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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. [...]

For several weeks the North Africa region has been unable to choose between Morocco and Algeria for the first vice presidency of the African Union. Cairo has now thrown its hat into the ring in the hope of resolving the impasse. [...]

Published on 10.02.2023 at 05:00 GMT

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Cairo throws hat into ring to chair African Union in 2024

Mauritania, Tunisia
Jordan enters race for top Union for the Mediterranean seat

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Azali Assoumani mediates as Algeria and Morocco battle for role as AU VP

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Azali Assoumani visits NYC and Addis Ababa on first tour as AU president

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North Africa demands better representation at African Union

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