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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.
The AU on Monday asked the UN Security Council to delay a decision by the ICC on whether to indict Sudan President Omar al-Bashir on war crimes.
African Union Commission chief Jean Ping will meet South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday to discuss Zimbabwe’s political crisis.
Ward B3 of the Gokwe hospital looks much like any other in Zimbabwe’s decaying medical establishments, denuded of medicines, equipment and doctors.
Dozens of suspected Janjaweed militiamen have ambushed a United Nations convoy in Sudan’s Darfur region, killing seven peacekeepers.
Despite mounting criticism of the African Union, pessimists simply cannot write off the Organisation of African Unity’s successor.
AU Commission chief Jean Ping was rushed to hospital on Monday in Japan where he was attending a summit with the G8 powers.
SA President Thabo Mbeki has presented a plan to Zimbabwe’s political leaders that would allow Robert Mugabe to remain as a titular head of state.
Robert Mugabe said on Friday he is only open to negotiations on an end to Zimbabwe’s political crisis if he is accepted as the country’s president.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrives home to a hero’s welcome after avoiding censure at an AU summit over his controversial one-man election.
The AU crossed a watershed by handing an unprecedented rebuff to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, but the move could remain largely symbolic.
President Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe on Wednesday under pressure from fellow African leaders to form a national unity government.
An African Union summit on Tuesday tried to overcome divisions on how to deal with the re-election of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.
Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson told the West on Tuesday it can ”go hang a thousand times” over its criticism of the Zimbabwe president’s reelection.
The African Union demanded on Monday that Eritrea immediately withdraw its troops from a border area in dispute with Djibouti.
African leaders on Monday pushed Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to open talks with the opposition after his controversial re-election.