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Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa. (Reuters)

Amr Moussa Appointed Representative at African Union Panel of the Wise

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 16, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – The African Union Commission (AUC) appointed on Saturday former Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa as the first Egyptian to become a member of the African Union Panel of the Wise. He has been appointed as a successor to Algerian diplomat Lakhdar...

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Ghassan Salame, UN Libya envoy, arrives for a meeting in Tunis, Tunisia September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Libyan Committee Discusses Structure of Presidential Council

by AlMunji alSaidani | Oct 1, 2017 | Middle East

Tunis– The unified committee entrusted with amending the Skhirat Agreement met with representatives of Libya’s various political parties on Saturday, for the fifth consecutive day, in the presence of UN Envoy Ghassan Salameh. While no concrete results were reached to...

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Guinean President and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Alpha Conde (AP)

AU Pledges to Support Sudan in Lifting US Sanctions

by Ahmed Younis | May 30, 2017 | Middle East

Khartoum – Guinean President and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Alpha Conde pledged to support Sudan in its efforts to achieve a complete lifting of US sanctions imposed on it. He also announced that a meeting for the Libyan rival parties would be held in the...

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Somali soldiers hold their positions during gunfire after a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, June 25, 2016. (Reuters)

3 Somali Soldiers Die while Defusing Shabaab-Planted Explosives

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 17, 2017 | World

Three Somali soldiers were killed in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday while attempting to defuse a car bomb, announced the police and militant al-Shabaab group. The bomb detonated as the military experts were trying to dismantle a car laden with explosives that...

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Guinean President Alpha Condé (AFP)

Alpha Condé: Foreign Interference behind Africa’s Problems

by Hatim Betioui | Mar 16, 2017 | Interviews

Conakry (Guinea) – Guinean President Alpha Condé, whose country currently assumes the rotating presidency of the African Union, said problems facing the Dark Continent were mainly due to “foreign interference.” In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Condé...