- 21 Feb 2012 13:54 - Staff Reporter
- Human Rights Watch has released a report saying Somalia's al-Qaeda-link al-Shabaab rebels have forced young children to fight alongside them.
- 18 Feb 2012 18:48 - Staff Reporter
- Somalia's al-Qaeda-allied al-Shebaab rebels warned they were stepping up a bombing campaign in the war-torn capital Mogadishu.
- 18 Feb 2012 17:20 - Staff Reporter
- African leaders began talks on insecurity in the Sahel region at the first African Union meeting convened by Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi.
- 12 Feb 2012 13:21 - Staff Reporter
- The SADC have announced they would back Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's attempt to be elected the new AU chief in fresh polls to be held in June.
- 11 Feb 2012 18:46 - Staff Reporter
- Southern African foreign ministers discussed the deadlocked polls for a new African Union head and to chart the bloc's strategy for the next vote.
- 11 Feb 2012 10:44 - Aaron Maasho
- Sudan and South Sudan signed a security agreement which aims to defuse tensions over oil payments which officials had warned could spark a war.
- 03 Feb 2012 13:15 - Staff Reporter
- Election of new AU Commission chairperson ends in a stalemate.
- 03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Simon Tisdall
- Its archenemy to the north remains hostile, but Africa's newest state is not blameless either.
- 03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Jason Moyo
- President Robert Mugabe has found no support among his old allies in the AU for his bid to hold elections this year without carrying out key reforms.
- 02 Feb 2012 15:45 - Sui-Lee Wee
- China will press South Sudan for help in securing the release of 29 Chinese workers held by rebels and may ask the AU to mediate in negotiations.
- 31 Jan 2012 15:34 - Verashni Pillay
- SA delegates emerged from their failed bid to win the AU chair, dancing. Does this further seal the country's image as a petty continental bully?
- 29 Jan 2012 20:40 - Staff Reporter
- The African Union's new chairman faced tough challenges as UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned that the Sudan crisis threatened regional security.
- 29 Jan 2012 14:48 - Staff Reporter
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in an unusually outspoken declaration on Sunday, told African leaders they must respect gay rights.
- 29 Jan 2012 09:34 - Staff Reporter
- President Goodluck Jonathan has considered enteingr the race for chairperson of the African Union after Gambia pulled out of the running this week.
- 28 Jan 2012 18:41 - Staff Reporter
- It's a tight race for the position of AU head, but South Africa is insisting it is optimistic its powerful candidate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma can do it.
- 27 Jan 2012 12:27 -
- The AU is going to ratify a document
that could usher in a new age of democracy and accountability.
- 27 Jan 2012 00:00 - The Editorial
- Although we would miss Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in Cabinet, the M&G feels she is the perfect candidate for the chair of the African Union.
- 23 Jan 2012 20:32 - Staff Reporter
- President Jacob Zuma and his delegates are preparing themselves for the 18th session of the African Union, focusing on boosting intra-African trade.
- 22 Jan 2012 17:43 - Staff Reporter
- President Jacob Zuma is in for a busy few weeks as he leaves for Qatar on Monday to strengthen political and economic relations between the countries.
- 21 Jan 2012 19:34 - Niren Tolsi
- An attempt to return home by Madagascar's deposed president Marc Ravalomanana has been thwarted in the air by Malagasy ground control.
