Vol 52 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION Summitry in a time of revolution 4th February 2011 Journalists at the African Union conference centre in Addis Ababa determinedly intruded on private grief as they quizzed the Egyptian Foreign Minister's press officer about just how many more days President...
Vol 51 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION No one writes to the Colonel 5th February 2010 After blocking Gadaffi’s bid for a second term as AU Chairman, the summiteers toughened their anti-coup rules and called for peacekeepers in Somalia The reign of Libya’s Moammar el Gadaffi as Chairman of the African Union has ended in a petulant whimper rather than in a big bang for African unity...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 1 | AFRICAN UNION René N'guettia Kouassi 26th November 2009 Director, African Union Department of Economic Affairs By offering an alternative source of financing and diplomatic support, China has become a useful bargaining chip for African countries. Sounding a note of caution to African policy-makers is the African...
Vol 50 No 12 | AFRICAN UNION The other Pan-Africanists 12th June 2009 The Pan-African Parliament is seeking greater powers, clashing with Gadaffi's proposals for a continent-wide government Amid the calls for an immediate union government for Africa by Libya's Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi, this year’s African Union Chairman, many overlook the existence of the Pan-African...
Vol 50 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION Diversions and deviations at the Summit 6th February 2009 Pressing issues on Somalia, Sudan and the global financial crisis were sidelined by a protracted argument about continental government 'At least our meetings with Libya's Moammar el Gadaffi as Chairman won't be boring', said one official ruefully at the African Union's 1-4 February summit in Addis...
Vol 50 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION The summit divides over unity 6th February 2009 Once again, the question of a Union Government of Africa and its leading proponent, Libya's Moammar el Gadaffi, have dominated an African Union summit. Again, Colonel Gadaffi's insistence...
Vol 48 No 14 | AFRICAN UNION Nkrumah's second coming 6th July 2007 Fifty years after Ghana's leader mooted plans for a United States of Africa, the Accra summit replays the arguments without conclusion Supporters of Ghana's founding President, Kwame Nkrumah, found the African Union summit in Accra on 1-3 July both a tribute and a huge frustration. Billed as the 'Grand...
Vol 48 No 14 | AFRICAN UNION The Gadaffi caravan moves on 6th July 2007 More than any other leader at the summit, apart from host John Kufuor, the Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi, had prepared meticulously for the Grand Debate. As...
Vol 48 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION The snubbing of Sudan 2nd February 2007 Delegates bar President Omer from the AU Chairmanship but fail to step up pressure for UN peacekeepers in Darfur As a majority of African states faced down the efforts of Sudan, Egypt and the Arab League to win the African Union Chairmanship for Sudan's President Omer Hassan...
Vol 48 No 3 | GHANAAFRICAN UNION Ghana's gain 2nd February 2007 The election of President John Kufuor to the Chairmanship of the African Union was a personal victory for his Foreign Minister and presidential aspirant, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.