The African Union commision has new leadership in Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. But how will the AU handle deepening ...

The AU Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa crystallized tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

Amnesty International has urged the incoming chairperson and the AU to place human rights protection at the forefront of ...

The 38th African Union summit in Addis Ababa started with the election of commissioners, amid some confusion over the new ...

AU summit to focus on Congo's conflict amid ... Congo's war tops the agenda at this weekend's African Union summit but chances of diplomatic progress are slim as rebels advance and Rwanda's ...

The African Union has deployed and onboarded the 12th cohort of Youth Volunteers. The 45 Young Professionals from 23 ...

The Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, had a series of bilateral meetings and talks with several eminent African dignitaries during his participation at the 38th Ordinary Session of the ...

As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...

The newly appointed Commissioner expressed gratitude on LinkedIn, posting, “The hard work begins now. We will integrate the ...

African Union members have elected Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf as the next chair of the AU Commission. Mr Ali Youssouf defeated Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and ...

He replaces Moussa Faki Mahamat of Chad, who served two terms as AU commissioner ... Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco took the rotating African Union chairmanship, replacing Mauritanian President ...

African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide ...