Africa
EY's highly political report on executives' skills finally debated at AU

African Union
African Union orders fresh audit of controversial recruitment practices

In mid-July, AU foreign ministers requested a detailed new external review of the institution's human resources policies.

Egypt, Ethiopia
Egypt and Ethiopia at loggerheads over AU human resources budget

Frosty relations between Addis Ababa and Cairo as a result of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project are likely to stall processes in the African Union. The Egyptian head of the budget subcommittee still refuses to agree to a budget increase which would allow staff on temporary contracts, many of whom are Ethiopian, to be given a permanent status.

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

African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat is seeking to avoid embarrassment for the institution's host country after an audit questioned the skills of around a hundred of its senior officials, most of them Ethiopian.

The New Guard
South Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and Egypt

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

South AfricaThe voice of industry, Busisiwe Mavuso

SeychellesAnti-drugs champion, MP Sathya Naidu

ComorosThe AU chairman's spin doctor, Samir 'MH'

EgyptPM's privatisations' promoter, Gehan Saleh

Egypt
Youssef, Zahran, Badawy among possible candidates to replace Foreign Minister Shoukry

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is on his way out. His successor is likely to be recruited from among the ambassadors posted in countries that Cairo sees as strategic.