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The agreement lays important groundwork towards a comprehensive peace deal aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern DRC.
His mandate includes deepening engagement with governments, civil society, regional organisations, and key opinion leaders to advance "comprehensive s...
Among the key agenda items were the need for deeper AU-REC integration, formal recognition of RECs within the AU architecture, and the persistent chal...
The newly constituted AUC leadership will serve a four-year term, charged with driving Africa’s integration agenda amid mounting internal and external...
Amid increasing signs of intra-Tigrayan tensions, Salsay Weyane said it reiterated its long-standing call for a region-wide national dialogue.
According to local media, the local terrorist group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack, whose casualties are yet to be declared.
The Council also urged TCCs and other partners to contribute to securing adequate, predictable, sustainable, flexible, and multi-year financing for AU...
The session comes as the timeline for the transition from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to AUSSOM officially concludes. The...
In a statement, the embassy extended sympathies to the families of those who lost their lives and wished a speedy recovery to those who were injured.
Mohamoud briefed Ruto on preparations for the upcoming Special Summit on AU Reforms, and thanked Kenya for its "continued support" and for staying eng...
In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs said such statements are reckless, unsubstantiated and risk destabilising reg...
Millions of children in Africa continue to face serious challenges, including violence, harmful cultural practices, exclusion from education and healt...
Hassan stated that Somalia’s path to a stable statehood should no longer rely on international mechanisms, and instead must be rooted in national lead...
AU Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf met with Ethiopia's foreign minister, Gedion Timothewos, on Monday to discuss preparations for the forthcomin...
The gathering of Africa's 55 ambassadors, who steer the Union's day-to-day affairs, set the tone for a series of high-level meetings, including next m...
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) on Friday described the downgrade as analytically flawed and inconsistent with the legal frameworks that gove...
AUC chairperson Mahamoud Ali Youssouf acknowledged the US government's sovereign right to protect its borders and ensure the security of its citizens...
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee reaffirmed the country's commitment to peacekeeping efforts in Somalia but urged European and African nation...
Gates had initially announced plans to donate 99 per cent of his fortune on May 8, which is projected to hit $200 billion (Sh25.8 trillion) by 2045, w...
In the Tigray war, dubbed the deadliest and bloodiest conflict of the twenty-first century, the average estimate of civilian casualties stands at 518,...
While Tanzania released Mwangi on Thursday, he was dumped in Horohoro, on the Coast of Kenya, some 162 kilometres from the Lunga Lunga border, having...
The position had remained unfilled since January 2022, when civilian leader Abdalla Hamdok resigned in the wake of a military coup orchestrated by al-...
AUC Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf commended the move by Sudan's junta leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to appoint Kamil Idris, a former UN official...
While the AU-backed Luanda process, launched in 2022 and previously spearheaded by Angolan President João Lourenço, remains formally in place, it is u...
Hosted in the Brazilian capital and received by Ambassador Martin Mbeng—Dean of the African diplomatic corps representing 35 countries—the meeting bro...
The AU has long struggled with disjointed relationships with regional blocs—a dysfunction that has often bred mistrust, competition, and in some cases...
The US had previously stated that Somalia is not an appropriate context for the application of the 2719 framework, which many have proposed as an idea...
With donor fatigue mounting, the UN Security Council (UNSC) is expected to hold closed-door consultations Monday to deliberate on the mission's financ...
He noted that protecting these freedoms is essential for Africa’s democratic growth. "Our niche as the AU is to ensure that the fundamental freedoms a...
Reports indicate that less than 20 per cent of the entire funding required for the period between January to June 2025 has been mobilised.
