Sources: News 24
Three people are killed and eight others are injured when an African Union helicopter crashes in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. 2023-02-26
The African Union suspends Guinea in response to last week's military coup. 2021-09-10
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rejects talks with the leadership of the Tigray People's Liberation Front but says he is willing to talk to representatives "operating legally". The meeting with African Union (AU) representatives Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa, comes after his announcement of a "final phase" of an offensive on the region's capital Mekelle. 2020-11-27
The African Union suspends Mali's membership in response to the coup. The suspension will last until "constitutional order is restored". 2020-08-19
African leaders agree on a continent-wide free trade zone, which encompasses all African nations except for Eritrea and Somaliland. The various European territories located in Africa are also excluded. It will be the largest free trade zone since the creation of the World Trade Organization. 2019-07-8
The leaders of 44 African Union states sign an agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, to create the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). 2018-03-21
The African Union suspends Mali's membership following a coup earlier in the week. 2012-03-23
The United Nations Security Council votes to increase the size of the African Union peacekeeping force to 18,000. 2012-02-22
Somali government forces and African Union troops expel al Qaeda-linked militants from their last outpost in the western part of Mogadishu, opening up a main road in the city. 2011-06-3
An African Union mission arrives in Libya to negotiate a settlement in the 2011 Libyan civil war between Muammar Gaddafi and his opponents. 2011-04-10