Egypt’s coup leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is going to preside over the African Union for a year. Sisi was elected as term president last year after Rwanda’s president left his post. African Union term presidencies are [ More … ]
One of the serious medium- and long-term challenges facing Africa and the African Union is the proliferation of military bases established on the continent by foreign powers. These have the potential to threaten national and [ More … ]
The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir will participate in the African Union summit in Addis Ababa next week, said Sudan’s Foreign Ministry. The 29th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union has kicked off [ More … ]
Morocco’s return to the African Union (AU) is an opportunity for greater trade with African countries, wrote US magazine Newsweek, in an article published on its electronic website. The article highlighted that one of the [ More … ]
The African Union has decided to allow Morocco back into the fold after a 33-year absence, despite stiff resistance from some member states over the status of Western Sahara. After an emotional and tense debate, [ More … ]
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