Jean Ping News
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African Union leaders elected South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the first woman to lead the body’s commission, ending a divisive six-month stalemate over who would get the job.
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A fight for the African Union’s top position has split its members and undermined its ability to deal with crises in nations such as Mali, Sudan and Somalia, said former Nigerian and U.S. envoys to the region.
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The African Union urged Sudan and South Sudan to accept its proposal for a demilitarized zone to help end a dispute that the continental body said threatens regional stability.
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South Africa failed in its bid to secure control of the African Union’s top decision-making body, setting back its plan for the continental organization to play a more forceful role in global politics.
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South Africa’s bid to flex its foreign-policy muscle by capturing the African Union’s top post may be thwarted by nations resentful of its already dominant role on the world’s poorest continent.
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An International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and two others “pours oil on the fire” instead of helping to end the war, said Jean Ping, chairman of the African Union Commission.
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The U.S. and the African Union expressed concern about the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan after planes bombed an oil field in the newly independent southern state and a meeting between the two countries’ leaders was canceled following border clashes.
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The African Union called for the cessation of hostilities in Libya and proposed a roadmap for peace in the country.
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African leaders urged countries to boost intra-regional trade to help accelerate economic growth and development on the continent.
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The African Union must continue “fostering interaction” with all political actors in Libya, Jean Ping, chairman of the AU Commission, said at the opening of the group’s Peace and Security Council meeting today in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
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