Egypt: African Union Panel to Meet Egypt Officials

A team of officials from the African Union (AU) is scheduled to meet authorities in Egypt this week as part of an effort to help resolve the ongoing crisis in the North African country.

"We have formally written to the Egyptian interim authorities to inform them of the intention of the panel to come back to Egypt, and we look forward to the cooperation of both the interim authorities and all Egyptians," said El Ghassim Wane, an AU spokesman. "The plans are for the panel to go back to Egypt as early as [this] week. The Peace and Security Council has urged that preparations be expedited for the panel to go back to Egypt."

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