The African Union commision has new leadership in Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. But how will the AU handle deepening continental crises as the ideal of multilateralism hangs in the balance?

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday opened the two-day G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Johannesburg, the ...

Amid diplomatic tensions between host South Africa and the Trump Administration, the U.S. will be represented at a meeting of ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a meeting of foreign ministers from the leading rich and developing nations, ...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, held a roundtable with ambassadors and ...

The escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC ...

A meeting of the AU's Peace and Security Council dedicated to the conflict ran late into the night on Friday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is scheduled to address the full summit on Saturday.

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - African leaders chose Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to chair the African Union commission ... Saudis host meeting on Ukraine without Ukraine ...