(Mail & Guardian)--The Mail & Guardian’s correspondent in Addis-Ababa, Tom Minney, interviewed the new chair of the African Union (AU)Commission, former Gabonese foreign minister and deputy prime minister Jean Ping, about the challenges that lie ahead for the AU.
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(IRIN)--Recent visits between coup leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and leaders from the African Union, League of Arab States, United Nations, and Mauritania’s major donors have prompted both protest and promises.
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(PANA)--Crisis talks between the government and opposition in Zimbabwe, mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki, dragged on into the early hours of Monday, amid signs that a long-sought power-sharing deal was close.
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(AllAfrica)--The African Union’s decision to suspended Mauritania following last week’s military coup is commendable. The move to suspend Mauritania’s membership until the military junta that has seized power restores democracy in the northern African country should be a powerful reminder that Africa is not prepared to return to the dark days when coups d’etat were the order of the day.
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