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Libreville and Accra win right to vie for UN Security Council seat

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“African Union: the battle of the giants”

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African Union: the battle of the giants

The pan-African intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Addis Ababa has increasingly become a political arena where the continent's heavyweights South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria jostle for power. In order to impose their views and place representatives in key positions in the African Union and other international organisations, these nations compete for influence and build coalitions. On the sidelines of these strategic manoeuvres, a few smaller countries such as Rwanda are carving out a niche for themselves. [...]

Although the Congolese president and current African Union chairperson, Félix [...]

Published on 04.03.2021 at 05:00 GMT

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DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Gabon, Ghana
Libreville and Accra win right to vie for UN Security Council seat

Inner circles | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi's diplomacy: great international expectations but with neither troops nor resources

Gabon
Who will be the new French ambassador in Libreville?

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Michael Moussa in Moscow

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Accra reaches out to global celebrities

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Tshisekedi tries to muscle his way onto UN Security Council

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How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

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Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo