African Union set to restore Egypt’s membership

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is about to score his first foreign policy victory with the expected restoration of Egypt’s African Union membership at this month’s African summit in Malabo.
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Mauritania's President and African Union's Chairperson Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, European Council's President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission's President Jose Manuel Barroso (L-R) hold a joint news conference during an European Union (EU)-Africa summit in Brussels April 3, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3JSD6
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma attends a joint news conference during a European Union-Africa summit in Brussels, April 3, 2014. - REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
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CAIRO — Egypt is eagerly awaiting the holding of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) in Equatorial Guinea’s capital, Malabo, on June 25 to vote on revoking the suspension of Egyptian activities in the AU.

Toward that end, Egyptian officials embarked on a series of diplomatic moves aimed at restoring Egyptian participation in the AU. The PSC had issued a decision to suspend Egypt’s membership after the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the country’s current president.

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