JOHANNESBURG, May 7 - African countries including Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have warned migrants in South Africa to ...

Government has formally petitioned the African Union (AU) to place the issue of xenophobic attacks against African nationals ...

The African Union Commission strongly condemns the terrorist attack carried out on the evening of Monday, 4 May 2026, against a military base in Barka Tolorom, on the Chadian shore of Lake Chad, which ...

But is it accurate? I address this question in a recent article as the organisation marks its 20th anniversary this year. The AU was negotiated and signed by African governments in 1999. Its founding ...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission,. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed deep concern over the renewed escalation of tensions in the Gulf region, warning of its far-r ...

A peacekeeper from the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) armed with a rocket launcher takes up position near the main Bakara Market as they battle against Islamist insurgents in the capital ...

The AU, founded in May 2001 and headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is a union of 55 member states that work together to address major political, social and economic issues, including preventing ...

In the first years after its launch in November 2007, the African Union’s Panel of the Wise was an important pillar of the African Peace and Security Architecture. The other pillars are the Peace and ...

The Government of Ghana has formally petitioned the African Union (AU) Commission to place the issue of xenophobic attacks ...