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CLEAN : Morocco's king attends AU summit for first time in 33 years
Morocco's King Mohammed VI arrives at the African Union headquarters for the first time in 33 years after being re-admitted by the bloc
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CLEAN : Morocco's king hails 'return home' to AU after 33 years
I am finally home says King Mohammed VI as the African Union readmits Morocco after a 33 year absence deferring the issue of Western Sahara for another day
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CLEAN : Burundi: AU tributes for soldiers slain in Somalia
The African Union's Commissioner for Peace and Security lays flowers at the tombs of soldiers who died have died in Somalia on a visit to Bujumbura
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CLEAN : Burundi withdrawing from Somalia is blackmail says opposition
Burundi has begun the process of withdrawing its troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) due to a dispute with the EU over the payment of wages a move Burundi's opposition says amounts to blackmail
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CLEAN : Burundi drops threat to withdraw troops from AU Somalia mission
Burundi has said it will not follow through on its planned withdrawal of troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) after reaching an agreement over the payment of wages according to the African Union
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CLEAN : Burundi sends peacekeepers to Somalia after pay resolved
Burundi troops leave for Somalia to participate in the African Union Mission in Somalia after reaching an agreement over the payment of wages
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CLEAN : South Sudan welcomes King of Morocc for a state visit
The Moroccan King, Mohammed VI lands in Africa's youngest nation South Sudan two days after his country was readmitted to the African Union
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CLEAN : Polisario mulls all options for W. Sahara independence
The head of Western Sahara's Polisario Front has said all options are open in its struggle for independence from Morocco which re joined the African Union this week
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CLEAN : AU peacekeeping mission ready to help in Somalia drought relief
As drought ravages large swathes of the Horn of Africa the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) declares in Mogadishu that it is ready to escort relief supplies to those in need
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CLEAN : African Union mission headed by Congolese FM arrives in Libya
A mission of the African Union headed by Congolese Foreign Minister Jean Claude Gakosso and including ambassadors from Mauritania Algeria Tunisia and South Africa arrived Wednesday in Libya's Tripoli and was due to meet with unity...
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CLEAN : Ethiopia: 29th AU summit begins
The 29th African Union summit begins in Addis Ababa with heads of state meeting to discuss the issues conflicts and crises affecting the continent
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CLEAN : AU chair questions US stance on African peacekeeping
The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat questions US commitment to fighting terrorism on the continent after it blocked efforts to get UN funding for an anti jihadist force in the Sahel
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African Union at Libya talks in Brazzaville
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African heads of state and ministry officials and the leaders of rival Libyan factions have met in Brazzaville, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the hope of going some way to resolving the...
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AU head Mbeki on latest; elec commission on poll
The head of the African Union election observation mission in Kenya has defended his mission's role as electoral observers, saying it was not their job to investigate irregularities in August's presidential poll.
Speaking...
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Head of Kenya election observers says problems in some areas
The head of the African Union election observers in Kenya and former South African President Thabo Mbeki acknowledged on Thursday that there appeared to have been problems in Kenya's presidential election rerun.
Observing...
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Zimbabweans delight at Mugabe's departure
Protesters advanced towards the State House on Saturday in a call for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to stand down.
The demonstrators angrily chanted and carried banners calling on Mugabe to step aside as they drove...
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CLEAN : pening of the 30th summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa
African heads of state gather Sunday and Monday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to participate in the 30th African Union Summit where the 55 AU member countries may adopt a joint statement condemning Trump's comment two weeks after...
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CLEAN : China calls AU spying report preposterous
China's ambassador to the African Union denounces as absurd a report by French newspaper Le Monde alleging that Beijing has been spying on the continental body
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CLEAN : Head of States arrive at the 30th annual African Union summit
South Africa's Jacob Zuma, Ali Bongo of Gabon and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya were among the presidents arriving at the 30th annual African Union summit on Monday
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CLEAN : US drones wiping out Shabaab in Somalia: AU mission head
Drone strikes by the United States military are wiping out Shabaab militants in Somalia the head of the African Union mission in the country told AFP in an interview Friday
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Kagame comments after his meeting with Trump in Davos
Rwanda's President and the new Chairman of the African Union, Paul Kagame (AU), said on Monday that Africa will deal with US President Donald Trump as leader of a country elected by its people.
"When the United States...
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CLEAN : African Union head calls China spying report lies
African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat visits China days after a French newspaper reported that Beijing has been spying on the continental body
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AU chief: Trump's vulgar comment on African countries "in the past"
The chairperson of the African Union Commission said on Thursday that he considers US President Donald Trump's slur about African nations to be an incident in the past.
Moussa Faki and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...