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/ 20 November 2003
Zimbabwe has signed five African Union treaties, including pacts on human and women’s rights, corruption and the environment, the AU said on Thursday. The country’s permanent representative to the AU, Andrew Mtetwa, pledged his country’s ”appreciation to the AU for continued support”.
South African President Thabo Mbeki sought to inject urgency into the building of the African Union (AU) as the fledgling organisation kicked off its second summit in the Mozambican capital Maputo on Thursday.
Madagascar back in the AU fold
Madagascar, barred from the African Union (AU) inauguration summit last year because of doubts over the legitimacy of its president, has been re-admitted, AU president Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday.
Alpha Omar Konare, the former president of Mali, looked highly likely on Tuesday to be elected chairman of the African Union Commission, a key job in the pan-African grouping as it tries to drag the continent out of its cycle of conflict and poverty.
The African Union on Friday condemned the massacre of hundreds of people in northeastern Congo last week and said the violence was an attempt to derail the peace process intended to end the four-and-a-half year war in Africa’s third largest country.
Africans are set to celebrate the birth of the African Union on Tuesday with leaders from across the continent assembled in Durban for its grand launch.
Addis Ababa | Monday THE African Union, which is to replace the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in July, on Friday launched an official Internet site at its headquarters in Addis Ababa. African ministers watched as OAU Secretary-General Amara Essy cut the red ribbon inaugurating the new French and English language websites: www.africa-union.org and www.union-afrique.org. […]
The African Union (AU) will not merely be a continuation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) under a different name, acting Foreign Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Thursday.
African nations on Tuesday signalled their intention to deal decisively with illegitimate regimes on the continent by barring Madagascar from the soon-to-be-launched African Union.