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African Union

July 2024

  • A man sitting on the ground holds out his hand through a gate to a medic in a white jacket

    How a brother’s illness spurred a plan to get mental health on the agenda across Africa

    One of the continent’s leading medics, Jean Kaseya, has made it his mission to help the 116m people in African countries with mental health conditions

June 2024

  • A teenaged African girl poses for a photo clasping hands with a bald European man in a dark suit

    From Silicon Valley to Silicon Savannah: climate expert Patrick Verkooijen on why this is Africa’s century

    The University of Nairobi’s new chancellor says the continent has vast potential – but to realise the promise of AI and green jobs, rich countries must honour their commitments

April 2024

  • A damaged army tank on the street in Omdurman, Sudan

    We cannot turn our backs on the tragedy unfolding in Sudan

    Letters: Readers respond to Nesrine Malik’s article about the civil war tearing the country apart

January 2024

  • A Somali police officers stands guard during a march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal.

    ‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region

    Somaliland hoped to be recognised as a country after port deal with landlocked Ethiopia - but move has sparked fury in Somalia

December 2023

  • MEPs inside the European parliament in Strasbourg

    EU must face legacy of colonialism and support reparations, say MEPs

    Draft resolution to European parliament committee is first formal attempt to place reparations for slavery on EU agenda

November 2023

  • Youssouf Mondoha Assoumani, chair of the African Union permanent representatives' committee, speaking in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday.

    African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery

    African Union and Caricom members establish global reparations fund and call for formal apologies from European nations

September 2023

  • India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, welcomes the African Union chair, Azali Assoumani, to the first session of the G20 summit in Delhi

    African Union made permanent member of G20 at Delhi summit

  • Turkana women, from north-west Kenya, hold a placard as they take part in a march in Nairobi on Monday. Activists of various nationalities urged delegates attending the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi to engage actively in discussions to expedite the phase-out of fossil fuels

    ‘We’re not victims, we’re part of the solution’: the first Africa Climate Summit – in pictures

August 2023

  • Abdel-Fatau Musah stands in front of an army officer who is saluting

    West African bloc prepared for military intervention after Niger coup

    Ecowas says it is ready to restore democracy and describes president Mohamed Bazoum as a hostage

June 2023

  • African Union peacekeepers provide security during the Somali presidential elections, in Mogadishu in May 2022

    Uganda says 54 African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia by al-Shabaab militants

    Death toll one of heaviest since pro-government forces launched offensive against jihadists last August

May 2023

  • Kamal Fadel, a representative of West Sahara’s Polisario Front, was invited to the event by South African officials.

    Moroccan officials accused of intimidation after fracas at African unity event in Canberra

    Kamal Fadel, a representative of the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara, was initially blocked from entering venue by Moroccan embassy staff

December 2022

  • The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken (third left), and the defence secretary, Lloyd Austin (second left), meet the Angolan president, João Lourenço (right), during the summit

    African leaders gather in US as Joe Biden aims to reboot rocky relations

  • Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast, at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit in Accra, Ghana, July 2022

    Hunger has taken hold across Africa. We need a new approach to tackling its causes

    President Alassane Ouattara

November 2022

  • South Africa's former president Thabo Mbeki.

    UN to vote on new tax convention proposed by African states

    Developing nations hope draft resolution will pave way for fresh talks on global tax policy

  • Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels agree ceasefire ending two-year war – video report

    Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebels agreed to an African Union-mediated ceasefire ending a two-year war

  • Redwan Hussein, left, representing Ethiopia’s government, shakes hands with Tigray’s delegate Getachew Reda at a press conference in Pretoria.

    Ethiopian civil war: parties agree on end to hostilities

    Breakthrough ‘monumental’ says prime minister after two-year conflict between north Tigray and federal forces that displaced millions

October 2022

  • Displaced people in Tigray, Ethiopia in May 2022.

    The Guardian view on the world’s forgotten conflict: Ethiopia’s devastating war

    Editorial: Civilians in Tigray are in grave danger following the collapse of the ceasefire. World leaders must turn their attention to this crisis

September 2022

  • Nigeria FESTAC ’77

    Marilyn Nance’s images of FESTAC ‘77 in Lagos

    In early 1977, more than 15,000 artists, intellectuals, and performers from 55 nations worldwide gathered in Lagos, Nigeria for the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, also known as FESTAC ‘77. Photographer and visual artist Marilyn Nance’s images offer a glimpse of the radical possibilities of Pan-African unity

August 2022

  • João Lourenço

    Angola’s ruling party claims victory in tightly contested vote

    João Lourenço’s MPLA, which has been in power for decades, declared winners but opposition Unita rejects results

May 2022

  • Macky Sall on screen

    Africa warns of food crisis due to Russian blockade of Ukraine’s ports

    African Union chair calls on EU leaders to do all they can to release grain stocks amid ‘perfect storm’ for global supply chain
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