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Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
17 February 2026
1.    Ethiopia- Addis Ababa
The African Union Mourns the Passing of Afrikan-Amerikan Hon. Rev. Jesse Jackson
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has joined leaders across the world in mourning the passing of the Hon. Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, who died at the age of 84.
He described him as a towering figure whose life’s work resonated profoundly with Africa’s historic and…
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