Morocco Re-joins African Union
01/02/2017Morocco rejoined the club of African states on Tuesday, 33 years after quitting over recognition of Western Sahara, bringing one of Africa’s largest economies into the fold and raising hopes.
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West African Leaders to Press Gambia’s Jammeh to Quit
13/12/2016By Edward McAllister West African heads of state began arriving in Gambia on Tuesday to try to convince the long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power after losing an election.
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Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage
01/12/2016By Kieran Guilbert Women’s rights activists have recently urged Nigeria to accelerate efforts to end child marriage after it joined an African Union (AU) campaign to eliminate the practice. Nigeria.
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African Union Welcomes Juba Unconditional Acceptance of Regional Forces
28/11/2016The head of the African Union Commission recently welcomed the South Sudanese government’s decision to authorize the deployment of the Regional Protection Force (RPF) without condition. On Saturday, the South.
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African Union Says to Mediate in Gabon Election Crisis
06/09/2016The African Union has recently said it would send a delegation to help resolve a standoff over presidential election results in Gabon that triggered days of deadly riots. Official results.
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Morocco Requests to Re-join African Union after 32 years
19/07/2016Morocco has asked the African Union (AU) to readmit it to an organisation it left 32 years ago, as it steps up efforts to win support from member states for.
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AU Backs Call for ‘Robust’ African Force in South Sudan
19/07/2016The African Union has backed a request for African troops with a robust mandate to reinforce U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan. The AU summit meeting in Rwanda’s capital approved the.
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AU Sets U.S$1.2 Billion Self-Financing Target
18/07/2016The African Union has set an ambitious self-financing targets of $1.2 billion (about Rwf898 billion) annually to reduce heavy dependence on external partners to finance development projects.
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