AFRICA : African Union: battle for last commissioners' posts goes into extra time - 09/02/2021

AFRICA Diplomacy 21/02/2022

AU security commissioner Bankole Adeoye hires heavyweight advisers

The African Union's most sought-after commissioner, Bankole Adeoye, has finally found a way to hire advisers to help him manage a portfolio where crises and coups are piling up dangerously. [...]

AFRICA Diplomacy 29/03/2021

North and West Africa jostle for two remaining AU Commission seats

After failing to reach an agreement during the votes in February, the two regions vying for one of the two African Union Commission seats still available are quietly preparing to do battle. [...]

MOROCCO Business 23/03/2021

Aziz Akhannouch keeps monthly magazine Le Courrier de l'Atlas afloat

With legislative elections on the horizon, the billionaire and political heavyweight spares no cost to save his French magazine with a circulation of 50,000 copies for North Africans abroad. [...]

Aziz Akhannouch, Moroccan Minister of Agriculture. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

AFRICA Diplomacy 15/02/2021

Too many caretakers: AU's new peace and security commissioner finds department in disarray

The African Union's Peace and Security Department is the bit of the bloc most coveted by the continent's major powers. But as Nigeria's newly installed commissioner, Bankole Adeoye, is finding out, it suffers from a surfeit of interim bosses. [...]

AFRICA Diplomacy 05/02/2021

Nigeria twists ECOWAS' arm to get its African Union commissioner candidate elected

On the eve of the elections that will determine who runs the African Union for the next four years, Nigeria and Rwanda are expected to secure key roles. [...]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (foreground) and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (background). © Omer Messinger/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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AFRICA TURKEY Diplomacy 04/02/2021

Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

In the run-up to the African Union summit on 6 and 7 February in Addis Ababa, Turkish diplomats are pulling out all the stops to ensure that the third Turkey-Africa summit, scheduled for September, features prominently on the agenda. [...]

GHANA Diplomacy 28/01/2021

Akufo-Addo pulls out all the stops to secure AU number two job for Ghana

With Ghana looking set to lose two of its most strategically important posts at the UN and the African Union in 2021, Akufo-Addo is redoubling his efforts to get Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee appointed as deputy chair of the AU Commission. [...]

ETHIOPIA Diplomacy 22/01/2021

Abiy lobbies hard to secure AU education portfolio for his protégée

With the virtual summit of African Union heads of state scheduled for 6 and 7 February, the Ethiopian prime minister is working hard to bag a commissioner post for one of his loyal allies. [...]

Hirut Woldemariam, Ethiopian candidate for the post of African Union Commissioner for Education, supported by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. © Abiy Ahmed Ali/Twitter

Member States have submitted more than 90 candidates for vacant posts on the African Union Commission. © Kennedy Abwao/PANAPRESS/MaxPPP

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AFRICA Diplomacy 21/09/2020

Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

Although Moussa Faki looks certain to be re-elected as chairperson of the African Union Commission, his deputy and six commissioners have still to be found among the 90 applicants for the different posts. [...]

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AU security commissioner Bankole Adeoye hires heavyweight advisers

North and West Africa jostle for two remaining AU Commission seats

Aziz Akhannouch keeps monthly magazine Le Courrier de l'Atlas afloat

Too many caretakers: AU's new peace and security commissioner finds department in disarray

Nigeria twists ECOWAS' arm to get its African Union commissioner candidate elected

Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

Akufo-Addo pulls out all the stops to secure AU number two job for Ghana

Abiy lobbies hard to secure AU education portfolio for his protégée

Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

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AU security commissioner Bankole Adeoye hires heavyweight advisers

North and West Africa jostle for two remaining AU Commission seats

Aziz Akhannouch keeps monthly magazine Le Courrier de l'Atlas afloat

Too many caretakers: AU's new peace and security commissioner finds department in disarray

Nigeria twists ECOWAS' arm to get its African Union commissioner candidate elected

Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

Akufo-Addo pulls out all the stops to secure AU number two job for Ghana

Abiy lobbies hard to secure AU education portfolio for his protégée

Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

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