Israel’s ambassador is ejected from an African Union event

Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia was ejected from an African Union event this week and has described it as outrageous.

An Israeli official on Wednesday told The Associated Press the ejection from the annual event commemorating the 1994 Rwanda genocide was at the request of AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Youssouf. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to a journalist.

“The new African…