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FILE: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver a pandemic response update during the closed portion of the summit Saturday, according to a draft programme. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter.

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African leaders to tackle COVID, conflict at virtual summit

By AFP

The African Union summit comes almost exactly one year after Egypt recorded the first case of COVID-19 in Africa, prompting widespread fears that member states'...

  • Image: © Iurii Golub / 123rf.com

    African Union secures additional 400 million vaccine doses

    The Serum Institute of India is producing a vaccine using the Oxford-AstraZeneca formula, under the name of Covishield, for India and other developing countries.

    84 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 19 February, 2015 migrants sit atop a border fence separating Morocco from the north African Spanish enclave of Melilla in the first attempt to jump since the camp on Mount Gurugu burned down. Picture: AFP

    African Union opens 'migration observatory'

    The AMO's mission will be to collect, analyse and exchange data across 'an interconnected system' linking African countries to improve migration policies that are 'often ineffective due to a lack of data', according to the inauguration document.

    125 days ago
  • FILE: Main opposition candidate, Cellou Dalein Diallo (C) waves at his supporters as he arrives at the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea's party headquarters, ahead of his declaration a day after the presidential elections in Conakry on 19 October 2020. Picture: AFP.

    UN, African nations urge Guinea to end blockade of opposition chief

    Police barricaded Cellou Dalein Diallo inside his home in the capital Conakry last week, after he self-proclaimed victory in 18 October poll, triggering clashes which killed 21 people nationwide.

    177 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa before addressing South Africans on Wednesday, 16 September 2020. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa hails 2 fighting sides in Libya for agreeing to peace

    Ramaphosa said the ceasefire agreement, is an enforcement and observation of a critical first step to creating conducive conditions.

    179 days ago
  • FILE: Malian imam and former head of the High Islamic Council of Mali (HCIM), Mahmoud Dicko (C) gives a speech during the official launch of his movement, the 'Coordination of movements, associations and sympathisers' (CMAS) on 7 September 2019 in Bamako. Picture: AFP

    Mali protest leader steps back as coup leaders promise election

    The mutineers met Mahmoud Dicko, a Salafist preacher who electrified protesters during anti-Keita demonstrations in recent weeks that drew tens of thousands of people.

    246 days ago
  • Malian Air Force deputy chief of staff Ismael Wague (front row 2nd L) speaks during a press conference in Kati, Mali on 19 August 2020. Coup leaders in Mali faced a wave of international pressure a day after they forced out Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita weakened by months of mass protests. Picture: AFP

    Mali junta urges end to 'vandalism' and return to normality

    Demonstrators notably torched the offices of the attorney of former justice minister Kassim Tapo.

    246 days ago
  • Malian soldiers are celebrated as they arrive at the Indipendence square in Bamako on 18 August 2020. Mali's Prime Minister Boubou Cisse called on 18 August 2020, for 'fraternal dialogue' with soldiers who seized a key military garrison and have triggered fears of a coup attempt. Picture: AFP.

    African Union suspends Mali's membership after coup

    The suspension will last until constitutional order is restored, it said, demanding the release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other senior officials.

    246 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 30 June 2020 former Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita poses for a photo during the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott. Picture: AFP

    Mutinying soldiers detain Mali president and PM, deepening crisis

    Keita’s detention at his residence in southwestern Bamako followed hours of uncertainty after soldiers mutinied in the morning at the Kati military base outside Bamako and rounded up a number of senior civilian officials and military officers.

    247 days ago
  • This frame grab from a video obtained from the Ethiopian Public Broadcaster (EBC) on 24 July 2020 shows an aerial view of water levels at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia. Picture: AFP

    Nile dam mediator South Africa urges talks to continue

    Egypt and Sudan view the dam as a threat to vital water supplies, while Ethiopia considers it crucial for its electrification and development.

    260 days ago
  • FILE: Medical swabs to test for the coronavirus. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    AU special envoys raise $30bn for COVID-19 response

    This week’s virtual meeting of the bureau of the AU was informed that the continent had now launched a procurement platform to enable member states to access testing kits and PPEs that were difficult or expensive to secure.

    312 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Twitter/Presidency.

    Ramaphosa reiterates call for lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe, Sudan

    The AU chairperson led celebrations to mark the founding of the Organisation of African Union (OAU) – now known as the AU - on 25 May 1963.

    332 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS.

    Ramaphosa calls for African unity to overcome COVID-19 pandemic

    African Union chairperson President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the resilience of Africans must see its people through current challenges.

    333 days ago
  • AU to test Madagascar's so-called coronavirus remedy

    Madagascar is putting its, plant-based so-called cure for COVID-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for purchase, despite warnings from the World Health Organisation that its efficacy is unproven.

    344 days ago
  • Wamkele Mene was chief negotiator in the African Continental Free Trade Area for South Africa and a former trade diplomat at World Trade Organisation. Picture: LinkedIn

    Digital trade the only tool for Africa’s economic recovery - Wamkele Nene

    Africa Continental Free Trade Area secretary-general Wamkele Mene concedes that his vision for the secretariat has been transformed by COVID-19 and that he now has to go back to the drawing board and reprioritise the secretariat's work.

    353 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa on 22 April 2020 hosted a virtual meeting of the AU Bureau of Heads of State & Government with African business leaders. Picture: @AUChair2020/Twitter.

    Ramaphosa asks African business bigwigs to change their production priorities

    The president also called for collaboration to ensure the resilience of existing supply chains for essential products like food.

    365 days ago
  • FILE: AU commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat said the AU fully supports WHO and its director, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    AU chief defends WHO from Trump's criticism

    Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Trump said the WHO "seems very biased toward China" and that his government 'will look at ending funding'.

    380 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 33rd AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Picture: Twitter/Presidency

    Ramaphosa: African free trade area must benefit continent

    AU chair Cyril Ramaphosa said that the free trade area would require minimum local production for goods to qualify.

    438 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the occasion of the presentation of credentials by Heads of Mission accredited to SA in Pretoria on 28 January 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa looks to advance peace in Africa as he takes up AU chairmanship

    The president took a swipe at Russia and Turkey, without naming them, for having ulterior motives in getting involved in Libya.

    450 days ago
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