Eastern and Southern African countries are looking into the possibility of deploying troops to secure areas of eastern ...

AFRICA: ON February 15, during the 38th summit of the African Union (AU) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African leaders ...

The African Union Commision has new leadership in Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. But how will the AUC handle deepening ...

Amnesty International has urged the incoming chairperson and the AU to place human rights protection at the forefront of ...

At the opening of the 46th African Union summit, Moussa Faki Mahamat bids farewell as member states jockey for positions in ...

Three former heads of state have been appointed to facilitate a joint regional peace process in the eastern Democratic ...

The African Union has finally approved the operational framework for the new Africa Epidemics Fund — three years after ...

African leaders chose Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to chair the African Union commission on Saturday at a ...

South Africa's armed forces say a group of soldiers critically injured in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been ...

Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Chair), Yemi Osinbajo, former Vice President of the ...

African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide ...