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- Tuesday 17 July 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
July 16, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma became the chairperson of the Africa Union Commission on Sunday, making her the first woman to chair the 54-member (...)
- Saturday 28 October 2006
Oct 27, 2006 (NIAMEY) — Niger’s cabinet on Friday suspended a decision to deport thousands of Mahamid Arabs back to Chad after neighbouring countries intervened to request a halt, the communications minister said.
The West African (...)
- Thursday 8 February 2007
Feb 7, 2007 (DAKAR) — Army chiefs from the United States and nine west and north African countries attended on Wednesday in Dakar a conference to strengthen counter-terrorism fight in the Sahara region, according to the Senegalese army. (...)
- Sunday 22 January 2006
Jan 21, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — West African countries would ask Sudan to pull out its candidacy to the chairmanship of the African Union, while Sudanese government working hard to ensure the support of East and North Africa countries. AU (...)
- Sunday 26 March 2006
Mar 25, 2006 (ABUJA) — Nigeria’s influence within the African continental body-African Union-seems to have waned in recent years: there is worry even among Nigerian diplomats, some serving and others retired, that if unchecked, this (...)
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