

The African Union (AU) yesterday gave the Sudanese Transitional Military Council another 60 days to hand over power to a civilian transitional authority or face the country's membership being...

February 17 this year marks 30 years since the Arab Maghreb Union, better known by its French acronym UMA, was founded as an economic and political union bringing together...

Palestinian media are reporting that Mahmoud Abbas has appealed to the African Union to support, and participate in, a possible international conference "to take care of the peace process."...

Egypt is promoting itself as a linchpin for intra-African trade and a model of economic reform as it prepares to chair the African Union in 2019. The country hosted...

A senior US official said today the war against Al-Shabaab has not been lost in spite of a series of recent attacks across Somalia, including in the capital Mogadishu. US Assistant...

The African Union (AU) will send a delegation of 40 observers to monitor Egypt's upcoming presidential elections due on 26-28 March, state news agency MENA reported yesterday. The AU mission, led...

The President of the African Union (AU) and Chadian Commission, Moussa Faki, has announced that the AU is ready to draft a proposal for the resolution of the conflict...

Ironically, Maghreb governments grieve the missed opportunities of their decadent union, but refrain from taking genuine steps to bridge divides. Moroccan officials, for instance, frequently extol the benefits of...

More than 13,000 migrants have been repatriated from Libya since the beginning of December, according to the African Union (AU). The scale of the repatriation comes two months after...

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit yesterday "called for African states to reject Israel's candidature for UN Security Council (UNSC) seat for 2019-2020", reported Xinhua. Speaking at the opening session...

Thousands of African asylum seekers protested outside the Rwandan embassy in Israel against a government plan to forcibly deport them to Rwanda and Uganda. The protesters — the majority...

Somalia's Prime Minister demanded US aid be cut to run an investigation over concerns of corruption in the Somali national army, Somali Press Online reported. "There are some countries...

A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman blew himself up inside a police training camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu this morning and killed at least 15 officers, officials said....

Senior Human Rights Expert at the African Union's Department of Political Affairs, Salah Hammad, said yesterday that Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine and the United States cannot give...

The Kenyan government is disputing allegations made in a new UN report claiming its forces were responsible for 42 Somali civilian casualties in a 22-month period. Some 42 Somali...

The African Union has condemned the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's official capital, saying this could derail the Middle East peace process. African...

The European Union, United Nations and African Union have agreed to an emergency plan to dismantle people-smuggling networks and repatriate stranded migrants, in an effort to ease a human...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed the desire for Israel to become a member of the African Union, in a renewed bid to increase cooperation with the continent,...

For the first time, Morocco and the Polisario Front are expected to participate in the fifth African Union-European Union (EU) Summit in Ivory Coast this week. King Mohammed VI...

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) announced on Tuesday that it is to withdraw 1,000 soldiers from Somalia by the end of this year, Anadolu has reported. The...

Al-Shabaab fighters regained control of a key town in southern Somalia today, Garowe Online reported. Just hours after African Union (AU) troops left Rasadaay, located 179 kilometres southwest of...