African Union head Macky Sall on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to take into account the suffering in African countries from food shortages caused by the conflict in Ukraine.r Putin to take into account
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2/24/20
Africa-EU Relations - African Union: Africa visit and EU parliament missions This WEEK - by Elena Sánchez Nicolás
The European Commission will visit on Thursday (27 February) the
Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for a joint meeting with the African
Union, before the EU-Africa strategy is unveiled in the coming weeks.
This new approach aims to bring Africa and Europe closer together through the strengthening of economic cooperation and sustainable development.
Read more: Africa visit and EU parliament missions This WEEK
This new approach aims to bring Africa and Europe closer together through the strengthening of economic cooperation and sustainable development.
Read more: Africa visit and EU parliament missions This WEEK
7/1/11
Do African Leaders Support Democracy Or Do They Support Anyone In Power??
Most African heads of state say they are in favor of democracy, but when it comes to their own power, many toss democracy aside in order to keep their grip on power.
That contradiction is evident at the African Union summit currently being held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The leaders of 52 of Africa's 53 states have gathered for the 17th AU summit June 30 and July 1. Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the longtime president of Equatorial Guinea, opened the summit by blaming outside "agents" for sparking pro-democracy demonstrations in countries across Africa including his own.
"The intervention for human rights are nowadays causing a massive scourge," said Obiang at the opening of the AU's bi-annual summit in Malabo, according to Associated Press. "The uncounted number of victims, among them women and children, displaced people and the destruction of economic infrastructure does not justify such interventions. Instead of providing solutions to problems we are complicating and worsening world conflicts."
Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is casting a long shadow at the AU summit. The AU has an ad hoc committee charged with dealing with the Libyan crisis and it has issued numerous statements supporting Gaddafi and advocating talks between the Libyan leader and the rebels fighting to overthrow him. But now there are signs that the AU committe is pulling away from its support for Gaddafi. The committee said Thursday in Malabo that it will submit new proposals on Libya to the AU summit.
Britain's Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham attended the first part of the conference and said he had met with many of the foreign ministers of the 53 member nations attending the conference, and found that even those who were previously reluctant to call for Gadhafi's ouster are now privately agreeing that he should go. The loss of support from the African Union would be an especially bitter blow to Gaddafi, who was the driving force to create the organization. Gaddafi donated millions of dollars to transform the Organization of African Unity into the AU in 2002 and he contributed money to keep the AU functioning.
As the leaders discuss how to help Africa's poor, they will be sitting in luxury at the Sipopo Resort. Critics of Obiang say the money spent on developing Sipopo, including a 6-lane highway, luxury villas, several towers, a golf course, and other finishing touches could have instead been spent on the poor of Equatorial Guinea,
For more: African Union | Malabo | Equatorial Guinea | Obiang | Gaddafi
That contradiction is evident at the African Union summit currently being held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The leaders of 52 of Africa's 53 states have gathered for the 17th AU summit June 30 and July 1. Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the longtime president of Equatorial Guinea, opened the summit by blaming outside "agents" for sparking pro-democracy demonstrations in countries across Africa including his own.
"The intervention for human rights are nowadays causing a massive scourge," said Obiang at the opening of the AU's bi-annual summit in Malabo, according to Associated Press. "The uncounted number of victims, among them women and children, displaced people and the destruction of economic infrastructure does not justify such interventions. Instead of providing solutions to problems we are complicating and worsening world conflicts."
Embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is casting a long shadow at the AU summit. The AU has an ad hoc committee charged with dealing with the Libyan crisis and it has issued numerous statements supporting Gaddafi and advocating talks between the Libyan leader and the rebels fighting to overthrow him. But now there are signs that the AU committe is pulling away from its support for Gaddafi. The committee said Thursday in Malabo that it will submit new proposals on Libya to the AU summit.
Britain's Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham attended the first part of the conference and said he had met with many of the foreign ministers of the 53 member nations attending the conference, and found that even those who were previously reluctant to call for Gadhafi's ouster are now privately agreeing that he should go. The loss of support from the African Union would be an especially bitter blow to Gaddafi, who was the driving force to create the organization. Gaddafi donated millions of dollars to transform the Organization of African Unity into the AU in 2002 and he contributed money to keep the AU functioning.
As the leaders discuss how to help Africa's poor, they will be sitting in luxury at the Sipopo Resort. Critics of Obiang say the money spent on developing Sipopo, including a 6-lane highway, luxury villas, several towers, a golf course, and other finishing touches could have instead been spent on the poor of Equatorial Guinea,
For more: African Union | Malabo | Equatorial Guinea | Obiang | Gaddafi
4/10/11
Libya : African Union team in Tripoli to meet Gaddafi - by Harriet Sherwood and Chris McGreal
Leaders of five African countries arrived in Tripoli on Sunday to meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in an attempt to broker a ceasefire and a political resolution to the deadlocked two-month-old conflict.
The African Union delegation, led by the South African president, Jacob Zuma, may then fly on to Benghazi, the heartland of the rebels, to press for a diplomatic settlement.
The initiative came as Nato air strikes once again pulled the rebels back from the brink of a significant defeat by stalling a government assault on the strategic town of Ajdabiya, the gateway to the revolutionaries' de facto capital, Benghazi.
For more: Libya talks: African Union team in Tripoli to meet Gaddafi | World news | The Guardian
The African Union delegation, led by the South African president, Jacob Zuma, may then fly on to Benghazi, the heartland of the rebels, to press for a diplomatic settlement.
The initiative came as Nato air strikes once again pulled the rebels back from the brink of a significant defeat by stalling a government assault on the strategic town of Ajdabiya, the gateway to the revolutionaries' de facto capital, Benghazi.
For more: Libya talks: African Union team in Tripoli to meet Gaddafi | World news | The Guardian
3/30/11
Libya" Global message: from London Meeting: "Gaddafi must go "
The EU, Arab League, African Union, OIC representatives besides 35 foreign ministers attended the conference and agreed to extend humanitarian assistance to Libya in its escalating civil war. They vowed to maintain pressure on its dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, to quit, but failed to reach a consensus on the extent or nature of the Nato intervention.
The US secretary of state Hillary Clinton sounded an aggressive tone and stressed bombing and missile strikes on Libya's armed forces and their installations will continue until the dictator meets "UN terms" to "make clear to Gaddafi that he must go".
EU-Digest: no more lip service, just more airstrikes on Gaddafi tanks and military shelling civilians and weapons for the rebels.
For more: Global message: Gaddafi must go - The Times of India
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