http://www.mail.com/organizations/1668466-african-union.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1668466-african-union.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105498-violence-somalia-scares-investors-aid-workers.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu. African Union and Somali troops pushed al-Shabab insurgents out of the capital in August 2011, fostering a relatively secure peace that Mogadishu hasn't s... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:38:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105498-violence-somalia-scares-investors-aid-workers.html 2013-05-23T15:38:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102718-african-union-celebrates-50th-year.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years of political and economic integration. Konjit Sinegiorgis was a young diplomat tasked with distributing documents to th... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:37:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102718-african-union-celebrates-50th-year.html 2013-05-22T14:37:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2063988-car-bomber-kills-7-somali-capital.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation. Gen. Garad Nor Abdulle, a senior police official said the members of the Qatari delegation who were being escorted in the interior minister's convoy were unha... Sun, 05 May 2013 20:46:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2063988-car-bomber-kills-7-somali-capital.html 2013-05-05T20:46:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995030-african-forces-suspend-hunt-warlord-kony.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — African troops in Central African Republic have suspended the hunt for the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony because the new government there is not cooperating with the mission, Uganda's top military official said Wednesday. Operations against Kony were put on hold until the mission's status is clarified by the African Union, under whos... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:23:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995030-african-forces-suspend-hunt-warlord-kony.html 2013-04-03T13:23:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967212-string-attacks-somali-capital-slows-progress.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Isaq Ahmed lifted his head from his hands, his eyes clouded with tears, as he looked at the crowd gathered near the twisted wreckage from a car bomb blast that ripped open buildings and killed at least seven people in Somalia's capital this week. As smoke filled the air, the 30-year-old car washer recalled another suicide blast t... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:06:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967212-string-attacks-somali-capital-slows-progress.html 2013-03-20T17:06:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948338-african-union-south-sudan-to-restart-pumping-oil.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — South Sudan will restart pumping oil in two weeks and will export it as soon as it's technically possible, the African Union said Tuesday, in a deal to restart an oil industry that has been hamstrung by lingering tensions between the two Sudans. The agreement was signed by South Sudan and Sudan on Tuesday, according to the Afr... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:52:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948338-african-union-south-sudan-to-restart-pumping-oil.html 2013-03-12T15:52:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911654-congo-neighbors-agree-to-support-armed-groups.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Eleven African countries signed a United Nations-drafted peace deal on Sunday to stabilize the troubled Central African country of Congo, where rebels allegedly backed by neighboring countries last year threatened to oust the government. Opening the agreement-signing meeting at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, U.... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:33:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911654-congo-neighbors-agree-to-support-armed-groups.html 2013-02-24T13:33:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1895030-congo-deploys-500-soldiers-to-hunt-ugandan-warlord.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The African Union says Congo has sent 500 troops to join a Uganda-led military effort to hunt down Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group. The troops were handed over in a ceremony Wednesday, the African Union said in a statement received Friday, bringing to 3,350 the number of African soldiers depl... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:09:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1895030-congo-deploys-500-soldiers-to-hunt-ugandan-warlord.html 2013-02-15T17:09:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1883364-report-au-troops-somalia-killed-7-civilians.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A joint Somali-African Union investigation into a case of civilian casualties found that African Union troops killed seven civilians, including five children. The investigation, though, found that the troops acted within internationally accepted rules of engagement during the mid-January incident. It said that the al-Qaida-linked gro... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1883364-report-au-troops-somalia-killed-7-civilians.html 2013-02-11T13:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1867612-somalia-bomb-kills-1-african-union-soldier.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An official in Somalia says a roadside bomb has killed an African Union soldier. Floribert Biyereke, a spokesman for Burundian troops, said one soldier died after the roadside bomb exploded on Monday. Biyereke blamed the attack on the country's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab. Somalia's capital, Mogadishu,... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1867612-somalia-bomb-kills-1-african-union-soldier.html 2013-02-04T15:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853280-donors-pledge-455-to-mali-military-push.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African and Western nations on Tuesday pledged more than $450 million to fund an African-led military force to fight Islamist extremists in Mali. Britain, meanwhile, announced that it has offered to send up to 200 military officers to help train a West African force in Mali, including up to 40 people that could be sent to Mali... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853280-donors-pledge-455-to-mali-military-push.html 2013-01-29T14:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851256-us-official-mali-intervention-could-take-years.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The French-led military intervention in Mali could take years, a U.S. official warned on Monday. A State Department official for Africa said the U.S. would like to see an African-led, -owned and -directed operation like the one that successfully pushed militants out of Somalia's capital after several years of warfare. But Don ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851256-us-official-mali-intervention-could-take-years.html 2013-01-28T16:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850798-congo-deal-delayed-african-union-meeting.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A large-scale peace agreement to end fighting in Congo that would see more peacekeeping forces enter the region was delayed Monday over what the United Nations chief called "procedural issues." A signing ceremony scheduled for Monday at the African Union summit in Ethiopia was canceled. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said,... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850798-congo-deal-delayed-african-union-meeting.html 2013-01-28T15:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848958-african-leaders-meet-ethiopia-amid-mali-crisis.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders met in the Ethiopian capital Sunday for talks dominated by the conflict in Mali as well as lingering territorial issues between the two Sudans. The African Union says it will deploy a force in Mali, where French troops are helping the Malian army to push back Islamist extremists whose rebellion threatens to div... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848958-african-leaders-meet-ethiopia-amid-mali-crisis.html 2013-01-27T15:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826420-somali-official-au-troops-killed-7-civilians.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — African Union troops mistakenly opened fire on a religious school while pursuing militants, killing five children and two adults, a Somali legislator said Thursday. Dahir Amin Jesow, who visited the scene of the attack at Leggo village, said all five children were less than 10 years old. Jesow said the attack in the village 75 mi... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826420-somali-official-au-troops-killed-7-civilians.html 2013-01-17T18:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1792896-central-african-republic-rebels-ignore-negotiation.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — President Francois Bozize's government came under growing threat Monday as rebels vowing to overthrow him rejected appeals from the African Union to hold their advance and try to form a coalition government. Meanwhile, dozens of troops from Republic of Congo arrived at sunset on New Year's Eve in Bangui, the capital... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1792896-central-african-republic-rebels-ignore-negotiation.html 2013-01-01T01:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1791886-african-union-head-visits-central-african-republic.html BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The leader of the African Union, Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, has proposed a government of national unity to resolve the rebel conflict in Central African Republic. Boni Yayi arrived here Sunday to try to find a negotiated resolution to the country's crisis. The president of the African Union met with Preside... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1791886-african-union-head-visits-central-african-republic.html 2012-12-30T23:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763902-mali-prime-minister-military-ouster.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The troubled nation of Mali swore in a new interim prime minister on Thursday, just days after soldiers behind this year's military coup arrested his predecessor and forced his resignation. Diango Cissoko officially took office in the Malian capital of Bamako, where he said the former prime minister would be available as needed during ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763902-mali-prime-minister-military-ouster.html 2012-12-13T16:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755614-congo-rebels-dodge-meeting-peace-talks-falter.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Representatives of rebels attending peace talks with the Congolese government dodged a crucial meeting Monday at which the government delegation was to respond to earlier criticism, a development that could jeopardize negotiations to end the crisis in eastern Congo. The talks, which are being held in the Ugandan capital Kampala, got... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755614-congo-rebels-dodge-meeting-peace-talks-falter.html 2012-12-10T19:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754036-somalia-au-govt-troops-take-town-rebels.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — African Union and Somali troops have taken a rebel stronghold north of the Somali capital, another setback for the al-Shabab extremists who once controlled Mogadishu. Witnesses in Jowhar, 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Mogadishu, said Sunday that troops encircled the town before engaging in a brief battle with militants. The f... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754036-somalia-au-govt-troops-take-town-rebels.html 2012-12-09T11:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731428-african-union-asks-un-action-mali.html DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In an open letter Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the president of the African Union urged the U.N. to take immediate military action in northern Mali, which was seized by al-Qaida-linked rebels earlier this year. Yayi Boni, the president of Benin who is also head of the African Union, said any reticence on the part o... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731428-african-union-asks-un-action-mali.html 2012-11-30T00:32:00Z