African Union

The African Union (AU) has warned Burundi against moves to jeopardise peace efforts after an international arrest warrant was issued for ex-leader Pierre Buyoya and 16 other officials.
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African leaders are set to gather this weekend for a special summit aimed at pushing through long-debated reforms to their pan-continental body.
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The African Union force in Somalia says it has killed a “chief finance controller” for the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab extremist group.
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Zanu PF is not taking lightly the threat posed by its former leader, Robert Mugabe, who has refused to retire quietly following his forced resignation last November. Mugabe has been taking pot-shots at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s…
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The glue that had appeared to bind Zanu PF after it got rid of “criminals” around toppled despot Robert Mugabe seem to be peeling off at critical stages when President Emmerson Mnangagwa is about to test his popularity at the forthcoming…
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In a major blow to former president Robert Mugabe and his followers, it has emerged that the high-level African Union (AU) mission that met with him at his palatial Borrowdale mansion last week did not take him seriously when he moaned to…
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The African Union has called for the mass withdrawal of member states from the International Criminal Court (ICC). However, the resolution is non-binding, with Nigeria and Senegal opposing a withdrawal. South Africa and Burundi have…
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Morocco has formally announced its wish to rejoin the African Union, 32 years after leaving the organisation.
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ADDIS ABABA – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe received a standing ovation from his peers at the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Saturday as he handed over the chair of the body with a rousing speech, filled with…
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