African union summit
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AU Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat says at least $50 billion of illicit money flows out of Africa every year.
Jean-Jacques Cornish says fighting corruption was the central theme of the 55-nation gathering.
Chinese ambassador to the AU Kuang Weilin has called a report in on this issue 'sensational'.
The AU should invest in proactive prevention of conflict as opposed to reactive intervention.
Jean-Jacques Cornish says Africa’s leaders blinked in the standoff with Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza.
Diplomats said South Africa and Tanzania were among those opposed to sending an unwanted force.
It echoed remarks made by US President Barack Obama in the same AU hall on a trip to Ethiopia in July.
Conflict will also dominate this continental gathering of the 54-nation body as it tends to.
Government says arresting Omar al-Bashir would itself have constituted a criminal offence.
Government is being criticised for failing to fulfil its legal obligations to the ICC.
Pierre de Vos says government’s handling of the al-Bashir matter was amateurish and legally misguided.
The ANC government came under attack in Parliament for allowing Omar al-Bashir to leave SA.
Thuli Madonsela says it’s too early to say whether her office will be involved in the Omar al-Bashir debacle.
Questions are raised as to which security agencies prepared for Omar al-Bashir's hasty and secret exit.
Reports suggest leaders held a meeting before Omar al-Bashir’s visit to SA and agreed to protect him.
A report says the AU is expected to adopt a new funding model which will see SA contribute R700 million.
Omar al-Bashir is wanted by the ICC for charges of genocide of more than 300,000 deaths in West Sudan.
Jolie will speak on a panel at the Sandton Convention Centre on violence against women in conflict.