The African Union (AU) holds its annual summit this weekend in Addis Ababa, gathering heads of state from across the continent to discuss Africa’s many peace and security challenges. Escalating ...

Somali insurgents are protesting a recent decision to increase African Union troops in towns controlled by an Islamic militant group. Al-Shabab is the militant group that controls the towns of Lower ...

Bankole Adeoye (R), African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security speaks with a delegate during a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council at the AU headquarters in Addis ...

The attendance of presidents Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Salva Kiir of South Sudan at Raila Odinga’s unveiling ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya has no doubt boosted his ...

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Eastern and Southern African countries are looking into the possibility of deploying troops to secure areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo now under M23 rebel control, ...

The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs and Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF), Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth, has called for stronger self-reliance, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa's top regional body opened its annual summit on Saturday in Ethiopia to discuss the future of the continent of some 1.4 billion people, as the organization faces ...

African heads of state attend the 37th Ordinary session of the African Union Summit at the Union's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 17, 2024. Throughout 2024, the African Union (AU) ...