The Latest Breaking News from AU

AU calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

The call for a truce comes as the pan-African body makes efforts to bring the warring sides to negotiating table.

Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2022

Exclusive-Ethiopia debt relief delay partly due to civil war: state finance minister

Delays in restructuring Ethiopia's debt due to the failings of a new global mechanism for resolving debt problems are "disappointing," the east African nation's state finance minister said on Saturday, adding that he planned to raise it with the head of the IMF later in the day.

Reuters · Oct 15, 2022

Analysis: Does China’s ‘palace diplomacy’ benefit Africa or Beijing?

China’s practice of gifting million-dollar buildings to governments across Africa is under renewed scrutiny.

Al Jazeera · Oct 14, 2022

Kenyatta, Obasanjo to broker AU peace talks with Ethiopia and Tigray

Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta will be heading to South Africa to join Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday as mediators for African Union-brokered peace talks between the Federal government of Ethiopia and Tigray representatives.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 7, 2022

Ethiopia, Tigray leaders invited for talks in South Africa

A diplomat in Addis Ababa has said the African Union is still waiting for a response from the Tigrayan side.

Al Jazeera · Oct 5, 2022

Ethiopia's Tigray leader invited to peace talks in S. Africa

The leader of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has been invited to peace talks in South Africa this weekend as part of a pan-African effort to end one of the world’s most overlooked wars

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Russian ambassador sends nuclear warning

The Australian government is backing Ukraine's claims of genocide against its citizens and is considering expelling the Russian ambassador.

AAP · Oct 3, 2022

Burkina Faso hit by fresh uncertainty after second coup in eight months

Burkina Faso awoke to fresh chaos Saturday with the country facing its second coup in a year. Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was toppled by junior officers led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, who accused Damiba of failing to address the numerous jihadist attacks on the impoverished and restive West African…

France 24 · Oct 1, 2022

Morocco to Chair African Union’s Peace, Security Council

Morocco will take over the presidency of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council decision-making body during October. The kingdom was elected at the AU’s 35th Summit in February as a member of the AU Peace and Security Council for the period between 2022 and 2025.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022

What stagnated the Ethiopia peace process?

The Ethiopian forces and Tigrayan rebels failed to progress in peace talks during a five-month truce period.

Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2022