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Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an African Union statement said.
An African Union official is accusing Chinese investors of overlooking bad governance while doing business in Africa.
Fighting between rival Islamist factions on Thursday over control of a key Somali port city killed at least 12 people, most of them combatants, said witnesses and medical staff.
FBI are investigating whether an American Somali was involved in a suicide bombing on a peacekeeping base in Somalia that killed 21 people, a family friend said Friday.
Islamic insurgents attacked an African Union peacekeeping base Tuesday, sparking a battle that killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen, witnesses and officials said.
The African Union has condemned Madagascar's coup leader for unilaterally forming a new government.
Islamic insurgents attacked a government checkpoint in Somalia's capital on Saturday, sparking a gunbattle that killed at least five people on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
With a show of force, Somali government troops on Sunday took full control of the strategic western town where the national security minister was killed last month.
Islamic insurgents have retreated from areas around Somalia's presidential palace after a day of fighting that killed dozens of people and wounded about 150, witnesses said Monday.
A foreign fighter and a top government security official are among 16 people killed in Saturday's fighting between U.N.-backed government forces and Islamist insurgents in the north of the capital, a Somali official said.
After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.
Iran's Fars news agency says that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not attend the African Union summit in Libya as was expected.
The African Union said Monday it supports Somalia's plea for neighboring countries to send troops to help fight Islamist insurgents, but there was no indication the reinforcements would be forthcoming.
A suicide bomber killed three guards Sunday at a military base in the Somali capital, a government official said, an attack that comes after two weeks of intense fighting in war-torn Mogadishu.
A Sudanese rebel leader surrendered to the International Criminal Court Monday to face war crimes charges stemming from the Darfur conflict and called on Sudan's president to do the same.
The U.N. Security Council said Tuesday that it had asked the Congolese government to investigate and arrest five high-ranking army officers known to have committed atrocities.
President Idriss Deby said on Saturday Chad lacks confidence in the African Union's ability to resolve the crisis with Sudan, the first time an African leader is questioning the body's authority in its six-year history.
Armed fighters attacked two African Union peacekeeping bases in Somalia's capital, and a witness said he saw the bodies of three civilians killed.
An official says insurgents have attacked two African Union peacekeepers' bases in the Somali capital, and a witness says at least three people were killed.
A hardline opposition leader appeared in Somalia's capital Friday for the first time in almost two years and said he was ruling out peace talks with the government unless African Union peacekeepers leave the country.
International donors pledged more than $250 million Thursday to strengthen Somalia's security forces and try to stop the rampant attacks by armed Somali pirates that have plagued one of the world's most important waterways.
Pirates are constantly attacking ships off the coast of lawless Somalia despite naval patrols by more than a dozen nations. On land, an extremist Islamic group is targeting African Union peacekeepers and humanitarian workers.
The African Union will soon send more peacekeepers to protect the government of war-ravaged Somalia, a spokesman said, but he did not say how many would be deployed.
The African Union on Friday suspended Madagascar as the international community stepped up the pressure on the increasingly isolated island nation where the army forced the country's president from power.
Madagascar's ousted president is in Swaziland as regional leaders prepare to meet here next week to discuss the political crisis on the Indian Ocean island, a Swazi official said Tuesday.
Embargo Ordered on Guinea Due to AtrocitiesABUJA, Nigeria - West African nations have ordered an arms embargo on Guinea and accused the military government of carrying out "atrocities" and "mass human rights violations" during an anti-government protest last month.
Forty Tons of Guns for Somalia The US State Department on 25 June confirmed that it has been providing arms and ammunition to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia in an attempt to defeat various militia groups around the country, some of which the State Department has labeled terrorist organiza …
African Leaders Denounce ICCOn the third and last day of the African Union (AU) Summit, AU leaders voted to denounce the International Criminal Court (ICC). This decision serves as an indicator to the West that it cannot impose its ways on Africa.
African nations unite to defend Sudanese leader After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.
Islamist offensive ruins the West's plan for Somalia A major offensive by Islamic rebels has brought Somalia's internationally backed government close to collapse and renewed the possibility that a militant Islamist regime that allegedly has ties to Al Qaeda could seize control of the East African nation.
A mere band-aid on Somali piracyThe problem of Somali piracy has captured much of the world's attention recently. The increasing number and boldness of Somali pirate attacks has prompted the U.S.
Sudan's president, on tour, defies the ICC | Catch me if you can OMAR AL-BASHIR certainly gets around. In defiance of the arrest warrant for war crimes issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on March 4th, the Sudanese president has spent the past week jetting about northern Africa.
Somalia Edges toward Sharia / ISNThe Somali government goes forward with moves to establish sharia law across the country, but insurgents call the plans 'deceptive,The Somali parliament is expected to debate and vote this week on the implementation of Islamic sharia law after the new president, Sheikh Sharif She …
Libya Faults U.S. on Halt to Weapons Programs, Libya Sees the U.S. as Ungrateful But now Libyan officials say they are dissatisfied with the way the deal worked out, insisting that the United States has done too little to reward Libya's concessions.
China, African Union and Arab League call on UN to suspend ICC indictment of Sudanese president for one yearChina joined the African Union and the Arab League in calling on the United Nations Security Council to use its powers to suspend the indictment for a year, lest it stymie peace talks between the government and the rebels in Darfur.
Tensions at African Union meeting under leadership of Libya's Kadhafi - his call for a United States of Africa rejectedLibyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's drive to create a "union government" for all of Africa has instead heightened divisions on the continent, forcing an extension of a summit Wednesday to resolve the spat. The African Union elected Kadhafi to lead the bloc on Monday, despite deep res …
Dismay as Gadhafi chosen to lead African Union - Yahoo! NewsMoammar Gadhafi of Libya was elected Monday as leader of the African Union, a position long sought by the eccentric dictator who wants to push his oil-rich nation into the international mainstream after years of isolation.
Jan. 30 -- The African Union (AU) today told the United States and European Union (EU) to lift the sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe as the ruling government makes significant progress in its power-sharing agreement with opposition parties.
IRIN Africa | East Africa Great Lakes | DRC Sudan Uganda | SUDAN: LRA rebels put Congo civilians to flight | Children Conflict Refugees/IDPs | FeatureKony and his top commanders, who head an army accused of massacring and mutilating thousands, are wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes charges.
allAfrica.com: Sudan: Plight of Darfur's Displaced Worse Than EverHumanitarians worry that with the end of the rainy season, the end of the holy month of Ramadan, increased government troop movement, the tactical unification of rebel groups and a looming decision by the International Criminal Court on whether to grant the arrest warrant against …
Fearless prediction: The Oakland Raiders will beat the San Diego ChargersI just have a gut feeling on this one. Granted, at one time I had a gut feeling that the Oakland Raiders were going to be 10-6, and that doesn't look overly realistic at this point so you may not want to bet your 401k on it.
Thousands flee Somali bombingThousands of people have been fleeing renewed fighting between African Union peacekeepers and Islamist insurgents in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
African Union suspend Mauritania after Military takeoverMAURITANIA has been suspended from the African Union (AU) following the recent coup in the northwest African nation. According to an Agence France Presse (AFP) report, the suspension came as an Arab League envoy, Ahmed Ben Hilli, held talks with the coup leader.
Born with spina bifida, today she's off to collegeThree years ago, Katelyn Wilbanks received a full scholarship to the University of Oklahoma. On Friday, "Christmas in July" arrived again for the plucky survivor of 56 surgeries when she got to meet her musical idols, Rascal Flatts.
Serbia manipulates African Union members while asking for their supportSharm El Sheikh - During a summit of the African Union, on Monday, Serbian President, Boris Tadic, deliberately lied the Union on the international role of Serbia while striving to convince all its members to back a resolution which Serbia would present to the UN General Assembly …
Kenya urges AU to suspend MugabeKenyan PM Raila Odinga has urged the African Union to suspend Robert Mugabe from the bloc until he allows free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. The call came as the Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said the country faced a constitutional crisis.
Kenya PM urges African troops to resolve Zimbabwe 'embarassment'Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called for African Union (AU) troops to be sent in to Zimbabwe, as President Robert Mugabe prepares to be declared winner in an uncontested presidential run-off.
Peacekeepers in Darfur are robbed in humiliating ambushMilitiamen in Sudanese Army uniforms ambushed a convoy of Nigerian peacekeepers in Darfur on Wednesday, robbing them of cash and weapons, UN officials said Friday.
Somalia to Ask UN for International Peacekeepers. By Margaret Besheer. 15 April 2008[Somalia's foreign minister] Ali Ahmed Jama told reporters at the United Nations Tuesday that his government will use this week's two-day meeting at U.N.
Troops invade Indian Ocean rebel island The Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Comoros said today that its forces had captured the capital and airport of the rebel island of Anjouan in an African Union-backed seaborne assault.
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