No gathering hosted by Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is ever dull, and the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union, concluding in Sirte, Libya today has not disappointed.

The final day of the African Union summit has been dedicated to the issue of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, charged with seven ...

A day ahead of this year’s African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town of Sirte. Reports ...

Former UN chief Kofi Annan has challenged African leaders over the position and existence of the International Criminal Court, ICC; an institution the latter have dismissed as a fixated machination by ...

The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General today highlighted the benefits of investing in agriculture, which she stressed is the key to a brighter future for Africa and its people.

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has reiterated that he supports the idea of regional political federation before an African political union.

Just ahead of this week’s African Union summit in Libya, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has advocated an old and discredited approach for dealing with African heads of state facing ...

On 30 June 2009, as African leaders gather on the sweltering, dusty shores of the Mediterranean in Sirte, the hometown of Libyan President Muammar al-Gaddafi, for the 13th Summit of the African Union, ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Ojo Maduekwe, has expressed the hope that the next AU Summit would make more progress in concluding the formation of the African Union Government.

The African Union is ending its co-operation with the International Criminal Court for charging President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan with war crimes. Al-Bashir is accused of alleged atrocities in the ...

African leaders in Libya were on Friday hotly debating a draft resolution by the African Union (AU) which will, if adopted, deal a major blow to the efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

Three years after asking Senegal to prosecute the former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, the African Union should ensure that the trial finally begins to move forward, eight African and ...

The African Union should urge the United Nations Security Council to set up a commission of inquiry to document the worst human rights abuses in Somalia, an essential first step in creating justice ...

African women play a critical role in ensuring the food security of the continent, writes Mary Wandia in the run-up to the 2009 African Union Summit (24 June-3 July), which has its official theme ...

ith Sirte, Lybia, hosting the 13th African Union summit this week, Lyn Ossome of Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR) challenges African heads of state to keep women's land rights on the ...

The 18th ordinary session of the African Union's Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), which opened on Wednesday in Syrte, central Libya, continues today.