DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The African Union has suspended Mali and is threatening sanctions after the junta leader grabbed back control of the government last week, marking the second coup d’etat in only nine months….
NAIROBI — As the number of displaced persons in Africa reaches 17 million, leaders on the continent and representatives of international organizations are attending a refugee summit in Ethiopia. Khabele Maltosa, head of the African…
Thirty African leaders are meeting in Mauritania for a two-day summit focusing on fighting corruption and dealing with the continent’s humanitarian and security crises. At the opening of the summit Sunday, host Mauritanian President Mohamed…
North African officials say a large number of foreign recruits who joined the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have returned to their countries and remain loyal to the extremist organization. They fear the returnees…
African and European leaders agreed to speed up efforts to repatriate thousands of migrants stranded in Libya, some in unspeakably brutal conditions. About 80 European Union and African Union heads of state ended two days…
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Nigeria has decided to start issuing visas on arrival for all Africans, the African Union said Friday, in a major step toward the goal of free movement on the continent. The…
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Fighting between al Shabaab fighters and Somali government troops and the African Union peacekeepers killed 24 people on Sunday, a regional official said, with the Islamist militants putting the death toll higher….
Outgoing African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has slammed US President Donald Trump for the second time. This time she said his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries could herald “turbulent times” for Africa. In…
Djibouti’s president says African leaders believe President-elect Donald Trump will pay little attention to Africa, but is hopeful that Djibouti can continue a strong bilateral relationship with the U.S. “Africa does not appear on the…
ADDIS ABABA — The African Union says Morocco has officially submitted a request to join the continental body again after more than four decades. An AU statement Friday says a Moroccan foreign affairs adviser handed…