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Ethiopia rejects the African Union's offer to mediate an end to the conflict.
2020-11-21

al Shabaab militants claim to have captured the port of Merca (Marka) after African Union and Somali Armed Forces withdraw.
2016-02-5

In Somalia, more than fifty Al-Shabaab fighters are killed as African Union Kenyan peacekeepers, and the Somali National Army, continue their march towards the port city of Kismayo.
2012-09-11

The African Union sets up a panel of heads of state to help solve the political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.
2011-01-29

Alassane Ouattara, the internationally-recognised winner of the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, calls for a general strike to force Laurent Gbagbo, who is refusing to cede power, to step down.
2010-12-27

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki begins mediation efforts in the Ivory Coast following the disputed presidential election.
2010-12-5

A swearing-in ceremony for Laurent Gbagbo takes place in Côte d'Ivoire, although world leaders and the election commission back Alassane Ouattara as winner of the presidential election.
2010-12-4

Ivory Coasts' election commission in Côte d'Ivoire declares Alassane Ouattara the winner of the Ivorian presidential election but the Constitutional Council declares the announcement invalid as it missed the deadline to announce the results.
2010-12-2

Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo declares a curfew, amid clashes that killed three people ahead of the second round of the presidential election on Sunday.
2010-11-27

At the African Union summit in Kampala, attended by 53 countries, its president, the President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika, states International Criminal Court indictments against the Sudanese president undermine African peace and security and calls for the issue to be solved in a different way.
2010-07-25