The Latest Breaking News from the African Union

India’s Narendra Modi welcomes AU as a ‘permanent member of the G20 family’

All member countries of the G20 accepted PM Narendra Modi's proposal to bring the key bloc of the Global South to the high table of the world's top economies. Read further on Dynamite News:

The announcement came at the opening of the G20 summit, one that comes as growing global rifts and the absence of key players threatened to make reaching consensus on the thorniest issues elusive.

The Group of 20 of the world’s leading economies is welcoming the African Union as a permanent member

The group of the world’s 20 leading economies is welcoming the African Union as a permanent member, a powerful acknowledgement of Africa as its more than 50 countries seek a more important role on the global stage.

African Union Chairperson Assoumani confident of G-20 membership; urges members to invest in African industrialisation. Assoumani calls for world to help Africa with drought, conflicts, immigration crisis and Ukraine war. India can help Africa with capacity building and food supplies. AU to talk to Indian authorities to resolve rice export…

It’s never been easy for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to find common ground, but the global ramifications of Russia’s war on Ukraine mean even greater challenges for meaningful agreement at the Group of 20 meeting this year

EU official confirms that Ukraine will be their top priority at G-20 Summit in New Delhi. Confident of forming consensus on Global South, EU pushing for African Union membership.

Military rulers in Gabon were on Friday digesting the decision of the African Union (AU) to suspend the country from the regional bloc following the overthrow of President Ali Bongo.

In tonight's Eye on Africa: In South Africa, scores of people die in Johannesburg after a fire at an abandoned apartment block that housed dozens of homeless people. Also, the African Union suspends Gabon after Wednesday's coup d'état, in which the elite Republican Guard placed President Ali Bongo under house…

In tonight's edition: Gabon's president pleads for help in a video after soldiers depose him, just hours after widely criticised election results hand him a third term. Also, to mark the International Day of the Disappeared, the African Union and Red Cross consider ways to reduce the sometimes fatal risks…