The chair of the African Union, Azali Assoumani, said on Friday that proposals by Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide grain to Africa were not sufficient, and that a ceasefire in Ukraine ...

African Union Head Has Plea for Putin: Release Ukraine’s Grain. Amid fears of a global food crisis, the president of Senegal is to meet with the president of Russia at a Black Sea resort on Friday.

Item 1 of 5 Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Senegal's President Macky Sall, who is currently the chairman of the African Union, at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in ...

For decades, Africa has maintained a largely non-aligned posture in global ...

On March 2, 17 African states, including Sall’s Senegal, abstained from voting in a crucial United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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 African Union welcomed on Friday the dissolution of two of the most powerful armed groups in the Central African Republic ...

The African Union has suspended Niger following the takeover of the West African country by a military junta on July 26. In a much-anticipated statement, the African Union (AU) – a union of 55 ...

Since February 16, 2025, the African Union (AU) has had a new chairperson of the AU Commission, Mahmoud (sometimes spelled Mahamoud) Ali Youssouf. Given this continent’s considerable tensions and ...

The Group of 20 top world economies added the African Union as a member at their annual summit Saturday, and host India was able to get the disparate group to sign off on a final statement, but ...

The African Union and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria have condemned the treatment of Africans fleeing Ukraine following social media reports about border guards hindering them from leaving.

The African Union and its bureaucracy are neither glorified messengers nor docile followers of the orders of African governments. It has marshalled its 55 members to take common positions on many ...