AFRICA : Too many caretakers: AU's new peace and security commissioner finds department in disarray - 15/02/2021

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the 33rd African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February 2020. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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AFRICA Diplomacy 19/07/2021

Abiy muzzles any AU discussion of Tigray

Ethiopia has carefully orchestrated pressure within the African Union so that the organisation never gets involved in its host country's affairs. [...]

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AFRICA Politics 09/07/2021

Scathing audit fails to shift AU's discretionary hiring processes

The African Union's member states have been tyring to get the commission to shake up its human resources department following a string of damning reports but so far to little avail. [...]

NORTH AFRICA AFRICAN UNION Diplomacy 09/04/2021

Algeria changes tack to scupper Morocco's AU commissionner bid

In the end, North Africa will present eight candidates for the seat of African Union commissioner for education, including four from Morocco and two from Algeria. [...]

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. [...]

Jorge Cardoso, head of the SADC Organ for Cooperation in Politics, Defense and Security. © SADC

Inner circles

SADC Diplomacy 26/02/2021

Jorge Cardoso gets to grips with SADC's security potential to contend with Cabo Delgado crisis

Of all the directorates of the Southern African Development Community, the one charged with regional political, defence, and security issues is by far the most strategic. Headed by Angola's Jorge Cardoso, it has to humour the changing moods of the organisation's rotating presidents at a time when a SADC military response is increasingly expected in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. [...]

SENEGAL Diplomacy 26/02/2021

Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

With just a year to go before he becomes chairperson of the African Union, Senegalese head of state Macky Sall has started to give the first indications of his plans for the continent. [...]

Senegal's President Macky Sall. © Ludovic Marin/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

AFRICA Diplomacy 16/02/2021

France, Turkey, China and EU: the world war of Africa-themed summits Free

2021 is looking like the year of the Africa-themed summit, with major world powers all keen to show of their influence on the continent. The calendar is so busy, schedule clashes are almost inevitable. [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenço, in 2018. © Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

AFRICA Diplomacy 09/02/2021

African Union: battle for last commissioners' posts goes into extra time

The heavyweight tactics used by Nigeria to obtain the key post of commissioner for peace and security have blocked the process of filling the last remaining seats on the African Union Commission [...]

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. [...]

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

Focus

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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AFRICA Politics 10/06/2020

Time's up: Nigeria set to end Algeria's lock on top African Union security post

Since the position of African Union commissioner for peace and security was created in 2003, it has been held by an Algerian. But now there's near-unanimous agreement that the job, with expanded responsibilities, should go to another African powerhouse: [...]

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Abiy muzzles any AU discussion of Tigray

Scathing audit fails to shift AU's discretionary hiring processes

Algeria changes tack to scupper Morocco's AU commissionner bid

North and West Africa jostle for two remaining AU Commission seats

Jorge Cardoso gets to grips with SADC's security potential to contend with Cabo Delgado crisis

Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

France, Turkey, China and EU: the world war of Africa-themed summits Free

African Union: battle for last commissioners' posts goes into extra time

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

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

Time's up: Nigeria set to end Algeria's lock on top African Union security post

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Abiy muzzles any AU discussion of Tigray

Scathing audit fails to shift AU's discretionary hiring processes

Algeria changes tack to scupper Morocco's AU commissionner bid

North and West Africa jostle for two remaining AU Commission seats

Jorge Cardoso gets to grips with SADC's security potential to contend with Cabo Delgado crisis

Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

France, Turkey, China and EU: the world war of Africa-themed summits Free

African Union: battle for last commissioners' posts goes into extra time

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

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

Time's up: Nigeria set to end Algeria's lock on top African Union security post

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