By Seifu Tsegaye Demmissie The dictators and despots of Africa have always been the sources of embarrassments and irritation which make Africans lose confidence and hope in the continent. The decision of the African Union to re-elect the sellout Meles Zenawi as its chief negotiator is outrageous and needs to be denounced. It is a misrepresentation of Africa pre-destining the continent to be the loser in the ...

By JASON McLURE ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, delivered a rambling rebuke of fellow African heads of state Sunday after they chose to replace him as chairman of the African Union and failed to endorse his push for the creation of a United States of Africa. “I do not believe we can achieve something concrete in the coming future,” said Colonel Qaddafi, before introducing ...

Ethiopian infantry battalion advance party arrives in Darfur 5 August 2009 -- As UNAMID continues to move towards its goal of 97 per cent deployment by the end of this year, another infantry battalion has arrived in Darfur. The first batch of the advance party of the Ethiopian Infantry Battalion comprising 151 personnel arrived today and a further 151 will arrive tomorrow. The main body of the battalion is ...

Abbay Media Editor's Note This decision is a gift to all African dictators, specially the next criminal and Genocider Meles Zenawi. He has now secured his escape routes when ever the Ethiopian people will rise up and topple his illegal regime. ................. African Dictators denounce the International Criminal Court By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU, Associated Press Writer SIRTE, Libya - After bitter wrangling, ...

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 02 July 2009 An African Union summit has become mired in disagreement over a move by the host, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, to transform the AU bureaucracy into a continental authority with broad powers. Many of the union's heavyweights are openly resisting the Gadhafi plan. This summit at the Libyan town of Sirte, Moammar Gadhafi's birthplace, is living up to expectations. A ...

Posted 29th April 2009 April 29, 2009 | Satellite Today | Staff Writer Satellite Today 04-29-09 | The Africa Union Commission (AUC) is set to inaugurate an AU-AMESD project satellite receiving station at the AUC Headquarters in Ethiopia, AUC announced April 28. The AMESD, financed by the European Union, aims to enhance environmental monitoring for preparedness and adaptation as well as management of African ...

Posted 20th April 2009 In Brief: No trials for African heads of state DAKAR, 16 April 2009 (IRIN) - Alleged war criminals, including heads of states, cannot be targeted by the newly created African Court of Justice and Human Rights, which once functional will become the legal arm of the African Union. Rather, the court will rule only on cases brought against states, unlike the International Criminal Court, ...

Posted 7th April 2009 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP)--The African Union will send a 100-strong observer mission to monitor Algeria's presidential election Thursday, the pan-African body said Monday in a statement. The organization said the decision by AU Commission Chairman Jean Ping was made in response to an invitation by the Algerian government. "Jean Ping will be deploying an observer mission consisting of ...

Posted 19th March 2009 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP)--The African Union Wednesday chided the U.N. Security Council for ignoring its requests to defer an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for crimes against humanity. "The Security Council did not give any attention to the plea made by the AU regarding Bashir's arrest warrant. The AU once again appeals to the Security Council to ta ...

Posted 9th March 2009 By Belayneh Abate (abatebelai@yahoo.com) “Finally Africans are united” articulated a non-African colleague while African rulers were meeting shamelessly representing Africans at the beginning of last month. My response was a big sigh in disapproval of this claim.  A bona fide African Union or United States of Africa is a dream comes true.  The question, however, is: Are Africans really ...