World news about “African Union” published by euronews.
Bience Gawanas on women power in Africa Euronews’ Francois Chignac met and talked with Bience Gawanas at the 17th summit of the African Union, held in Equatorial Guinea. She is the Commissioner… 08/07/2011
Saving the African Union Libya, Ivory Coast, South Sudan, Zimbabwe – recent events in Africa, many of them very violent, have burst onto the international stage. And in Equatorial… 05/07/2011
First female leader for African UnionThe African Union has appointed its first chairwoman, South Africa’s former home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the former wife of President Zuma… 15/10/2012
Search for bombs in Kismayu after Somali rebel retreatIn Somalia African Union troops and the government’s own forces have been combing Kismayu for bombs hidden by al Shabaab militants who’ve retreated from their… 04/10/2012
Kenyan and Somali troops flush al-Shabbab out of KismayoAfrican Union and Somali troops have entered the strategic port town of Kismayo, the former stronghold of the al-Shabaab rebel group in Somalia. Al-Shabaab… 02/10/2012
Somali forces appeal for order after rebel retreatThe Somali government in Mogadishu has called on residents in Kismayu to co-operate with security forces after al-Shabaab rebels were ousted from the southern… 30/09/2012
Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels withdraw from final strongholdSomalia’s al Shabaab rebels have lost their last bastion, after being forced out by Somali and Kenyan government forces. The rebels withdrew from the… 29/09/2012
African leaders hail first woman at helm of AUThe election of the African Union’s first female leader follows months of wrangling that threatened to divide the organisation. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma… 16/07/2012
First female to head African Union CommissionSouth African Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has become the first female to head the African Union Commission. The 63-year-old’s election… 16/07/2012
African leaders meet at AU summit in EthiopiaThe feuding Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his southern counterpart Salva Kiir have come face to face at this year’s African Union summit in Addis… 15/07/2012
Dozens killed in Mali counter-coup attemptSoldiers from Mali’s ruling junta have overrun the main presidential guard barracks in the capital Bamako, which has been the scene of heavy fighting. It… 01/05/2012
African Union mission to hunt for rebel leader KonyThe African Union is to launch a new mission beginning this weekend to hunt Joseph Kony – the Ugandan rebel leader wanted for war crimes whose notoriety has… 24/03/2012
African Union non-committal on Gaddafi’s futureThe African Union hopes a document it has drawn up on Libya will form a base for negotiations between government and rebels. But it remains non-committal… 02/07/2011
Libyan rebels reject Gaddafi’s new ceasefire callRebels have rejected the results of fresh mediation efforts to end the conflict in Libya with Muammar Gaddafi giving no sign he is ready to step down. South… 31/05/2011
Gaddafi accepts AU peace plan – ZumaSouth African President Jacob Zuma says Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has accepted the African Union roadmap aimed at bringing the conflict in the country to… 31/05/2011
Libya’s government accepts peace roadmapLibya’s government has announced it is ready to accept a roadmap for resolving the country’s crisis as proposed by a group of African Union envoys. Muammar… 11/04/2011
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo rebuffs AU call to quitIvory Coast’s disputed leader Laurent Gbabgo on Thursday rejected an African Union proposal that he step down to solve the country’s political… 10/03/2011
L’Union africaine suspend la Côte d’IvoireLe refus de Laurent Gbagbo de reconnaitre le résultat des élections a motivé la décision de L’organisation. La Côte d’Ivoire ne sera réintégrée que lorsque le… 09/12/2010
Gaddafi becomes AU leaderLibya’s Colonel Gaddafi has been elected to lead the African Union. At a specially held summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Gaddafi — who has… 02/02/2009
Gaddafi elected to head African UnionThe African Union has voted Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi as the bloc’s leader in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. However the Union has once again… 02/02/2009
Ethiopian troops pull out of MogadishuEthiopian troops have begun a staged withdrawal from their two bases in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Opinion is divided over the pull-out – while some… 14/01/2009
