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(FromL) Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab (L), South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, First deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Found (IMF) David Lipton, chairperson of the African Union Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) chairman Naveen Jindal, and African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka attend the second day of the World Economic Forum Meeting on Africa, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on May 9, 2013, in Cape Town.
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The secretary general shares the concerns expressed by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union over the latest developments in the electoral process in Madagascar
Now even the UN security council cannot take any decision on this matter without asking the opinion of the African Union. It therefore demonstrates that we have the capacity as Africans to take charge of our own destiny; to refuse to be marginalised or be dictated to
Here is the Saharawi state, founding member of the African Union, exercising its sovereignty and evaluating its administration, and holding the sessions of its parliament above these territories, liberated with blood, sacrifices and suffering, field factor in the conflict, which enjoyed its deserved status in the priorities of the thirteenth congress of the FrontMore quotes »
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Report: AU troops in Somalia killed 7 civilians
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