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Leading African states lambast Faki over Israel's return to African Union

The chair of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki. © Ludovic Marin/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

All the big guns of the AU have condemned Moussa Faki's decision to accredit an Israeli ambassador to the pan-African organisation for the first time in two decades. [...]

Published on 21/10/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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In Focus | Africa, Palestine
Palestine quietly rebuilds African networks to counter overwhelming Israeli activism

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