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The Kenyan government is disputing allegations made in a new UN report claiming its forces were responsible for 42 Somali civilian casualties in a 22-month period. Some 42 Somali...

The African Union has condemned the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's official capital, saying this could derail the Middle East peace process. African...

The European Union, United Nations and African Union have agreed to an emergency plan to dismantle people-smuggling networks and repatriate stranded migrants, in an effort to ease a human...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed the desire for Israel to become a member of the African Union, in a renewed bid to increase cooperation with the continent,...

For the first time, Morocco and the Polisario Front are expected to participate in the fifth African Union-European Union (EU) Summit in Ivory Coast this week. King Mohammed VI...

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) announced on Tuesday that it is to withdraw 1,000 soldiers from Somalia by the end of this year, Anadolu has reported. The...

Al-Shabaab fighters regained control of a key town in southern Somalia today, Garowe Online reported. Just hours after African Union (AU) troops left Rasadaay, located 179 kilometres southwest of...

A United Nations report has claimed that the African Union's Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was responsible for killing 42 children last year. "Child casualties attributed to AMISOM primarily occurred...

In meetings with Libyan officials last week, France set out its plan for resolving the Libya crisis without providing a role for the African Union (AU). Algeria has previously...

Somalia's Al-Shabaab insurgents and troops from the African Union peacekeeping mission clashed on Sunday, a senior military officer said, while the group said it had killed 39 soldiers. The...

A delegation from the African Union has concluded its four-day mission in Libya by meeting armed forces commander-in-chief Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi. The only details released so far of...

In April this year, Tunisia signed a declaration to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights which granted individuals and non-governmental organisations the right to access the Court...

The African Union's Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ismail Chergui, said the return of Morocco to the AU and sitting side by side with the separatist Polisario Front could...

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has called for direct dialogue between Morocco and the Polisario Front with regard to the issue of the Western Sahara,...

The ongoing territorial dispute between the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco is one of the manifestations of the unfortunate tragedies of the West's...

A political sciences professor at the University of Algiers, Dr Abdelali Razzaghi, has said that his country would not alter its support for the separatist Western Sahara's Polisario Front...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI hailed on Tuesday his country's official return to the African Union after 33 years of absence. "I am finally home" King Mohammed VI said in...

Morocco has accused the African Union (AU) Commission's head, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, of blocking its efforts to re-join the Union 32 years after it departed it, the country's foreign ministry...

The ex-Foreign Minister of Morocco, Saad Eddine Othmani, said on Thursday that parliament's adoption of the African Union Charter as a prelude to rejoining the bloc after 32 years...

The King of Morocco is to attend the African Union (AU) summit set to be held on 28 January in Addis Ababa. According to Prime Minister-designate Abdelilah Benkirane, King...

The African Union on Tuesday announced a new initiative aimed at fostering "all-inclusive" political dialogue in Libya with a view to reaching a negotiated settlement between the North African...

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has reiterated that the Western Sahara is a founding member of the African Union and Morocco has to stop calling for its membership withdrawal,...

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday awarded the Jerusalem Medal to African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the Anadolu Agency reported. During a speech at the 27th summit...

The government in Rabat has started official efforts for Morocco to rejoin the African Union unconditionally; the country left the 52-member state body 32 years ago. The news was...

At present Israel has diplomatic ties with 11 of the 54 member states of the AU. It has for some time been trying to secure AU observer status along with countries like India, Brazil, Turkey, China and Japan, as well as the EU

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) has issued a recommendation to the Egyptian government to take all necessary measures to stop the execution of the Muslim...

A Palestinian official said Israel’s bid to gain membership as an observer state in the African Union (AU) will “fail” because of the AU’s support for Palestine. “We appreciate...

Party of former President Mohamed Morsi calls for a Security Council investigation into the security situation in Egypt under Article 34 of the United Nations Charter African Union called...

The Egyptian Revolutionary Council yesterday demanded the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights exercise its powers in prosecuting the Egyptian regime and to renew suspending Egypt's membership of...

Djibouti's foreign minister demanded the African Union (AU) take strong and clear decisions in favour of the Palestinian cause. The comments came during a closed­door session of the AU's...

A number of activists and international non-governmental organisations have lodged a complaint with the human rights committee at the African Union against Egypt's closure of the Rafah border crossing...

The African Union's Peace and Security Council rejected the union's participation in monitoring the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt. The PSC recommended Monday that the AU does not dispatch...