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For this month’s ‘Made in Africa’ column, we list the music from across the African diaspora we’re taking into the summer ...
T he African Union commemorated Africa Day 2025 with a renewed call to justice, unity, and shared progress. Speaking on behalf of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf ...
Addis Ababa/Libreville: The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) on Wednesday announced the reinstatement of Gabon to the union's family. Gabon's reinstatement came after the ...
The African Union said on Monday that US tariffs imposed on countries across the continent threatened decades of "mutually beneficial trade and cooperation". AU Commission chairman Mahamoud Ali ...
“African American ... in the 1960s as the anthem “We Shall Overcome.” Thomas Dorsey came to be known as the father of gospel music in written form. In the late 1920s, he began composing religious ...
The African Union Commision has new leadership in Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. But how will the AUC handle deepening continental and global crises? Pushed to the peripheries of the world's ...
The newly elected chairperson for the Africa Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (C) smiles after election results during the 38th African Union (AU) Summit, at the AU Headquarters in Addis ...
The African Union heads of state and government convened the 38th AU Summit during the previous two days and wrapped up ...
The 38th African Union Summit brings together representatives from the 55 member states. Held on 15-16 February, the conference will see the election of the AU’s new chairman – a post which ...
The escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major ...