A new self-funding scheme aims to decrease the AU’s dependence on donor funding, but how realistic is it? Since independence half a century ago, African leaders have periodically launched continent-wide initiatives...
Africa in Fact
Attracting capital
African states and multinational corporations must trust each other in order to stop illicit financial outflows, and spur growth and development Mistrust between business and government is an abiding constraint...
The AU’s funding woes continue
With member states failing to cough up dues, the African Union is perennially short on funds In July 2016, at its summit in Kigali, Rwanda, the African Union (AU) unveiled a new funding model. The new fiscal...
Morocco in, SADR out
The 2011 17th Ordinary African Union Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea © Embassy of Equatorial Guinea. Image Flickr Morocco’s return to the AU could herald the expulsion of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, once...
Flouting international law
The perception that the ICC focuses unfairly on African leaders leaves a loophole for the continent’s dictators to excuse their crimes In October 2016, South Africa considered a continental economic and political...
SA puts Africa last
South African President Jacob Zuma and President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan at the AU Summit, June 2015 © Wikimedia Commons African leaders are increasingly sceptical about South Africa’s commitment to its Africa First...
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