The Latest Breaking News from AU

Ethiopia’s ambassador to Khartoum Yibeltal Aemero Alemu said Sudan and Ethiopia reached an agreement to peacefully resolve the border dispute. Alemu did not specify when bilateral talks on border demarcation would be launched. “There are previous border agreements with Sudan,” he affirmed, adding that officials from both countries will refer…

Mali's transitional government has created working groups with members of West Africa's regional bloc, the African Union and the United Nations to work toward a return to constitutional order, it said on Wednesday.

Chairman Macky Sall says new committee will work to build consensus on the matter, warns against divisions.

Palestinian PM Mohammed Shtayyeh on Saturday urged the African Union to withdraw Israel's observer status as heads of state from the 55-member body met for a two-day summit. "Israel should never be rewarded for its violation and for the apartheid regime it does impose on the Palestinian people," he said,…

Two-day summit in Addis Ababa will address six coups or attempted coups over past 18 months and low vaccination rates.

African leaders gather at an African Union summit this weekend to try to forge a coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and a spate of military takeovers from Sudan to the Sahel region.

James O'Connor says stepping down as Queensland Reds captain has lightened a load that took its toll during a run to the Super Rugby AU title.

President says five hour attack on the government palace was a ‘failed attack against democracy’.

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday said he survived heavy fire for five hours during an attempted coup which he claimed killed or injured many people in the unstable West African country.