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AU human resources audit still poisoning atmosphere among member states

Published on 22.01.2025 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 min

The African Union HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17 February 2024. © Stringer/Reuters

The future of nearly a thousand African Union employees is still causing conflict between member countries and the outgoing Commission. The issue of their reclassification may not be resolved before a summit of heads of state scheduled for next month.

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Spotlight | Africa
AU human resources audit still poisoning atmosphere among member states

The future of nearly a thousand African Union employees is still causing conflict between member countries and the outgoing Commission. The issue of their reclassification may not be resolved before a summit of heads of state scheduled for next month.

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Spotlight | Africa AU human resources audit still poisoning atmosphere among member states

The future of nearly a thousand African Union employees is still causing conflict between member countries and the outgoing Commission. The issue of their reclassification may not be resolved before a summit of heads of state scheduled for next month.

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Spotlight | Africa
AU human resources audit still poisoning atmosphere among member states

Africa
AU Commission chairperson's cabinet almost fully staffed

Angola, Ghana
Accra and Luanda step up to plan Africa Day in Washington

African Union
AU security bigwigs to meet in Abidjan this week

Algeria
North African competition for AU Commission deputy chair kicks off

African Union
African Union orders fresh audit of controversial recruitment practices

Spotlight | Africa, African Union
African Union external auditors flag irregular hiring practices

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

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

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