brussels bureau Migrant weary EU promises to change relations with Africa EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the bloc is changing its attitude towards Africa after the massive increases in migration in the past few years. 15/05/2017
Africanews African leaders back plan for mass ICC withdrawal Africa has 34 signatories to the Rome Statute, the treaty which set up the court. 01/02/2017
Africanews [Photos] The African passport with 5 language inscriptions The passport are currently issued to Heads of States and diplomats and is believed to have high security features. The first recepients were Chairperson of the African Union, Idris Deby Itno and Rwand 17/07/2016
Africanews African passport launched, Idris Deby & Paul Kagame get first copies The African passport has finally been launched and the first two copies issued at the 27th African Union (AU) summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. 17/07/2016
Africanews AU ready to deploy East African Stanby Force to Burundi The African Union Commission could deploy the East African Standby Force to Burundi in the wake of deadly clashes recorded since April.The contingency plan was deliberated upon at the 565th African 17/12/2015
world news Obama urges nations to respect democracy in African Union speech At the end of an historic and personally significant trip, Barack Obama has left Africa with words of hope and warning. Before setting off from 28/07/2015
South Africa South Africa: ICC calls for arrest of Sudan's president during regional summit A South African court has issued an interim order blocking Sudanese President Omar Bashir from leaving the country, until a judge hears an 14/06/2015
Nigeria 'Phase one over' in Boko Haram battle, say Chad-Niger forces African coalition forces say the first phase of the offensive against Boko Haram is over following last week’s successful recapture of a strategic 04/04/2015
world news 7,500 African Union troops to fight Boko Haram African Union forces from Chad have attacked Boko Haram killing 120 of its militants in the far north of Cameron. The Islamist militant group had 01/02/2015
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's Mugabe elected as new African Union chairman Robert Mugabe at the centre of controversy again after being appointed head of the African Union 30/01/2015
interview 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 08/07/2011
focus 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 05/07/2011
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