As South Sudan rebels battled government troops for control of the flashpoint town of Bor, the AU says it will impose sanctions over violence.
One person has been killed after African Union troops in the Central African Republic fired on demonstrators demanding the removal of the president.
French President François Hollande went to the Central African Republic where an operation to disarm rogue rebels has killed two French soliders.
As African leaders discussed a rapid-deployment emergency force, Jacob Zuma has spoken of a security unit that would "enable Africa to act swiftly".
President Jacob Zuma says ideas to replace Africa’s democratically elected governments from outside the continent must be rejected.
Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto says he will still co-operate with the ICC, despite a call from African leaders.
The African Union has backed a call to boost by about a third the number of troops in an African peacekeeping force in Somalia.
African nations have agreed that sitting heads of state should not be put on trial by the International Criminal Court.
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As preliminary results show Robert Mugabe will probably remain as Zimbabwe’s president, the African Union has declared the election free and fair.
With many observers barred from covering Zimbabwe’s election, the AU and SADC are becoming the world’s eyes and ears in a test of their credibility.
African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has flown into Harare to assess Zimbabwe’s preparedness for next week’s elections.
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo will lead a team of 60 African Union monitors to Zimbabwe for the July 31 election, says the organisation.
The detention of the Chadian dictator is thanks in part to the body’s insistence that Senegal try him.
The interim Egyptian head of state who was appointed after the army ousted president Mohamed Morsi has dissolved parliament by decree, says a report.
The AU has suspended Egypt from all its activities after the Egyptian military overthrew elected president Mohamed Morsi, says an AU official.
Barack Obama’s visit to Africa comes at a time when a fresh commitment and reconsideration of what justice should look like is required.
Though Pan-Africanist ideology persists, AU nations are determined to preserve individuality.
SA has been flexing its foreign-relations muscle, spending more than R1.3-bn over the past three years to fund participation in multilateral bodies.
The AU will establish a new military force following a suggestion from South Africa, the international relations department has said.
A continental defence force dreamed of half a century ago by the founding fathers of independent Africa still exists only on paper.
This week marks the 50th year since the founding of a continent-wide organisation that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters.
Africa’s leaders should also do some serious reflection on why they haven’t made sufficient progress on human rights, writes Tiseke Kasambala.
The African Union needs a stronger military capacity to respond to instability, notably in central Africa, President Jacob Zuma has said.
Morocco is keep to rejoin the African Union, but South Africa and other members could block its bid over the vexed issue of Sahrawi autonomy.
The establishment of the AU in 2002 renewed hope that it would be a more robust and effective continental organisation than its predecessor.
There is need to rethink the imperatives and meaning of a successful Zimbabwean economy, says the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara.
The AU has suspended the Central African Republic after rebels seized power in a rapid weekend assault on the capital, sending the president fleeing.
As French-led intervention exposes weakness in collective African leadership, summit has acknowledgeg the need for greater Ecowas presence.
French and Malian troops have sealed off Timbuktu after fleeing rebels torched buildings including a South African-funded prized manuscript library.
The collapse of a peace deal for troubled eastern DRC and the question of military intervention in Mali has dominated the latest AU summit.
Efforts to end conflict across Africa, especially in Mali, dominated the African Union summit opening on Sunday.