{"id":42776,"date":"2026-08-16T16:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42776"},"modified":"2026-08-16T17:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:44:12","slug":"au-commission-chairperson-discusses-libya-sahel-security-with-republic-of-congo-president","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/au-commission-chairperson-discusses-libya-sahel-security-with-republic-of-congo-president\/","title":{"rendered":"AU Commission Chairperson discusses Libya, Sahel security with Republic of Congo President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The discussions focused on developments in the Sahel region, the situation in the Great Lakes region, financing of the AU and other major international developments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Libya also featured prominently during the meeting. As Chairperson of the AU High-Level Committee on Libya, Denis Sassou Nguesso held talks with Youssouf on ongoing efforts aimed at advancing reconciliation and promoting stability in the North African country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The meeting comes as the AU continues to support political dialogue and reconciliation initiatives in Libya following years of conflict and political divisions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The leaders also exchanged views on security challenges affecting several parts of Africa, including instability in the Sahel and ongoing efforts to promote peace in the Great Lakes region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Financing of the AU was another key topic, with discussions focusing on strengthening the organisation&#8217;s capacity to implement continental programmes and respond to emerging challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;AU\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42777,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-42776","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf met Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso in Brazzaville to discuss key political and security issues facing the continent.","published_date":"","news_description":"African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf met Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso in Brazzaville to discuss key political and security issues facing the continent.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42778,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42776\/revisions\/42778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}