Tag: African Union

US to send first vaccine doses to Africa in coming days

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. will begin making its first COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa in the coming days, with the ultimate goal of sharing...

Ethiopia urges Tigray rights inquiry to ‘immediately cease’

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government is urging an African Union body to “immediately cease” a new commission of inquiry into allegations of abuses in...

African Union suspends Mali after coup, threatens sanctions

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DAKAR, Senegal — The African Union has suspended Mali and is threatening sanctions after the junta leader grabbed back control of the government last...

Chaos in African parliament after ‘I’ll kill you’ threat

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — There was mayhem at a meeting of the African Union's parliament Monday as lawmakers scuffled over a ballot box...

Malawi burns 20,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses that expired

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Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines because they had expired. ...

UN seeks proposals to end force on Sudan-South Sudan border

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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the mandate of the nearly 3,700-strong peacekeeping force in the disputed Abyei region on the...

Congo’s leader in Sudan amid efforts to resolve Nile dispute

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CAIRO — Congo’s president, the current head of the African Union, arrived in Khartoum Saturday for talks with Sudanese leaders amid international and regional...

UN chief: Sudan-South Sudan dispute will keep UN in Abyei

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UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has informed the Security Council that he couldn’t provide options to reduce and terminate the nearly 3,700-strong...

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks on big dam amid tensions

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CAIRO — A new round of talks between three African nations began Saturday, officials said, aimed at resolving a yearslong dispute over a giant...

Ethiopia rejects outside mediation in Nile River dam dispute

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KAMPALA, Uganda — An Ethiopian official said on Tuesday that his government opposes calls by Sudan for outside mediators including the United States in...