The African Union confirmed that the decision to grant Israel observer status in the organization is pending, and therefore it was not invited to attend its summit at the end of the week.
This means that the situation is suspended until such time as this committee can deliberate ... Therefore, we did not invite Israeli officials to attend our summit," the federation's president, Musa Faki Muhammad said
He added that an investigation was taking place in the presence of Israeli diplomacy.
On Saturday, an Israeli observer delegation at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa was kicked out of the opening ceremony