27th AU Summit News Compilation – Click to see all our stories

The Republic of Rwanda successfully hosted the 27th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) under the theme: “2016: Year of Human Rights with a particular focus on the Rights of Women”.

The highlight of the eight-day summit was the launch of the African passport and the continents resolve to fund its own activities in the immediate short term. The failure to elect a new Chairperson of the AU Commission was not much an issue as the Dlamini Zuma presidency was extended till a new leader is elected in january 2017.

We present a compilation of all the stories that we covered over the last few days on the African Union Summit. You are just a click away from the major headlines and the photo stories that we present over the last few days.

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• Rwanda ready to host AU Summit starting July 10

• AU chairperson election postponed, majority votes not attained

• African passport launched, Idris Deby & Paul Kagame get first copies

• Dlamini Zuma officially accepts to stay on as AU Chair till January 2017

• [Photos] The African passport with 5 language inscriptions

• [Photos] African first ladies on the sidelines of the AU Summit

• AU adopts initiative to set up pan-African centre for disease control

• AU’s self-financing decision described as a ‘bit too ambitious’

• AU Advisory Committee recommends Africa to pull out of ICC

• The African passport [The Morning Call]

• African Union to implement a new $1.2 Billion tax plan to support its activities