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Despite a 2019 peace deal between the government and 14 rebel groups, several armed factions continue to fight and claim authority over parts of the country.
Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has welcomed the signing of a declaration of principles between the government of the ...
Kenya marked 35 years since the landmark pro-democracy protests of 1990 that pushed for an end to a one-party state, but the ...
The CEAP focuses on transitioning African economies to a circular model by reducing waste, promoting resource reuse, and ...
In his powerful declaration, President Mahama made it clear that Africa’s pursuit of reparative justice has transformed from ...
IGAD convened a high-level meeting with CEOs of regional economic blocs to strengthen and accelerate the implementation of ...
A central focus of this year’s Executive Council meeting is the consideration and adoption of the African Union’s budget for ...
The African Union (AU) intends to buy up to 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc in an arrangement brokered in part by the White House, which will defer delivery of some doses ...
African Union member states should urgently tackle the deepening human rights and democratic crises affecting the continent, including in Ethiopia, at the African Commission on Human and Peoples ...
The AU also created the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in 2007, which has since attempted to engage with the UN Political Office for Somalia regarding its future.
President Joe Biden plans to announce at next week's U.S.-Africa summit that his administration supports adding the African Union as a permanent member of the Group of 20 nations.