The Latest Breaking News from African Union

Foreign Correspondent reporter Stephanie March gives an insight into one of the most challenging assignments of her career, dealing with confronting scenes of terrible suffering, security threats and logistical difficulties while filming a story about Somalia's hunger crisis.

The primary human rights watchdog in Africa recently made a decision that departed from its existing practice. The African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, an independent expert body within the African Union (AU) framework, used sexual or gender identity as the reason it rejected applications for observer status from…

Six mobile vaccine-production units developed by German pharmaceutical company BioNTech have arrived in Rwanda. This is the first such shipment to Africa as the continent seeks to boost local production of mRNA vaccines.

Israel on Wednesday slammed as "disgraceful" the South African parliament's decision to downgrade Jerusalem's embassy in Pretoria to a liaison office

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Kokal Maiga speaks to Al Jazeera about the security situation in the West African country.

On the eve of International Women’s Day, leading women’s rights campaigners at the United Nations and the African Union and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticized male-dominated governments for excluding women from peace negotiations

The conference on fighting illicit financial transactions in Africa scheduled for mid-March has been delayed.

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed has rejected accusations of racism and pointed to possible legal action for perpetrators of racial attacks, 10 days after announcing a crackdown on illegal migration. Hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans left Tunisia over the weekend while students are encouraged to study online.

Tunisia's president denounced racism on Sunday and pointed to possible legal consequences for perpetrators 10 days after announcing a crackdown on illegal migration using language the African Union condemned as "racialized hate speech". During a statement on Feb.

Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu led the race for Nigeria's presidency on Tuesday, according to partial official tallies issued after a tight election marred by frustration over long delays, technical hitches and charges that results have been manipulated. The main opposition parties have called for the vote's cancellation, describing the…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, has upset the apple cart in Nigeria's tightly contested presidential election, narrowly defeating the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu in his stronghold of Lagos, the country's largest city.