Jean Ping

The tiny but resource-rich country has remained a pseudo state that is still run from Paris

Ali Bongo, has been in hospital for more than three weeks. Now the vice president’s powers have been extended to "ensure the continuity of the state"

With the president out of the country and gravely ill, the government’s intransigence is costing its people a chance of freedom long denied

Closer collaboration between the AU and the UN in peacekeeping operations is a critical issue.

After four years as AU chairperson, former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will be returning to South Africa.

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has committed to building unity on the continent after a controversial vote in which she unseated the AU Commission incumbent.

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has won a tightly contested vote to become the new head of the African Union Commission – the first woman to hold the post.

Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is set to once again challenge Gabon’s Jean Ping for the leadership of the African Union this week.

Leaders of eight African Union countries failed on Saturday to break a deadlock over the leadership of the 54-member body.

The SADC have announced they would back Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s attempt to be elected the new AU chief in fresh polls to be held in June.

Southern African foreign ministers discussed the deadlocked polls for a new African Union head and to chart the bloc’s strategy for the next vote.

Election of new AU Commission chairperson ends in a stalemate.

The deadlock for the AU chair has crowded out important issues such as the political situation in Somalia and left the AU in limbo.

A vote to choose a new chairperson for the African Union’s Commission has ended in deadlock and a new election will only be held in June.

Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will run again for the position of African Union Commission chair at the next AU Summit in June.