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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Nouakchott, Cairo - Sheikh Mohammed, Asharq Al-Awsat

AU Condemns ‘Wave’ of Coups, Suspends Debate on Israel Ties

The headquarters of the African Union (Reuters) and Bankole Adeoye, head of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, speaks at a press conference in the AU’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on February 6, 2022 AFP

Calm returned to the corridors of the African Union (AU) headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, after two days of discussion and meetings in the framework of the first African Summit to be held in the glass building since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

Those meetings hoped to tackle decisive decisions to confront a “wave” of military coups that had swept the continent for months, but the Summit was satisfied with condemning any change of government outside the constitutional systems.

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