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African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf welcomed the agreement to bring Formula 1 to Rwanda as "a significant milestone for African sport" and commended Kigali, 10 days after the deal was announced and Congo objected.
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The U.N. and Switzerland hosted nearly two dozen countries in Geneva on Oct. 21 to coordinate Sudan peace efforts. Neither the army-led government nor the RSF took part. Swiss envoy Alexandre Fasel said the drone war "kills mostly civilians."
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Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama says raw minerals must no longer leave the country by 2030, with bauxite, manganese, iron and lithium processed at home and VALCO modernised for domestic aluminium refining.
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African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Thursday appointed Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate as his Special Envoy for Youth, citing her work on climate justice and for young people in Africa and the Global South.
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The African Union says its new Africa Credit Rating Agency cannot by itself fix the costs of investing in Africa, and has begun designing a De-risking Africa Programme with the APRM, Afreximbank, the AfDB and U.N. agencies.
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The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights entered into force 40 years ago today. The African Commission marks it in Dakar with a forum meant to produce a 10-year roadmap, as its 89th session closes.
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In Abidjan, AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf told President Ouattara that suspension from the AU must not mean abandoning a country's people, and urged states to ratify the AU's cross-border and free movement treaties.
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AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf says the AU rejects seizing power by force in Congo, welcomes Tshisekedi's inclusive dialogue, and urges respect for the ceasefire and the Doha and Washington peace processes.
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The African Union will convene communication and ICT ministers in Libreville, Gabon, from Oct. 26 to 29 to review its AI strategy, data policy, the Malabo cybersecurity convention and digital ID, and to elect a new committee bureau.
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Citizens of 42 of Africa's 54 countries now face a U.S. entry ban or a visa bond of up to $20,000, official lists show, and the State Department has cut routine visa processing in Africa to 20 regional hubs.
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South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola opened the third South Africa and Uganda Joint Commission in Pretoria on Oct. 20, 2026, proposing a joint working group on trade and investment and pressing for deadlines on unfinished agreements.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is skipping the IMF–World Bank meetings in Bangkok; deputies Francis Brooke and Erin Browne lead the U.S. delegation. The African Union is pushing debt-resolution reform at four side events Oct. 13–16.
