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AU Sets $100m Target To Sponsor Peace Fund

The African Union, AU, is aiming to raise a hundred million dollars from member states for its peace fund.  In the long run, the AU wants to self-sponsor its peace efforts across the continent. So, it established the peace fund with sixty million dollars in initial contributions.  Now, the AU says its goal is to raise a hundred million dollars. #AfricanNewsNetwork

The African Union, AU, is aiming to raise a hundred million dollars from member states for its peace fund.  In the long run, the AU wants to self-sponsor its peace efforts across the continent. So, it established the peace fund with sixty million dollars in initial contributions.  Now, the AU says its goal is to raise a hundred million dollars.

Chergui said the funds will finance mediation,…

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The African Union has readmitted Egypt, ending Cairo's nearly year-long suspension from the grouping because of the country's military coup, an official said Wednesday. "Egypt now is on board again on all activities of the African Union," AU's Peace and Security Commissioner, Smail Chergui, told AFP. Egypt was suspended from the 54-member pan-African bloc last July, after former president Mohamed Morsi, the country's first freely elected president, was ousted by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a coup. The AU's Peace and Security Council agreed to reinstate Egypt after a meeting late Tuesday, even though the organisation's regulations hold that the governments of member states must be democratically elected. Source: AFP