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Scathing audit fails to shift AU's discretionary hiring processes

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“African Union: the battle of the giants”

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African Union: the battle of the giants

The pan-African intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Addis Ababa has increasingly become a political arena where the continent's heavyweights South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria jostle for power. In order to impose their views and place representatives in key positions in the African Union and other international organisations, these nations compete for influence and build coalitions. On the sidelines of these strategic manoeuvres, a few smaller countries such as Rwanda are carving out a niche for themselves. [...]

The African Union's member states have been tyring to get the commission to shake up its human resources department following a string of damning reports but so far to little avail. [...]

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Spotlight | Africa
Scathing audit fails to shift AU's discretionary hiring processes

Africa, Ethiopia
AU seeks to placate Addis after audit finds Ethiopian officials not up to scratch

Africa
African Union HR set to let off some TNT

Africa
AU's new HR director to be named shortly

Morocco
Rabat secures first AU Commission director general seat

Africa
Algeria forges ahead of Morocco and Mauritania in race for African Union education post

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Too many caretakers: AU's new peace and security commissioner finds department in disarray

In Focus | Africa
Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners