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Group of 20 nations expands as African Union joins bloc

NEW DELHI -- The African Union joined the Group of 20 leading economies at its summit on Saturday, giving the continent broader representation in...

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say ready for AU-led peace talks

By Tanya Willmer Ethiopia's Tigray rebels said Sunday they were ready for a ceasefire and would accept a peace process led by the African Union,...

African Union head to speak to Putin

The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, will speak with President Vladimir Putin in the southwestern Russian city of Sochi on...

US ‘gravely concerned’ over Tigray situation –Blinken

Washington—US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned alleged atrocities committed in Ethiopia’s Tigray and called on the African Union and other international partners to...

South Africa orders 20 million Pfizer vaccines

South Africa has secured 20 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the health ministry said Sunday. Africa's worst virus-hit country has yet to begin...

Burundi ex-leader sentenced to life over murder of successor

Burundi's ex-president Pierre Buyoya has been sentenced to life in prison in absentia over the assassination of his successor in 1993, according to a...

4 new members elected to UNSC

The UN General Assembly elected four new members of the Security Council for 2021 and 2022, with Canada losing out again and the battle...

Leaders grapple with their failure to ‘silence the guns’

Addis Ababa"•Seven years ago, amid extravagant celebrations marking the African Union’s 50th anniversary, the continent’s heads of state declared they would “end all wars...

Egypt to head African Union; Sisi takes chair

Cairo, Egypt—Nearly six years after the African Union shut it out in the cold, Egypt will take the organization’s helm—and strengthening multilateral powers is...
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