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Al Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that killed at least 10 Burundian peacekeepers.

Mogadishu (AFP) - Al-Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that killed an unknown number of Burundian peacekeepers.

The African Union Mission in Somalia – AMISOM – has ended its 15-year political and military experiment in post-conflict state building. On 1 April 2022, a shift took place as the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) came into being. The transition’s mission is to pave the way for…

Agenda 2063 is the African Union’s long-term framework for socio-economic development, regional integration and the preservation of history and culture.

He was speaking on the 47th day of the Russian invasion of his country

The preamble of the founding Act of the African Union (AU) calls for “collective action in Africa and in our relations with the rest of the world”.

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president and a pan Africanist extraordinaire, turned 85 on 5 March 2022.

Somalia's prime minister on Thursday expelled the African Union representative because of acts incompatible with his status though Somalia's president rejected the order, signalling a new rift between the Somali leaders.

COVAX, the global project to share COVID-19 vaccines, and the African Union have declined options to buy additional doses of Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine despite the low immunization rate as developing nations struggle to allocate supplies. The African Union and Covax decided not to obtain more of the vaccine as developing nations struggle…