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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 decided last week to appoint an emissary to Somalia to lift the country out of its political impasse and pave the way for elections by the end of the year. [...]

Published on 05/05/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Somalia
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