Sources: News 24
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni states that European leaders are tired of the war in Ukraine and want to broker a deal with the Kremlin, saying that "we need a way out" during a phone call in which she thought she was talking with a senior African Union official, but was actually speaking to Russian comedians Vovan and Lexus. 2023-11-2
Two people are killed and at least five others injured by a suicide car bombing that targeted an African Union Mission base in Somalia. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. 2019-02-2
A long-awaited report released by an African Union investigative team led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo describes atrocities and the discovery of mass graves in South Sudan, citing government forces and their allies as responsible parties. 2015-10-29
African Union troops kill 24 militants in a foiled Al-Shabaab planned attack in southern Somalia city of Afmadow. 2013-08-8
African Union troops enter the Somali port town of Kismayo following the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab Islamist militants during the Battle of Kismayo. 2012-10-1
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
Guinea-Bissau is suspended from the African Union one week after a coup d'état. 2012-04-17
The United Nations Security Council votes to increase the size of the African Union peacekeeping force to 18,000. 2012-02-22
The African Union opens its new headquarters in Addis Ababa. 2012-01-28
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab threaten more attacks in Burundi and Uganda in retaliation for their participation in an African Union peacekeeping operation in the country. Meanwhile, seven people are killed in fighting in the capital Mogadishu. 2010-11-7