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Dlamini-Zuma for ANC president

African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has given the strongest indication yet that she is in the running for ANC president come 2017. News24 asked her after the closing of the AU heads of state summit whether her staying for another nine months at the helm of the continental body[…]

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Al-Shabab attacks African Union base in Somalia

Fighters from the al-Shabab group have attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official told Al Jazeera. Dozens of al-Shabab fighters on Friday assaulted the military base, which is run by Kenyan troops[…]

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Burundi rejects African peacekeeping force

Burundi’s government has reacted angrily to the African Union’s decision to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to curb ongoing violence in the troubled country, saying it will prevent foreign troops from entering its borders. The African Union’s Peace and Security Council agreed on Friday night to deploy an African Prevention[…]

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Court order preventing Al-Bashir from leaving SA

The High Court in Pretoria on Sunday granted an interim order preventing Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir from leaving South Africa, pending an urgent application for his arrest. The application would be heard at 3pm. The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) is asking Judge Hans Fabricius to enforce two arrest warrants against[…]

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Zim, SA to talk business

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabes two-day state visit to South Africa ends on Thursday with meetings between the countries business delegations. The South-Africa Zimbabwe business forum was part of what International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane had called an effort to consolidate bilateral ties and help Zimbabwes efforts to industrialise.[…]

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African Union forces take al-Shabab-held town

Somali troops backed by African Union (AU) forces have retaken the al-Shabab stronghold of Barawe, key to the financing of the armed group. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi, embedded with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Barawe, said: “Special forces are securing the city. They are having people open[…]

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