Vol 54 No 12 | AFRICAN UNION Paying – and fighting – for unity 30th May 2013 Nigeria’s ex-President Obasanjo proposes taxing hotels and airlines to make the AU independent of foreign governments The African Union took some tentative steps at its 50th anniversary summit on 25-26 May to end what South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma called the organisation’s ‘unsustainable’ financial dependence...
Vol 54 No 12 | AFRICAN UNION Countdown in Addis 7th June 2013 The actual 50th anniversary day of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity – the African Union’s previous name – turned into an embarrassment for the organisers....
Vol 54 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION Development vies with conflict resolution in Addis 1st February 2013 Pushing a more vigorous development agenda and efficient administration, Dlamini-Zuma has won plaudits since taking over as AU chief The birthday party didn’t go according to plan. It was billed as a summit to celebrate 50 years of the African Union and its predecessor, the Organisation of...
Vol 54 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION The power of the south 1st February 2013 Much is riding for South Africa on the performance of its former Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as Chairwoman of the African Union Commission. So far the news is...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 12 | AFRICAN UNION Jean-Baptiste Natama 2nd October 2013 Chief of Staff to the Chair of the African Union Commission The African Union wants to form strategic alliances with its international partners to afford the organisation the financial and administrative capacity to implement programmes across the continent.
Vol 53 No 15 | SOUTH AFRICAAFRICAN UNION Dlamini-Zuma takes charge 19th July 2012 South Africa finally won the battle for the AU Commission chair, amid high hopes for reform and more effective interventions Security crises in five countries and pressing economic problems confront the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Although she has three months to wind up...
Vol 53 No 15 | SOUTH AFRICAAFRICAN UNION A diplomatic coup in Addis 19th July 2012 Just hours before voting began for the new chairperson of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa on 15 July, veteran diplomats were predicting a repeat of the...
Vol 53 No 11 | GABONSOUTH AFRICAAFRICAN UNION Entente absente 25th May 2012 Efforts to negotiate a compromise between Gabon and South Africa over the contest for the presidency of the African Union Commission are faltering. This is unlikely to...
Vol 52 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION Rewards and realpolitik 4th February 2011 Kenyan and Sudanese officials are claiming victory in their battle against the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court France and the United States are seriously considering the African Union (AU)'s requests to defer the International Criminal Court's prosecution of six Kenyan officials and Sudan's President Omer...
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...