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Kagame and Buhari keep a grip on AU intelligence

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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. [...]

Rwandan president Paul Kagame and his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari. © Gian Ehrenzeller/Daniel Irungu/EPA/MaxPPP

Intelligence gathering in African countries is the poor relation of the African Union. It has been managed for some years by two omnipresent member countries, Rwanda and Nigeria. [...]

Published on 26.05.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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