(PANA)--The African Union (AU) will focus its attention in the fight against piracy, terrorism, money laundering and other international crimes while also developing the capacity of its proposed regional armies over the next five years, senior officials of the pan African body said in Sirte on Wednesday.
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(PANA)--African Union (AU) chairperson Jean Ping welcomed Mauritania’s return to constitutional order on Saturday, hours after legally elected President Sidi Mohammed Ould Abdullahi formed a transitional government after weeks of discussions to broker the political deadlock in the country.
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(IRIN)--Where many have tried and failed, now the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called on Madagascar’s political rivals to consider peaceful dialogue to end months of political crisis.
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(Press Release)--The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 192nd meeting held on 10 June 2009, considered the report of the mission undertaken by the Council to West Africa, from 24 April to 1st May 2009, during which the Mission visited Guinea Bissau and Côte d’Ivoire, in order to evaluate the political and security situation and the state of preparations for the forthcoming presidential elections in these two countries, and adopted the following decision:
Filed under: Peace and Security
Filed under: Peace and Security
Filed under: Peace and Security
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