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African Union helicopter crashes in Somali capital, state-run media reports
A military helicopter from the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at the airport in the capital Mogadishu on...
Read moreDetailsAU urges member states to increase financing to weather, climate information services
The African Union (AU) Commission has urged for increased financing to weather and climate information services in Africa, stating that...
Read moreDetailsAfDB downgrades Africa growth outlook but sees signs of resilience
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has downgraded Africa's growth forecast for the next two years amid what it described as...
Read moreDetailsDescendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were...
Read moreDetailsIsrael’s ambassador is ejected from an African Union event
Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia was ejected from an African Union event this week and has described it as outrageous. An...
Read moreDetailsRising populism should not stop discussions on reparations, says African Union official
The rise of right-wing populism in Europe and elsewhere should not prevent Africa from bringing reparations for transatlantic slavery and...
Read moreDetailsAfrican payments system PAPSS plans to launch FX market platform this year
A pan-African payments infrastructure provider designed to facilitate trade on the continent is piloting an African currency market platform to...
Read moreDetailsDjibouti’s foreign minister elected to top African Union post
African leaders chose Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to chair the African Union commission on Saturday at a summit...
Read moreDetailsAfrican leaders to push for slavery reparations despite resistance
African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can...
Read moreDetailsGerman project reinvents 1884 Berlin Conference to mull legacy of colonialism
Activists, artists and academics brought together by German cultural project Dekoloniale gathered in Berlin on Friday, 140 years after European...
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