The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The African Union has rejected a move by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to form a rival government, calling ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s ...

The African Union has backed mounting calls to discontinue the Mercator map, which inaccurately shrinks Africa’s true ...

The Mercator map, widely used since 1599, shows a version of Africa that has been distorted to appear significantly smaller.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, 19 August 2025, arrived in Japan to lead South Africa’s High Level delegation participation to the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit ...

Diaspora Africans in the U.S. fear the tax will make it harder to send funds for babies, food and health care back home.

African leaders call for urgent collective action to strengthen International Humanitarian Law and tackle the escalating humanitarian crises affecting the continent.

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

Augustine Ogbu works as a doctor, treating patients in clinics across the striking Caribbean island of St Lucia. When he ...

Biden to meet with India Prime Minister Modi ahead of G20 The Group of 20 top world economies welcomed the African Union as a member as their annual summit got underway Saturday, but their wording ...

The African Union plans to launch a new African credit rating agency next year to address the group's concerns that ratings given to countries on the continent are unfair, an official told Reuters.