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The Fractured Reality After the Pretoria Peace Agreement
A Journey Betrayed
The Pretoria Agreement, signed on November 2022, represented a milestone in the efforts to resolve the protracted conflict in Tigray. Crafted through...
Education, Peace, Politics, Climate, Economy and Global Diplomacy in Focus at 37th AU Summit
The 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) kicked off on Saturday 17 February...
Somalia’s Denial Won’t Rewrite the Books: Somaliland Has Proven Itself a De Facto State Deserving Recognition
When Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took the stage at the 37th African Union Summit in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa on February 17th,...
Time to Relocate to new Headquarter: Why the AU Must Consider a New Home
The African Union (AU) has long stood as a symbol of unity and cooperation among African nations. Its headquarters, located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...
Ethiopia-Somaliland MoU Stirs Dispute, Tests African Territorial Unity
In a move that has sent shockwaves across the African continent, Ethiopia recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Somaliland, an autonomous region...
AU and UN discuss more alignment of Agenda 2063 “The Africa We Want,” and SDGs
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations (UN) have held a high-level seminar to explore ways to enhance the coherence and synergy...
Joint Communiqué from the Seventh Annual African Union-United Nations Conference
On 28 November 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat convened the seventh African Union-United...
African Union Mission in New York celebrates Africa Industrialization Day (AID)
The African Union joined the rest of the continent on 20th November, 2023 to commemorate the African Industrialization Day under the theme: “Accelerating Africa’s...
Africa is not yet a paradise, Russia must learn to navigate the challenges
With the emerging multipolar world, Russia has to ditch its decades-long peripheral engagement with Africa. In practical terms, the first Russia-Africa summit was to...
African Union becomes a G20 permanent member: implications for BRICS+
The decision of the G20 economies to admit the African Union as a permanent member at the Group’s 2023 meeting in India comes at...