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Riyadh fine-tunes plans for Arab-African summit

The Saudi foreign ministry has been ironing out the details of the meeting which will bring together Arab League and African Union leaders in Riyadh in November. While the kingdom hopes the event will lead to a long-term partnership with the AU, several issues remain. [...]

Published on 04.09.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Africa
Saudis maintain Africa focus despite axing AU-Arab League summit

Gabon
Oligui Nguema and Ouattara set to finally meet

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara set to meet Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace

Central African Republic
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