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The recent violence in Senegal, sparked by the sentencing of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, has prompted calls for calm from the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU). In response to the escalating situation, the government has deployed the army in Dakar and other cities, as the death toll reached 15. On Thursday, following […]
The African Union has reaffirmed on Sunday that Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea and Sudan will remain suspended from the pan-African organization following the summit in Ethiopia. Mali, Guinea and Sudan were suspended in 2021, Burkina Faso followed a year later, after the military took power. Speaking after the summit, the head of the AU’s Peace […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Director-General of International Organization for Migration (IOM), Antonio Vitorino. The meeting was held on Sunday February 19, 2023, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the meeting on the margins of the 36th AU Summit, President Buhari pledged Nigeria’s continued support to international organisations working in the northeast region […]
The African Union has slated the celebration of its 20th anniversary for September 9, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday August 8, 2022. According to the statement, the Durban Summit launched the AU and convened its first Assembly of Heads of State and Government in 2002. Speaking about the 20th anniversary themed […]