ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua | Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday appointed Adama Dieng of Senegal as the first AU special envoy for the prevention of the crime of genocide and other mass atrocities. As the 55-member continental organization’s first special envoy for the …
Read More »East African leaders call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan
ENTEBBE, Uganda | Xinhua | Regional leaders in East Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Sudan, where clashes since April of last year have left thousands of people dead. In a communique issued late Thursday at the end of the one-day Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) …
Read More »Museveni blasts West about oppression and lectures on democracy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has emphasized the need for the free association of nations, people of a common or shared origin interacting for mutual advantage with the Peoples of the World. Museveni made the call at the opening of the Non-Aligned Movement Heads of State and Government …
Read More »AU appoints former VP Wandira-Kazibwe to Sudan peace panel
ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki on Wednesday announced that he has appointed three prominent African personalities as members of the AU High-level panel on Sudan. In a press statement, Faki said he has appointed Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe and Francisco Madeira as …
Read More »AU condemns deadly terror attack in Burundi
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki on Wednesday condemned the recent deadly terror attack in Burundi. In a press release, Faki said he has learned with dismay the deadly terror attack launched at the Vugizo border post in the Gatumba region of …
Read More »AU commends positive political developments in Mali, Guinea
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Monday commended positive political developments in the West African countries of Mali and Guinea. In a press statement, Mahamat said the adoption of electoral law in Mali, as well as the offer …
Read More »Sudan-Ethiopia conflict
African Union calls for restraint and dialogue | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, has called on Sudan and Ethiopia to refrain from military escalation and to seek a negotiated dispute for the border conflict between the two countries. The Sudanese army on June …
Read More »African Union lifts suspension of Sudan
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | The African Union (AU) has lifted its suspension of Sudan three months after freezing its membership following Khartoum’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. The AU’s Peace and Security Council said Friday that the decision followed the announcement of Sudan’s first cabinet since the ousting of …
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