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Vol 65 No 21 |

AFRICAN UNION

A two-horse race

17th October 2024

Despite Kenyan ministers publicly claiming to have at least 26 votes locked up for Raila Odinga, many pundits believe that the battle to lead the African Union Commission...

Vol 65 No 16 |

EUROPEAN UNION
AFRICAN UNION

Imagination deficit limits continental ties

25th July 2024

The European Commission is focusing on migration but ignoring the scope for ambitious economic partnerships

Top of the priority list on Africa policy for German Christian Democrat Ursula von der Leyen, who won a second term as President of the European Commission on...

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Vol 65 No 9 |

AFRICAN UNION
FINANCE

Africa bids to enter the ratings war

16th April 2024

Leaders plan for African agency to boost the continent's voice in world finance

The African Union (AU) appears determined to enter the credit ratings market having set itself a 31 December deadline to launch its own agency.

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Vol 65 No 5 |

AFRICAN UNION

Regional fights hold back the union project

29th February 2024

Ramping up its international role, the African Union is still struggling to respond to the continent's conflicts

Joining the G20 and signing a new cooperation deal on peacekeeping missions with the UN, the African Union is expanding its footprint in the international system. But its...

Vol 65 No 5 |

AFRICAN UNION

Veterans seek a last hurrah in Addis

29th February 2024

Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete and Kenya's Raila Odinga have thrown their hats into the ring to chair the AU Commission

The race to succeed Moussa Faki Mahamat as chair of the African Union Commission (AUC) in February 2025 already has two contenders, Tanzania's former president Jakaya Kikwete and...

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Vol 65 No 5 |

KENYA
AFRICAN UNION

Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi

21st February 2024

The race to run the top diplomatic grouping will intensify despite its multiple funding and security threats

The announcement on the eve of the 17-18 February African Union summit by Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Amolo Odinga that he wants to take over from Chad's...

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Vol 64 No 17 |

AFRICAN UNION

Leaders mull ways to rein in the global credit agencies

15th August 2023

Governments and continental organisations are studying Europe's management of commercial credit ratings

The power of the big three credit ratings agencies – S&P Global (Standard & Poors), Moody's and Fitch Ratings – to determine the price of borrowing and debt...

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Vol 64 No 16 |

EUROPEAN UNION
AFRICAN UNION

Future of ACP in doubt after signing of much delayed trade deal

25th July 2023

Member states question value of African-Caribbean-Pacific trade organisation

Over two years of tortuous negotiations on a successor pact to the Cotonou agreement – between the European Union and countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific...

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Vol 64 No 13 |

KENYA
AFRICAN UNION

President Ruto joins drive for African Union reform

13th June 2023

Member states will have to cede more powers to the continental organisation argues Kenya's president

After nine months in power, Kenya's President William Ruto has not appeared shy about wielding executive power. So, he has surprised his counterparts with a call to reform...

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Vol 64 No 5 |

AFRICAN UNION

Financing crises and security clashes dominate summit

21st February 2023

Calls for debt relief, action on food security and peace efforts in the Sahel and Congo top the agenda

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros took over the chairmanship from Senegal's President Macky Sall at the opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa on 18 February...

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