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The African Union has the power to militarily intervene on behalf of its member states as laid out in Article 4(h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, "in respect of grave circumstances, namely: war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.” [1] They have done so on multiple occasions. Herein is a list of military interventions ...
Historically, there have been several monarchies throughout the African continent. Since decolonization, many have been abolished in favor of republics. The following African monarchies have existed in the twentieth century: Kingdom of Burundi (abolished 1966) Central African Empire (abolished 1979) Congo Free State (annexed by Belgium, 1908)
Former presidents of the Republic: Thabo Mbeki (14 June 1999 – 24 September 2008) Kgalema Motlanthe (25 September 2008 – 9 May 2009) Jacob Zuma (9 May 2009 – 14 February 2018) Former deputy presidents of the Republic (note that Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, who would otherwise appear on the list, already appear above as former presidents):
The post rotates annually amongst the five geographic regions of Africa; and over the years it has assumed the following order: East, North, Southern, Central and West Africa. In January 2007, the assembly elected Ghanaian President John Kufuor over Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir due to the ongoing conflict in Darfur.
Yahoo News has assembled a list of three dozen code-named operations across Africa. While the Pentagon has acknowledged the names, locations and purposes of some of these operations, others are ...
Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer to the African mainland than the European mainland but, politically, are generally considered to be European by convention. Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula, is considered an African state.
The Forum on China–Africa Cooperation is the main multi-lateral coordination mechanism between the African countries and China. [153] Since joining FOCAC in 2012, the African Union has increasingly played a coordinating role, although each African country in FOCAC continues to represent itself individually. [154]
The last time leaders of the African continent were invited to the White House, Barack Obama was president. It was August 2014, and the world was grappling with a deadly virus: Ebola. And Joe ...