(PANA)--The new Mauritanian leaders have rejected the African Union (AU) ultimatum to release overthrown President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and restore constitutional order in the country by 6 October.
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(Andrew Cawthorne)--The African Union (AU) condemned Somali rebel assaults on its peacekeepers as ‘calculated provocation’ and vowed to fight any future attacks. Increasingly brazen Islamist insurgents have this month turned their fire on the AU peacekeepers, who number about 2,600 Ugandans and Burundians, with ambushes on bases and patrols.
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(UN News Service)--The soaring cost of fuel and basic foods over the past year has left many countries in sub-Saharan Africa unable to adequately fund critical activities, such as health care and the provision of safe drinking water; their leaders told the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate.
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(Leslie Wroughton)--African Union Chairman Jakaya Kikwete on Tuesday dismissed concerns that the ousting of South African President Thabo Mbeki could jeopardise a Zimbabwe power-sharing deal he helped negotiate.
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