African Union

The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same after military leaders this week announced they had overthrown the democratically elected president,…

Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country.…

As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day Monday, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the streets for…

Mounting tension between Sudan’s two most powerful generals, each backed by a formidable force, has boiled over into open conflict just 18 months after they conspired to derail the country’s transition to democracy…

Sudan's army appeared to gain the upper hand on Sunday in a bloody power struggle with rival paramilitary forces, pounding their bases with air strikes, witnesses said, and at least 59 civilians were killed…

Issued on: 04/03/2023 - 10:33 Some 300 West African migrants were set to leave Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday, fearful of a wave of violence since President…

Issued on: 25/02/2023 - 14:38 Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered officials on Tuesday to take urgent measures to tackle illegal immigration. He claimed -- without…

Issued on: 19/02/2023 - 23:30 The African Union insisted on Sunday it had "zero tolerance" for undemocratic changes of power and vowed to push through a continent-wide…

Issued on: 18/02/2023 - 16:52 Israel on Saturday condemned the "severe" expulsion of a senior diplomat from the African Union summit, accusing arch-foe Iran of…

Issued on: 17/02/2023 - 04:21 Deepening security and food crises are likely to dominate the agenda when heads of state convene in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa this…