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/ 22 October 2009
Africa’s technocrats and politicians are converging in Kampala to tackle one of the continent’s most pressing problems: refugees.
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/ 19 October 2009
ICC prosecutors said on Monday Sudanese Darfur rebel leader Bahr Idriss Abu Garda deliberately ordered the killing of 12 AU peacekeepers.
The African Union (AU) called on Madagascar’s feuding leaders on Tuesday to resume negotiations and establish a consensus government.
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/ 17 September 2009
Two big explosions rocked an African Union peacekeeping base in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, wounding several troops, witnesses said.
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/ 10 September 2009
The AU called for calm in Somaliland on Thursday after lawmakers scuffled in Parliament and one drew a pistol in an angry dispute.
Delegates from the 52 countries that make up the African Union gathered on Monday to address their continent’s crises during a one-day summit.
The African Union will on Monday hold a special summit in Libya on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Moammar Gadaffi’s coup.
When African leaders discussed economic growth in Africa at this week’s African Union Summit, their options were constrained by the Aids epidemic.
SA will support the IAEA newly appointed director general Yukiya Amano’s dedication to the elimination of nuclear weapons, Abdul Minty said on Friday.
African leaders reached a compromise early on Friday on the powers of a new regional authority that will coordinate key policies.
Hardline Islamist insurgents in Somalia’s capital fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace and attacked AU peacekeepers on Saturday evening.
The African Union on Friday called on the UN to impose sanctions on Eritrea over its support for Islamist insurgents in Somalia.
The Darfur war has gone from intense fighting in 2004 when tens of thousands were killed to ”a low-intensity conflict” with about 150 deaths a month.
South Africa sets an exemplary standard for elections, observers to the elections told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday evening.
This was not how Moammar Gadaffi wanted to start his tenure as chair of the African Union.
Madagascar was suspended from the African Union and threatened with sanctions on Friday, days after the army-backed toppling of the president.
Zambia on Wednesday became the first AU member to call for Madagascar’s suspension from the bloc after Marc Ravalomanana was toppled as president.
A South African was among the 11 people killed when a cargo plane they were travelling in caught fire and crashed into Lake Victoria on Monday.
Madagascan security forces attempted to arrest opposition leader Andry Rajoelina on Friday, heightening tensions between police and protesters.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Wednesday for war crimes.
Guinea-Bissau’s National Assembly speaker Raimundo Pereira will take oath as interim head of state on Tuesday afternoon.
African and Portuguese-speaking envoys flew to Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday to head off a possible coup after the president and army chief were killed.
United Nations peacekeepers are worried by a military build-up along the Sudan-Chad border, a top official said on Monday.
The African Union and former colonial power Portugal on Monday led calls condemning the assassination of Guinea-Bissau’s leader Joao Bernardo Vieira.
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/ 6 February 2009
The African Union imposed sanctions on Thursday on the junta that overthrew the government and seized power in Mauritania last August.
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/ 4 February 2009
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi’s drive to create a ”union government” for all of Africa has instead heightened divisions on the continent.
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/ 3 February 2009
African leaders on Tuesday discussed ways to ride out the global economic downturn.
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/ 3 February 2009
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe on Tuesday blamed Western sanctions for his country’s economic collapse, which has left millions jobless and hungry.
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/ 3 February 2009
The deputy mayor of Somali capital Mogadishu has accused AU peacekeepers of opening fire on commuter buses, killing more than 20 civilians.
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/ 31 January 2009
The AU’s annual summit was to kick off Sunday with another year of crises likely to upstage an official agenda focused on infrastructure.
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/ 22 January 2009
Bantu Holomisa has complained to the AU that actions of the ANC and the government are breaking the fundamental principles of the union.
African ministers of economy will discuss proposals next week for a continental investment bank and stock exchange to promote development.