African Union

Ministers Gather in Ghana for African Union Executive Council Ministers Gather in Ghana for African Union Executive Council The African Union Executive Council is set to convene, drawing ministers from across the continent to Accra, Ghana. This high-stakes assembly will tackle pressing issues and craft solutions to shared challenges. "This meeting represents a pivotal moment for our member states," stated a senior official. Established with the goal of fostering unity and development, the council's…

One facet turns in Somalia. The mandate for Amisom, the African Union's peacekeeping mission within the nation, expires this week. The UN Security Council will vote on Wednesday, March 30, to switch it with one other mission referred to as ATMIS (African Union…

For the Senegalese head of state, the current president of the African Union, the continent is suffering "the full burden of this war". To David Malpass, President of the World Bank, he asked in particular that the rich countries accelerate the redistribution…

As the coronavirus pandemic is now in its second year, the growing inequality between vaccines remains a major stumbling block in the fight against covid-19. However, the European Union thinks differently. On Monday, the EU stood firm in its refusal to lift patent protection for covid-19 vaccines, just days before a summit with countries in the African Union that see the issue as a priority.Since October 2020, India and South Africa have been calling on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily…

Angela Merkel convened again, on Friday 27 August 2021, a meeting of the "Compact with Africa", an initiative that brought together twelve countries launched after the German Presidency of the G20 2017. If we previously spoke mainly about economics, the meeting has this time took place in hybrid form and was particularly devoted to the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccines. It was also for the German Chancellor…

The African Union's mission in Somalia is in depth. Amisom's mandate, in place since 2007, would finish at the top of 2021. But the AU and the Somali authorities have signed an settlement: the power, which incorporates greater than 19,000 troops, will stay, however in a modified format. as reported from Nairobi, Albane…

On Wednesday, South Africa strongly opposed last week's unilateral "decision by the African Union (AU) Commission to grant Israel official observer status at the continental organization. In a strongly worded statement, the Continental Power Station, which last year held the annual rotating AU presidency, said it was "appalled by the AU commission's unfair and unjustified decision to grant Israel observer status in the African Union." The AU handed over Israel to observer status on Thursday, a move…

The African Union is determined to play its part in resolving the armed conflict that has shaken Libya for ten years. This explains the visit in the last two days to the Congolese Denis Sassou Nguesso, Chairman of the AU High Committee for Libya, by Mohamed El-Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidential Council. with our…

On July 28, it has been 100 days since the head of the Transitional Military Council, Mahamat Idriss Déby, took over as head of Chad after the death of his father Idriss Déby Itno. The political parties took the opportunity to make an overview of the first 100 days of the transition. With our correspondents in Ndjamena,Aurélie…

In his capacity as Chairman of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on the Libyan Crisis, Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will receive this Monday, July 26, in Brazzaville, the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Younis el-Menfi. The AU wants to be more involved in resolving the Libyan conflict, which has had repercussions in other parts of the continent for ten years.…