The African Union has abandoned its plan to send 5,000 peacekeepers to help restore stability to troubled Burundi. Officials said they would instead encourage political dialogue between Burundi’s ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Burundi army on Sunday said it opposed a request by the African Union that it withdraw 1,000 soldiers serving in an African peacekeeping force in Somalia by February 28.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe has criticised Burundi’s leadership of the African Union over a failed bid to secure continental backing for former ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The African Union is on the spot over a request by Burundi and Somalia to convene an urgent summit of troop-contributing countries to discuss the withdrawal of the African Union ...