The 14th AU summit, held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, wraps up this Tuesday. It was not without personal drama: the current chairman, Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi, thundered at delegates when he failed to secure a second year-long term at the top of the organisation. What's the state of the African Union now?
Nine years after, the killing of former President Laurent Desire Kabila is coming back to haunt the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 50 of his former allies were sentenced for taking part in the plot to kill Kabila Senior and a coup d'etat, they're now serving long-term sentences.
Honduran prosecutors have charged the country's military high-command with "abuse of power" for the ousting of ex-president Manuel Zelaya in a bloodless coup last June, according to a Supreme Court spokeswoman quoted by the AFP news agency.
The interim leader of Guinea's ruling junta, Sekouba Konate, who stepped in for injured strongman Moussa Dadis Camara, has vowed to hold elections "at the earliest possible date", in a speech to mark one year since a military coup.
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that ousted President Manuel Zelaya (pictured) cannot return to office; Congress will rule on his return Dec. 2. Honduras votes in a presidential poll Sunday in which neither Zelaya nor his main rival are candidates.
Talks to resolve the political crisis in Honduras collapsed Friday over the de facto government's refusal to reinstate Manuel Zelaya (pictured), the president ousted in a June 28 coup.
Hours after meeting with a delegation from the Organization of American States (OAS) in Tegucigalpa, Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti (photo right) he said he was ready for talks over President Manuel Zelaya’s ouster.
Roberto Micheletti (pictured), Honduras' de facto leader who took power after a June 28 coup, has for the first time offered to hold direct talks with ousted President Manuel Zelaya to resolve Honduras' political stand-off.
After dispersing thousands of demonstrators, Honduran security forces have set up a tight cordon around the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa where deposed president Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge.
Honduran security forces cleared away supporters of deposed president Manuel Zelaya, holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa on Tuesday. De facto leader Roberto Micheletti rejected international calls for a negotiated end to the standoff.
