Tag Archives: Peace and Security Council

Sudan: Reflections about AU recent decision on Abyei

By Tim Flatman In continuing to endorse Thabo Mbeki’s proposal to resolve the status of Abyei, but deciding not to follow through on its earlier commitment to refer it to the UN Security Council, the African Union has effectively declared … read more »

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The African Union Meeting: A test of credibility over Abyei

By Luka Biong Deng The AU Peace and Security Council will meet in Addis Ababa on 25th January on the margins of the 21st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of AU. This meeting will not only be its first meeting … read more »

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Doing the Addis shuffle: Kiir and Bashir waltz again

By Aly Verjee 2013: a new year, but an old set of issues for Sudan and South Sudan.  Presidents al-Bashir and Kiir concluded the latest round of bilateral talks in Addis Ababa this weekend.  The statement of outcomes of the … read more »

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Salva-Bashir Summit: What is expected?

By Luka Biong Deng Presidents Salva and Bashir will meet on 4th January 2013 in a summit that is widely expected to be decisive and final in giving the last chance for the two countries. This summit came as result … read more »

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Abyei: What if Sudan’s Bashir continues defying the International Community?

By Luka Biong Deng On 5th December, the six weeks given by the AU to Sudan and South Sudan to build consensus on the AU Proposal on the final status of Abyei will expire. Also the period of the two … read more »

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Sudan, S Sudan given 3 months to settle row

Addis Ababa – The African Union has given Sudan and South Sudan three months to reach a peace deal or face “appropriate measures,” an AU official said on Tuesday. The AU’s security organ urged both sides to reach a deal … read more »

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The African Union deeply concerned by the ongoing crisis in the transitional federal parliament of Somalia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chair person of th e Commission of the African Union (AU), Je an Ping, expresses de ep concern over the lingering dispute in the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of … read more »

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Statement by Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations on Pe

NEW YORK, January 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Statement by Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations on Peace … read more »

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Eighteenth African Union Summit to hold on the theme: “Boosting intra-African trade”

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 11, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The 18th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union (AU) is scheduled to take place from 23 to 30 January 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Holding under the … read more »

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Ethiopia troops ‘to hand over to AU force’

Ethiopia is to withdraw from areas it has recently captured in neighbouring Somalia with its troops to be replaced by African Union (AU) soldiers. The decision was made by the AU’s Peace and Security Council, which met to finalise boosting … read more »

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AU calls on Gbagbo to step down

Abidjan – An official says the African Union has called on Laurent Gbagbo to step down as Ivory Coast’s president and allow the candidate who won the African nation’s presidential election to take office. The official says the African Union’s … read more »

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