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EX-Somali MP behind suicide Attack in Mogadishu

July 28, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Salah Nur Ismail also known Salah Badbado, a former Somali MP was among two suicide bombers that carried out attack on African Union forces’ base […]

Zoom on African Union 27th Summit

July 19, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Come-Back of Morocco The highlight of the 27th summit of the African Union (AU) held in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, was Morocco’s official call […]

Will Morocco’s Return to AU be Announced at Kigali Summit?

July 14, 2016 Pawla Nibramich 0

Morocco has embarked on a massive diplomatic campaign to prepare its return to the African Union (AU) thirty two years after it walked out of […]

AU to Pull out all of its 22,000 Troops from Somalia by 2020

July 8, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The African Union on Thursday announced its intention to begin withdrawing its 22,000 strong peacekeeping force from Somalia by October 2018. The announcement comes as […]

Somalia: AU Extends Peacekeeping Mission to May 2017

May 13, 2016 Steven Addamah 0

The African Union (AU) has extended the mandate of its 22,000 strong peacekeeping mission, , in Somalia to May 30, 2017. The force that was […]

DRC: Top Court to Rule on Kabila’s Future if Polls not Held

April 15, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Members of parliament in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) want the country’s highest court to rule on whether President Joseph Kabila would stay in power […]

Chad: Polls Free Despite Anomalies, AU Mission

April 13, 2016 Pawla Nibramich 0

The African Union (AU) observer mission in Chad on Tuesday said the just held presidential election in the central African nation, allowed voters to “freely […]

AU Chief to Step Down in July

April 7, 2016 Steven Addamah 0

African Union commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will step down from her post at Addis Ababa in July, her spokesman said on Wednesday. “AU Commission Chair […]

Burundi: AU to dispatches 5,000 troops to avert looming war

December 18, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council has proposed sending 5,000 peacekeepers to Burundi, invoking a rule which allows it to deploy a force […]