World Sep 10 Key global developments as world leaders depart G20 summit in India By William Brangham, Andrew Corkery
World Sep 09 G20 leaders add African Union as permanent member at summit divided over Ukraine The Group of 20 top world economies added the African Union as a member at their annual summit Saturday, and host India was able to get the disparate group to sign off on a final statement, but only after softening language on… By Adam Schreck, David Rising, Associated Press
World Aug 22 The African Union suspends Niger until ‘the effective restoration of constitutional order’ The council of the 55-nation bloc made the decision after mutinous soldiers overthrew Niger's democratically elected president and quickly entrenched themselves in power. By Sam Mednick, Associated Press
World Nov 02 Ethiopian government, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years of conflict Ethiopia's warring sides have formally agreed during talks in South Africa to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a 2-year conflict whose victims could be counted in the hundreds of thousands. By Mogomotsi Magome, Cara Anna, Associated Press
World Jan 31 African Union suspends Burkina Faso following military coup The African Union has announced in a tweet that it has suspended Burkina Faso until constitutional order is restored in the West African country. By Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Nov 02 Africa presses for more climate support at COP26 By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press The head of the African Union, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, said the continent needs the world to contribute $12.5 billion of the $25 billion it needs to accelerate an adaptation program over the next five years. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 10:50 How a nonprofit trained an army to stop Uganda’s atrocities For more than 25 years, Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army terrorized citizens in Uganda, killing tens of thousands and abducting more than 25,000 children to become soldiers and sex slaves. But one philanthropic group used nontraditional means to… Continue watching
May 20 Despite reports, Haiti not joining the African Union By Kenya Downs Rumors circulated that the Caribbean nation of Haiti would become the African Union's 55th member state. Not true, says the African Union. Continue reading
Dec 09 Bush Joins Calls for Mugabe to Step Down By PBS News Hour President Bush said in a statement Tuesday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should step down and called for African support to end his "tyranny" as a growing chorus of foreign leaders calls for the embattled leader to quit his post. Continue reading
Dec 05 U.S. Calls for Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to Resign as Power-sharing Deal Falters By PBS News Hour U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice increased pressure on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to leave office after his government stalled on a power-sharing deal with the opposition party. Continue reading