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.
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/ 12 December 2008
AU chief Jean Ping said on Friday he wants AU peacekeepers to remain in Somalia, adding that a withdrawal was ”something we cannot accept”.
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/ 5 December 2008
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said on Dutch TV that Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe must step down or be removed by force.
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/ 2 November 2008
AU chairperson Jakaya Kikwete on Sunday said he was involved in intensive diplomatic efforts ahead of a summit next week on the situation in the DRC.
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/ 30 October 2008
Developed countries are planning to cut aid to Africa due to the global financial crisis, a senior African Union (AU) commissioner said on Wednesday.
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/ 27 October 2008
UN and African Union representatives are meeting in Pretoria on Monday to discuss how the world body can support regional peacekeeping efforts.
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/ 13 October 2008
The African Union will become more involved in finding a durable peace in the conflict-torn DRC, says its chief, Jean Ping.
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/ 12 October 2008
AU chief Jean Ping on Saturday met DRC President Joseph Kabila and other officials to try to end fighting in the volatile east.
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/ 10 October 2008
Kenya’s Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, on Thursday blasted African leaders’ fear of criticising each other.
Gareth Evans’s latest book, Responsibility to Protect, offers a guide to protecting citizens against violence.
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/ 29 September 2008
One of the things that former President Thabo Mbeki got right during his term was his relationship with and role on the African continent.
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/ 24 September 2008
Michael Keating reports on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals at the midpoint.
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/ 13 September 2008
Financial assistance from the African Development Bank could bolster negotiations, writes Jason Moyo.
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/ 2 September 2008
African Union chair Tanzania wants to see a 50-50 power-sharing deal agreed for Zimbabwe immediately to stem a growing economic crisis.
The commander of the UN-AU mission in Darfur on Tuesday urged the world community to put pressure on the fragmented insurgency in the region.
The AU has warned Burundi’s government and its last active rebel group that its patience is wearing thin over the delayed start of a ceasefire.
Despite setbacks, the AU is making steady progress in bringing the continent’s conflicts to an end.
I am a war child. A survivor plagued by memories. When they open their eyes, children in Darfur see the same.