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Friday 11 May 2012
The African Union welcomes the withdrawal of the South Sudan police service from Abyei

Addis Ababa, 11 May 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, welcomes the withdrawal from Abyei, on 10 May 2012, of

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Friday 11 May 2012
The African Union reaffirms its support to the efforts aimed at ensuring an early return to constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau

Addis Ababa, 11 May 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean  Ping,  continues  to  closely monitor&nb

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Wednesday 09 May 2012
Chairperson Receives Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political) of UNAMID

Addis Ababa, 9 May 2012 – The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Jean Ping, received in his office at the AU Headquarters, on 08 May 2012, the  Deputy Joint Special Represent

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Tuesday 08 May 2012
The African Union appoints a new special representative in Guinea-Bissau, head of the AU liaison office in that country

Addis Ababa, 8 May 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Jean Ping, has appointed Mr. Ovidio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno, former Foreign Minister of Sao Tome and P

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Tuesday 08 May 2012
Meeting of the Joint Coordination mechanism of the regional cooperation initiative for the elimination of the Lord’s Resistance Army

Addis Ababa, 8 May 2012: The Ministers of Defense and Heads of Delegation of the countries affected by the atrocities of th

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Thursday 03 May 2012
AU Special Representative congratulates Somali journalists for their contribution towards the peace process

 Mogadishu- May 3rd, 2012; On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day today, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of th

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Thursday 03 May 2012
The African Union welcomes the unanimous support of  the United Nations Security Council for the AU Roadmap on the situation between Sudan and South Sudan

Addis Ababa, 3 May 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, welcomes the adoption by the United Nations Security Council, on 2 May 2012, of resolution 204

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Wednesday 02 May 2012
The African Union welcomes Sudan’s acceptance in principle of the Peace and Security Council Roadmap as contained in its communiqué of 24 April 2012

Addis Ababa, 2 May 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, has received a letter from the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Sudan, Mr. Ali Ahmed Karti,

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Wednesday 02 May 2012
Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti takes command of AU forces in Somalia

Mogadishu, 02 May 2012: Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti, has today taken command of the military compo

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Tuesday 01 May 2012
Chairperson Holds talks in Tunis with several Tunisian personalities on the margins of the second Workshop of the AU Panel of the Wise

Tunis, 01 May 2012 The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr Jean Ping, participated from the 25

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Monday 30 April 2012
African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) hands-over communication equipment to the AMISOM-TFG UFL

Algiers, 30 April 2012: today, in the framework of the effort to enhance coordination and cooperation between AMISOM and the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and to support the newly launche

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Monday 30 April 2012
The African Union welcomes the formal acceptance of the AU Roadmap by the Republic of South Sudan

Addis Ababa, 30 April 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, welcomes the formal acc

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Monday 30 April 2012
The African Union strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Kenya and Nigeria

Addis Ababa, 30 April 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Jean Ping, strongly condemns the terrorist attacks perpetrated in Nairobi, Kenya, and in Kano, Nigeria, on 29 April 201

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Monday 30 April 2012
The African Union calls for urgent international assistance for the Comoros

Addis Ababa, 30 April 2012: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African U

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Monday 30 April 2012
12th Meeting of the Panel of the Wise of the African Union

The Panel of the Wise of the African Union (AU), which is one of the pillars of the African Peace and Security Architecture, as provided for in the Protocol Relating to the  stablishment of the

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