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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. [...] (454 words)
Published on 15/02/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes
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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.

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