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African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and UN Secretary-General António Guterres — AU–UN meeting on September 21

Ethiopia Was Missing From the AU–UN Crisis List. Why?

Sep 21, 2026 — By Yacob Negash

The African Union and United Nations met in New York on September 21 to discuss preventive diplomacy across Africa, but Ethiopia was absent from the published list of crises even as a seven-group armed alliance moved to remove Abiy Ahmed's government.

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