The African Union (AU) on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities following last month’s coup “until the effective restoration of constitutional order”. In a communique on Tuesday, the bloc noted that its decision to suspend Niger followed the failure of the military junta to hand over power to the democratically elected President, Mohammed Bazoum. “The AU …

The African Union Commission announced on Tuesday that it would be sending a 90-strong observer mission to Nigeria for this month’s elections. Africa’s most populous country goes to the polls on 25 February for the presidential and National Assembly elections but has been plunged into crisis in the run-up to the vote with dire shortages of cash and fuel. The …

The Chairman of the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), Mr Thabo Mbeki has made a spirited call for a United Nations Tax Convention to halt illicit financial flows from Africa and multinational and corporate tax abuse. The former South African president also called for the establishment of a globally inclusive intergovernmental tax body to strengthen …