Photo : Tiksa Negeri, Reuters
NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
Photo : Tiksa Negeri, Reuters
IN BRIEF
by Apoorva Sudhakar
Africa: AU continues suspension of Israel delegate to summit
On 19 February, the African Union commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said that Israel's observer status to the AU would remain suspended. Mahamat said: “The status is suspended until such time as this committee can deliberate … and so we did not invite Israeli officials to our summit.” Previously, the removal of Israel's deputy director-general of the Africa division, during a summit, sparked criticism from Tel Aviv. (Lenin Ndebele, “Israel still frozen out of AU observer status,” News24, 20 February 2023)