31ST AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: The Miracle in Mauritania
What was discussed at the 31st African Union summit in Mauritania this weekend is about as newsworthy as the fact that the country pulled...
African Union (AU) Summit opens in Mauritania
The 31st African Union (AU) Summit has opened in Nouakchott, Mauritania with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa also making his second appearance on the continental...
Ex-UN lawyer alleges peacekeepers killed civilians
The UN mission in Central African Republic has fired one of its lawyers after he accused Rwandan peacekeepers of massacring 30 civilians in the...
AU probe into gender discrimination goes quiet
A promised investigation into gender discrimination at the African Union is yet to materialise, South Africa's Mail&Guardian reports.
The investigation was promised after the M&G...
Palestine Opts for AU, Ethiopia to Mediate Israel Quandary Instead of U.S.
By Brook Abdu
The Palestinian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Nasri Abujaish (PhD), called on Ethiopia and the African Union to engage in peace talks with Israel,...
Read Emperor Haile Selassie’s iconic 1963 speech that inspired Bob Marley’s hit song “War”
May 25 of every year in Africa is Africa Day. The day is set aside by the African Union (AU) to commemorate the founding...
Kofi Annan at 80: Memories and reflections
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to...
African migrants in Israel opt for jail over deportation
At a detention centre in Israel’s Negev desert, African migrants facing deportation say they would rather be imprisoned than sent to a country they...
AUC chair: Time to slap sanctions on those blocking peace in South Sudan
African Union chief Moussa Faki said Sunday that “the time has come” to slap sanctions on those blocking peace in South Sudan, one of...
Israel orders African Migrants to leave
The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment.
The migrants will be given up...
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President Museveni on USA sanctions against Gen Kale Kayihura
Before I comment on the action of the USA Government in the matter of Kale, I should, first of all, say that, that excitement...