African Union

African Union

A delegate walks next to African Union (AU) member states flags ahead of the 38th Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/ Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

African Union summit clouded by Saudi-UAE rivalry in Horn of Africa

What began as a rivalry in Yemen has spread across the Red Sea into a region riven with conflicts - from war in Somalia and Sudan to rivalry between Ethiopia and Eritrea and a divided Libya

A vendor sells a map of Africa along the streets of Bujumbura, Burundi/April 24, Photo: 2015/REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size

Israeli soldiers work to secure residential areas following a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

African Union urges end to Israel-Gaza war

What does the African Union’s inclusion in the G20 mean?

What does the African Union’s inclusion in the G20 mean?

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G20 leaders open summit, admit African Union as permanent member

FILE PHOTO: Delegates ride in a buggy at G20 finance officials meeting venue near Bengaluru, India, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar

G20 agrees membership for African Union on par with EU: Bloomberg News

A file photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Reuters

Indian PM Modi calls for African Union to join G20

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with the media inside the parliament premises upon his arrival on the first day of the budget session in New Delhi, India, 31 January, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Modi proposes full G20 membership for African Union

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives to attend APEC Leader's Dialogue with APEC Business Advisory Council during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. Lillian Suwanrumpha/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Japan backs African Union entry to G20, PM Kishida says

Flame and smoke rise during an Israeli air strike, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza City August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

African Union head condemns Israeli 'attacks' in Gaza

African Union head Macky Sall on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: BSS/AFP

AU head tells Putin Africans 'victims' of Ukraine conflict

Like the EU, the AU also envisions monetary union, as well as various infrastructural, policy, and cultural integration efforts.

Africans need more seats at the tables of power

A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, January 29, 2021. Photo :Reuters

African Union to buy up to 110 million Moderna Covid-19 vaccines -officials