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...
good governance
The AU’s functional paralysis
President Pierre Nkurunziza inspects Burundi troops at AMISOM headquarters in Mogadishu, 2014 © Wikimedia Commons In the attempt to resolve Burundi’s constitutional crisis via “coercive diplomacy”, the AU tripped over...
My brother’s keeper
AU chairperson Dlamini-Zuma addresses the African Peer Review Mechanism forum © GCIS Reviving the African Peer Review Mechanism may once more give citizens and civil society the tools to bring delinquent governments to...
Forging a bright future
The AU’s Agenda 2063 is an ambitious document underpinned by political commitment, but the real work lies in implementation Agenda 2063, a detailed roadmap for the Africa Union (AU), is an ambitious document. In the...
EDITORIAL: From seeds to saplings of solidarity and democracy
Identity politics loom large at the African Union (AU). As some of our writers show in this edition of Africa in Fact, many Africans still do not know what the AU actually is or does, other than that it is housed in a...
Who takes the top seat?
Five strong candidates are vying to be the African Union Commission’s new chairperson As the African continent continues its struggle for improved governance and security, with some of its poorer nations...
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