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One of the highlights of the upcoming 21st Summit of the African Union (AU) is the 50th anniversary of the founding in 1963 of its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May...
Sudan accused South Sudan of having supported rebels who launched a major assault two weeks ago, warning this could derail recent oil and security agreements between the African neighbours, state...
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has learnt, with great shock, about the ambush and killing, on 12 May 2013, at the border between Chad and...
On 7 May 2013, the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) provided educational assistance to five primary schools in and around Sortoni, North Darfur.
The school materials,...
One of the ambitions of pan-Africanism is the realisation of what Ali Mazrui, the renowned Kenyan political scientist, called Pax Africana, a peace ‘that is protected and maintained by Africa...
South Africa would ‘never say no’ when called upon to end strife in Africa, International Relations and Cooperation Minister MaiteNkoana-Mashabane told journalists in Pretoria on 29 April.Asked...
During the period of 22 to 30 April 2013, the head of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Joint Special Representative (JSR) Mohamed Ibn Chambas, conducted a series of...
South Africa's parliament approved a bill on Thursday for managing state secrets. This ends a three-year battle over legislation that critics say could be used to cover up corruption.
The...
The UN Security Council unanimously approved on Thursday the creation of a 12 600-strong peacekeeping force in Mali starting July 1, which will be supported by French troops if needed to combat...
The South African deployment in the Central African Republic (CAR) which created a political firestorm at home, came to a precipitous end when President Zuma announced the forces’ withdrawal on 3...
In January 2012, South Sudan stopped oil production after it failed to reach an agreement with Sudan on transit fees.(2) The dispute crippled the economies of both Sudan and South Sudan and fuelled...
In the early morning hours of 19 April, one peacekeeper of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was shot dead and two others injured in an attack by unidentified assailants...
As part of his meetings with senior Sudanese officials and Darfurian authorities, the Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Mr....
President Jacob Zuma has extended the deployment of the South African National Defence Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan until April next year.
Nearly a month after launching its military intervention in Mali, France informed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that it would seek a United Nations (UN) force to replace the French-led...